FOURTEEN Limerick students have been awarded Entrance Exhibition Awards from Dublin’s Trinity College.
The Limerick students were among 593 people to be given awards for being accepted into the first year of their undergraduate degree programme, having gotten the highest points in the Leaving Certificate from their secondary schools, above a minimum of 500 points.
Among the Limerick students honoured were Vitus Gahleitner and Zach O’Connor from Glenstal Abbey, Daire Enright, from Coláiste Iósaef, Grace Morris from Coláiste Íde Agus Iosaef, and Mark Kennedy, Ardscoil Rís.
Also awarded were Mariia Kiiko from Coláiste Nano Nagle, Olga Kyrychenko, from Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ, Millicent Gabbett, (Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ), Kelly Rose Donnellan (Villiers Secondary School).
Shirley Liu, from Castletroy College, Sarah Fahy (Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh), Aadith Prakash Cheruppumpullil (Mungret Community College), Chloe Mc Carthy, (Crescent College Comprehensive), and Beatrix Pearce from Limerick Tutorial Centre were also honoured by Trinity College.
Trinity College’s Provost, Dr Linda Doyle, said that the experience of going to university is transformative and that is what the college strives for for all its students.
“My own experience of going to university was absolutely transformative and I want nothing less for our students. I encourage them to avail of all that life in Trinity has to offer, from the top-class academic environment to the huge array of clubs and societies.
“I also want to acknowledge the huge role played by school principals and the wider school community in nurturing the talent of these students,” Dr Doyle said.
