Cork students receive prestigious Trinity College awards

Some 25 students from Cork were among 593 students who were awarded prestigious Entrance Exhibition Awards for the 2024/5 academic year from Trinity College Dublin.

The awards go to students accepted into the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree programme who achieved the highest points among Trinity entrants from their school.

Awardees receive a certificate and a €150 book token. 

The awards were delivered at three ceremonies at Trinity’s Old Dining Hall, to which the students and their school principals were invited.

Many former awardees have gone on to make a significant contribution to the economic, cultural, and political life of Ireland and beyond, including former taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Sinead Fleming from Bruce College, Jiakun Lin from Bandon Grammar, Maria Clare O’Herlihy from Scoil Mhuire gan Smál, Ciardha McCarthy from Sacred Heart Secondary School, Ellen Kristine Sjaberg from Loreto Secondary School, Sarah Lysaght from St Mary’s Secondary School, and Andrew Taylor from Midleton College were among the students to receive the awards.

Others included Aaron O’Mahony, Coachford College, Briona Mullally, Coláiste Choilm, Liam Duggan, Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin, Niamh Fleming, Ballincollig Community School, Sonia Daunt, Carrigaline Community School, Catherine Buckley, Millstreet Community School, Maelle Dupuy, Kinsale Community School, and Joshua Taaffe, Skibbereen Community School.

Trinity’s Provost, Dr Linda Doyle, said: “I am delighted that the award winners have chosen Trinity College Dublin for their higher education.

“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, all of which are situated in an outward-looking university with a strong international perspective.

“I also want to acknowledge the huge role played by school principals and the wider school community in nurturing the talent of these students.”