Limerick Students Compete for Texaco Children’s Art Competition Awards

JUDGING of the 25,800 entries received in this yearโ€™s Texaco Childrenโ€™s Art Competition is currently underway with winners to be announced in mid-April.

Pictured is adjudicator Eoin Butler admiring one of the entries received from a pupil at Scoil Ide Naofa, Ballagh entitled โ€˜Peekabooโ€™.

In all, over 500 young Limerick artists submitted entries this year. Currently in its 66th year, the Texaco Childrenโ€™s Art Competition is the longest-running art sponsorship in Ireland.

First held in 1955, it is hosted annually by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited โ€“ the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand.
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