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The Inaugural Cormac
McAnallen Memorial Tournament for Year 8 and 9 boys in the Armagh and
Tyrone Counties took place in Saint Catherine’s College recently.
Teams from Saint
Joseph’s High School, Coalisland, Dungannon, Integrated School, Saint
Patrick’s High School, Keady, and Saint Catherine’s College
participated, in the tournament. Saint Patrick’s High School were the overall winners and
Bridget McAnallen, Cormac’s mother, presented the medals to the Keady
footballers.
Although a predominantly
girls school, the boys from 8I and 9I, who are the pupils of An Sruth
Gaeilge, the Irish Medium Unit, represented Saint Catherine’s College.
 Speaking
about the tournament, Margaret Martin, Principal, congratulated Saint
Patrick’s High School, Keady, on winning the inaugural Cormac McAnallen
Memorial Tournament.
“It is an honour to
have won this tournament dedicated to Cormac, who taught history/politics
and gaelic games in Saint Catherine’s College,” she said.
Mrs Martin added, “As
the academic year draws to a close, we considered that a memorial
tournament was the most fitting way to remember Cormac, whose sudden and
tragic death on March 2 deeply shocked the school community.
“Today’s tournament
was not only a tribute to the gaelic skills Cormac taught so ably and with
such pride, distinction and integrity, but more a celebration of
Cormac’s outstanding contribution to society in his 24 short years.
“He is the embodiment
of all that represents a modern, forward looking Ireland, rooted in a
sound value structure.
“If our young people
endeavour to emulate Cormac’s legacy through their education, sports and
other interest, I think that our parents, teachers and youth workers will
have served out young people well,” concluded Margaret Martin.
Margaret Martin presented
a £2,100 cheque for CRY, ‘Cardiac Risk in the Young’ to Mrs Bridget
McAnallen. The money was
raised through a charity match organised by Saint Catherine’s College in
May.
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