Category - History
Saturday the 21st of November marked 100 years since Bloody Sunday. 6th class learned about the tragic events of that day in their history lesson last week.
Bloody Sunday Letters
In 1920, the War of Independence was raging around the country as Ireland fought for its independence.
One of the most infamous days in the entire war took place on the 21st of November. Dublin and Tipperary were playing a football match in Croke Park. British forces drove into the stadium and opened fire on the players and the crowd. Shooting lasted for only 90 seconds but, tragically, 14 people were killed.
The British were retaliating to the assassination of many of their spies by the IRA that morning. The people who died were Jane Boyle, James Burke, Daniel Carroll, Michael Feery, Tom Hogan, James Matthews, Patrick O’Dowd, Jerome O’Reilly, William Robinson, Tom Ryan, John William Scott, James Teehan, Joseph Traynor and Michael Hogan.
Michael Hogan was a Tipperary player. The Hogan Stand in Croke park is named in his memory. Last weekend, the GAA had a special commemoration for Bloody Sunday in Croke Park before the Leinster Final between Dublin and Meath.
Remarkably, 100 years after Bloody Sunday, Tipperary won the Munster Football Championship (their first in 85 years) wearing special commemorative jerseys. The four semi-finalists in this year’s football championship are the exact same as in 1920 – Cavan, Dublin, Mayo and Tipperary!
6th class put themselves in the shoes of those present in Croke Park that day and then wrote letters based on their imagined experience.
4 th class have spent the year in St Mary’s Hall. They thought it a good idea to find out a little bit more about this important building in our parish and to share what they learned with their school mates.
Our Spelling Bee Champion, Sara O’Grady, recently took part in the Carlow County Final of the Eason Spelling Bee. Read her account below.
We were delighted to welcome our former student, Rosealice Byrne, back to Ballyconnell NS last week to regale our 4 th , 5 th and 6 th class students with details of her recent trip to The Gambia in West Africa.
Cathal and Peter tell us all about their day at the Credit Union All-Ireland Final, Ballyconnell NS’s first appearance at the finals since 2001.
Rang a 4 recently did some planting with Ms Ryan. Sarah tells us more!
Rang a 5 student and team member Florrie Cosgrove regales us with the nerves and excitement of Ballyconnell NS’s recent Credit Union Quiz triumph