IRISH HISTORY COMPETITIONS

New Zealand Tablet, 15 May 1919, Page 13

IRISH HISTORY COMPETITIONS

SUBJECTS FOR PAPERS. 1. For Junior School Children— Relate in your own words the Story of Deirdre ; OR Describe the Battle of Clontarf. N.B. The story must not contain more than 600 words. 2. For Senior Pupils— Did Pope Adrian IV. issue a Bull authorising the * English King to undertake the conquest of Ireland ? .. or Describe the Golden Age of pre-Christian Ireland. N.B. Essay limited to 1200 words. The competitions are for children for whom the New Zealand Tablet is read at school or at home. Teachers ; are respectfully ; requested to get the pupils to write the essays for them and to send to our office, addressed to “The Editor,” the three essays- in each division which they judge to be most meritorious. , Not more than three shall .be forwarded for each division from any one school. Individual essays from children who I have not xan g opportunity - of attending a Catholic school will be considered. Essays must be in the Tablet Office by June 15. b'-.-i ‘ : - Suitable book^prizesj will be posted ;to three, children in each division whose essays are considered to be besy The winning , essays' will be duly published over the names of the ' writers in the New Zealand e f ablet v