Scoil Mhuire Secondary School's Senior camogie team and panel received their Munster and All-Ireland medals at a social in the Carraig Hotel in Carrick-on-Suir to celebrate their national Post Primary Schools Senior B title success.
Past pupil and Waterford Senior camogie star back Keeley Corbett-Barry from Rathgormack presented the medals to the players at the function hosted by the school.
Team coaches and teachers Thomas Dineen and Pat Tobin presented Ruby Norris with the Player of the Year award. The talented Piltown and Kilkenny U-16 player was chosen through a vote of the players.
The Greenhill school team were crowned All-Ireland champions on February 26 after defeating Presentation Wexford by three points in a thrilling final replay in Carlow watched by a large contingent of supporters from the school.
The team's Munster and All-Ireland cups were proudly on display at the social attended by fellow students, parents, teachers and representatives of the clubs they play with outside school, namely Clonea, Portlaw, Piltown, Mooncoin and Windgap Camogie Clubs.
The players were presented with special commemorative jerseys from the chairperson of their respective camogie club.
In an inspiring speech, Keeley Corbett-Barry said the team showed “huge character” to win the All-Ireland title and encouraged the students to continue playing the sport.
She recalled being a member of the Scoil Mhuire football team that won the All-Ireland Senior A Post Primary Schools title in 2016 and said it was a day she will always remember.
In their speeches, team captains Ava Sutton and Amy Lynch recounted the team’s path to All-Ireland glory and thanked the school, their families and coaches for their support, while Scoil Mhuire Principal Mary O'Keeffe paid tribute to their clubs for nurturing the playing skills of the team's players.
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