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How many years have Gaelic Games been played?: Since the school opened.

School Colours: Yellow & Black - (Football) Sky Blue & White – (Camogie)

What GAA games are played? : Gaelic Football & Camogie.

Famous Past Playing Pupils? :

Football: Kevin Madden, Bryan McCann, Owen Doherty, Tony Convery, John McKeever, Martin McCarry, James Storey.

Camogie: Carla Doherty, Mairead Graham, Orla Donnelly, Louise McAleese, Katie McAleese.

School's GAA Coaches? :

Football: Coaches from the Antrim County Board (Past & Present) - John McKeever, Seamus Elliot, Declan McLarnon and Ryan McQuillan

Camogie: (Past & Present) - Maire Doherty, Mairead Graham, Patricia McCarry and Jackie McGuigan

School's Recent GAA Achievements:

The year 2004/05 was an extremely successful one for the school in terms of Gaelic games. Some of the competitions we had success in were:

the 9-a-side camogie blitz,
the Large Schools Gaelic Football League,
SW Antrim Indoor 5-a-side Gaelic Championship,
INTO Mini 7’s Gaelic Football and Camogie Championships
Cumann na mBunscol Mini 5s Indoor Tournament.

Several of our players were chosen to represent the school in Croke Park (Jane McKee, Grainne Campbell, Peter Duffin and Dermot McAleese).

As well as sporting success, the school was also triumphant in the SW Antrim Cumann na mBunscol Quiz.

The culmination of the above successes led to St. Mary’s Portglenone winning the “Irish News Ulster GAA Primary School of the Year-2005”

We furthered this success in December 2005 when we were honoured with the title of “Cumann na mBunscol Irish GAA Primary School of the Year”.

We were also awarded the "National GAA Primary School of the Year Award" in 2005

Marie Doherty - Geraldines, Mr Nicky Brennan (GAA President), Mr Jim Brady (Principal) and Mr John McKeever - Coach receiving the National GAA Primary School of the Year Award in 2005

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