IRISH HISTORY COMPETITIONS

New Zealand Tablet, 19 June 1919, Page 23

IRISH HISTORY COMPETITIONS

We had two. busy days examining the essays which came to us in great numbers in response to our invitation to our young readers. We certainly did not grudge the labor entailed in sorting out the winners, and itwas no easy task. Many of the essays were very good. After the first two in each section it was hard to decide which should be placed next. Some fine attempts were disqualified for various reasons. There were some sent in without any name attached to them. Others were carelessly written, and had misspelled words. Others, again, were written by pupils who were too old for competition in the junior division. '. Finally, with great reluctance that we could not include many more.in the prize list, we made the following awards Senior section: Ist, Isobel M. Quilter, St, Catherine's College, Invercargill ; 2nd, Louise Harris St, Dominic's College, Dunedin; 3rd, J. L. Hjorring, Christian Brothers' School, Dunedin. Junior section- Ist William Herlihy, St. Joseph's School, Dannevirke; 2nd, Mary Noel O'Kane, Convent School, Alexandra; 3rd, Mary Hussey, St. Dominic's College, Dunedin. The first and second prize-winners in the junior division were 11 years old, the third was only nine. The following are highly commended, and deserve prizes, even if they do not get them for this time:—Bryan Lynsky, Nancy Rice, Katie Bourke, Walter Campbell James Moore, Mary Phelan, Molly Cullen, Charles'Devlin, Mary Rohan, Thomas Murcadha, and William Montgomery.