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Schools Art Competition

Some of Ireland’s most talented young artists travelled to the Central Bank on Tuesday, 22 May to attend a prize-giving ceremony for the winners of our Schools Art Competition.

The competition called on students to take inspiration from people or events from the past 75 years and design a coin to commemorate the Central Bank’s 75th anniversary. The competition drew a phenomenal response with over 1200 entries received in four separate categories across primary and post-primary schools. Both national and regional winners were presented with their prizes by Philip Lane, Governor of the Central Bank and Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor, Central Banking.

A design by Roisin Ní Chlochartaigh & Nora Bairéád from Scoil Cholmáin, Carna, Co. Galway was named National Winner in the Primary School category. The judges said they were struck by the delicate nature, yet powerful message of their design, which included a dove to symbolise peace in Northern Ireland.

The National Winner in the Post-Primary School category was Sarah Murphy from Coláiste an Chraoibhín, Fermoy, Co. Cork. The judges said Sarah’s design cleverly embodied many core themes of Irish society over the past 75 years including our natural environment, Irish literature and developments in equality in Irish society.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Governor Donnery said she was delighted to get the opportunity to personally meet the competition winners and praised the artistic talents of all the entrants. She said: “We had an excellent response from primary and secondary school students to our coin design competition, with hundreds of individual entries received from across Ireland. Throughout the judging process it was evident that students were clearly inspired by a wide range of events from across the last 75 years, with creativity and talent on display across the designs all the way from junior infants to Leaving Certificate students.”

National winners

Primary	Post Primary
Roisin Ni Chlochartaigh and Nora Bairéad Scoil Cholmáin, Muigh-Inis, Carna, Co.Galway	Sarah Murphy Coláiste an Chráoibhín, Fermoy, Co.Cork.

National Runners Up

Primary	Post Primary
Charlie Olwell Scoil Naomh Barra, Wilinstown, Navan, Co. Meath	Sophie Cronin St Joseph’s Secondary School Tulla, Co. Clare

Regional Winners

Region	Primary Infants to 2nd Class	Primary 3rd to 6th Class	Post Primary 1st Year – 3rd Year	Post Primary 4th Year – 6th Year
Connaught/Ulster	Lorcan Stephenson St Mary’s BNS, St Mary’s Hill, Monaghan Town, Co. Monaghan	Roisin Ni Chlochartaigh and Nora Bairéad Scoil Cholmáin, Muigh-Inis (Mweenish Island), Carna, Co. Galway	Robert Treacy St Brigids College, Loughrea, Co. Galway	Lauren McKenna St Louis Secondary School, Glen Road, Monaghan Town
Dublin	Lilyrose Moore Whalch Scoil Mhuire Shankhill	Vasilisa Ostrikova John Scottus National School	Lea Stewart St Tieran’s Community School, Parkvale, Sandyford	Jordan Mcquillan Balbriggan Community College
Leinster (excluding Dublin)	Charlie Olwell Scoil Naomh Barra, Wilinstown, Navan, Co. Meath	Aoife Malewka Scoil Mhuire, Kilcruttin, Tullamore, Co. Offaly	Elizabeth Wallace Coláiste Lú, Chapel Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth	Katarina Sidorova St. Louis, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Munster	Kate Ni Cheilleachair Scoil an Ghleanna, Co. Chiarrai	JJ Byrne Newtown Upper NS	Sophie Cronin St Joseph’s Secondary School, Tulla	Sarah Murphy Coláiste an Chráoibhín, Fermoy, Co.Cork.

Special Mention:

Elizabeth Wallace Coláiste Lú, Chapel Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Prizes

• Regional winners receive €100 voucher each.
• National runners-up receive €250 voucher each.
• National winners receive a €500 voucher. They will also have their winning design printed in 3D and displayed in the Central Bank Visitor Centre during 2018, following which the winning schools will take ownership of this display.

If you have any questions in relation to the Art Competition, please e-mail [email protected] We wish to sincerely thank all entrants and look forward to running similar events in the near future. Stay in touch by visiting our Visitor Centre or please e-mail [email protected]

See also: Central Bank School Art Competition - Full Terms and Conditions | pdf 221 KB

• Central Bank of Ireland - 75 Years of Public Service