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We are involved in a lot of sports in Breaffy. We play Rounders, Gaelic, Soccer,Tag Rugby and Basketball. we have a lot of P.E. Equipment and we all look forward to our P.E. lessons. Pupils from the school attend weekly swimming lessons organised through the school. Some of the children in our school are members of the swimming club, the basketball club and the athletic club in Castlebar.

 

Latest Sports News 2016-2017
"Up for the Match"
Nicholas Quinn
Our Song for Mayo
Cross Country
5th Class Booster Station Walk
School Walk
Rounders News
Spar 5 a Side Soccer.
Darts
Rounders Day
County Final Victory.
Sports Day
Latest Sports News 2015-2016
Mini Sevens
Breaffy Turns Blue
5th Booster Station Walk
Spikeball
4th Class Futsal
Cross Country Running
School Gaelic League
5 A Side Soccer
Spikeball
U21 champions
Cumann na mBunscol
County Final
Euro '16
 
Latest Sports News 2014-2015
Mini 7s Gaelic Football
Cross Country Running
6th Class Tennis News
Lunchtime Gaelic League
Operation Transformation Walk 2015
Mayo Futsal Champions 2015
Cumann na mBunscol County Sports Quiz
Loom Bracelets for the Irish women's rugby team
National Schools Girl 5 side soccer Connacht Finals
6th Class Booster Station Walk
The Aviva Stadium!
Sports Day 2015
The Cornmarket Cup.
2nd Class Loom Bracelets
Sports News 2013-2014
Breaffy's Magnificent Seven!
Mayo for Sam
Song for Sam
Junior Infants Mayo Song
Mayo Minors visit Breaffy N.S.
Mini 7s Gaelic football
Cross Country Running
Sports Quiz
Jason Hunt, Soccer International.
Athletics News
Spikeball
 
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Sports Day 2017

This year our sports Day was held on Monday, June 19th, at Breaffy Pitch. The weather was beautiful and we all had a great day.

 

County Final Victory For Breaffy N.S.

Breaffy N.S. celebrated a wonderful victory last Tuesday, June 18th, in the Boys' Division 1 Gaelic football Final over our great rivals, The Quay, Ballina. The final score in the game was Breaffy 4-9, The Quay 1-5. Our captain, Aidan, accepted the cup to great acclaim from the huge Breaffy support.

Breaffy girls performed brilliantly in the girls' final against The Quay, Ballina. Unfortunately we lost out to our old adversaries. The final score was 4-4 to 1-1. Breaffy's goal came from Katie and our point from Sophie. Well done to all our players.

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Rounders Day 2017

On 23rd of May 2017 Breaffy hosted our annual rounders blitz. This was a hugely successful event with 200 children from eight schools participating.

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Spar 5 a Side Soccer.

Well done to the boys and girls who were involved in the Spar 5 a Side Soccer competition yesterday, March 30th. Well done to the boys and girls who were involved in the Spar 5 a Side Soccer competition at Milbush yesterday, March 30th. Both A teams, boys and girls, finished top of their groups. The girls' B team finished second in their group while the boys' B team ended up in 3rd place recording a great win over St. Pat's A team along the way. Boys' and Girls' teams are now looking forward to the Connaught stage of the competition on May 4th.

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Breaffy Darts Competition 2017

Well done to all the children who participated in our recent darts competition.

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Rounders News.

On Saturday, March 25th, our Rounders Team coached by Ms. Brid Tuohy, had a fantastic opportunity to play a Rounders match at half time in the Allianz League Match between Mayo and Roscommon in Mc Hale Park. This was an historic event as it was the first time Rounders was played at such an event.Congratulations to all the children involved.

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Whole School Walk

The "Daily Mile" initiative in Breaffy N.S. in conjunction with Mayo Sports Partnership is proving to be a wonderful success. Each day the children in all classes run, jog of walk for 15 minutes, with total emphasis being on taking part, fun and enjoyment.
Once a month we plan to do our "Daily Mile" as a whole school group together in Breaffy Woods. As we walked today we enjoyed the fresh air and the beautiful colours of the autumn woodland. As the months pass we will get a chance to observe the changing face of the forest.The children and teachers alike are enjoying the whole experience. We hope that this initiative will foster a lifelong positive attitude to being active and to looking after one's fitness, health and wellbeing among the children.

 

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5th Class Booster Station Walk.

Our two 5th Classes did the Booster Station Walk in early October.

 

Cross Country Running 2016

Four teams qualified from the West Mayo Cross Country Competitions to compete in the Mayo Cross Country finals. These were held in Belleek, Ballina on Thursday, 29th September. Our 3rd/4th Class boys' team qualified in 2nd place.Well done boys! They will now compete in The connaughts which will be held in Sligo on 5/10/16. Congratulations also to Eimear in 5th Class who qualified in the individual competition.

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Our Mayo Song

We are all set for Sunday!

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"Up for the Match"

On Tuesday last, September 6th, RTE visited our school to record footage for their "Up for the Match" programme. This will be broadcast on Saturday, September 17th, ahead of the Mayo Vs Dublin game on Sunday, September 18th.

Up Mayo!

 

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Nicholas Quinn's Olympic Success.

We were honoured to have our Olympic Hero, Nicholas Quinn, visit Breaffy N.S. on Wednesday, September 6th.

Congratulations Nicholas!

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Breaffy N.S cheer on the Irish Team !

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Cumann na mBunscol County Finals.
Well done to our Boys' and Girls' teams who were runners up to The Quay School, Ballina in this years Division 1, Allianz Cumann na mBunscol County Final.

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Sports Day 2016
Our Annual Sports Day was held on Monday, May 30th. As our pictures show we all had a great day.

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U21 Champions

On May 13th, we proudly welcomed Michael Hall, Liam Irwin and Matthew Ruane, past pupils and members of the Mayo U21 Team which won the All Ireland this year, to our school. Our school band and a guard of honour, made up of children from all classes sporting Mayo and Breaffy jerseys, greeted the players, before leading them to the school hall where they were received with great excitement and loud cheering, The players who brought the "Tim Clarke" cup with them, were introduced to their adoring fans by Mr. Grealis, and Mrs. Murphy presented each of the players with an inscribed Mayo Crystal Plaque to mark the occasion. Each of the players spoke with the children before going to each classroom for photographs.


Well done to Michael, Liam and Matthew on your wonderful achievement. We're all very proud of you.

 

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5 A Side Soccer

On Thursday 28th April, 8 boys from 6th Class represented our school at the Connacht Spar 5 a Side Soccer Cup Finals in Milebush Park. In our first game we played Oranmore BNS, winning 7-2; in the second game we faced local rivals St. Pat's, drawing 3-3 and then it all came down to the decider against St. Patrick's, Lombardstreet Galway, where we narrowly lost 1-0. Thank you to Mr. Moran and Mr. Grealis for coaching us. The team members were Shane B, Shane C., Pierce , Luke , Davitt , Mark , Gavyn and Conor (Captain).

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Spikeball

The children of 5th Class took part in a Spikeball programme for six weeks. During the programme we learned many new skills. At the end of the programme our six wonderful coaches, Lauren,Dearbhla, Siofra, Aisling, Rachel and Una from St. Joseph's T.Y. organised a tournament between our two 5th classes. The matches were very exciting and well contested. In a tight and exciting final the Orange team won the cup and the Pink team won the shield. It was a brilliant day and the lucky winners were rewarded with delicious Easter eggs. Many thanks to everybody involved in the programme.

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School Gaelic League

Well done to all the children from 3rd to 6th Class who participated in the School Gaelic League last term.

 

4th Class Futsal

The Futsal, (indoor soccer), Mayo Championship took place in Breaffy Sports' Arena in January.

Breaffy girls won the competition.
They won all their matches without conceding a single goal!
They played against Bekan N.S. and Culleen's N.S.

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Spikeball

By: Emma & Sarah

The spikeball competition took place on the 4th of November 2015 in Davitt College. The two 6th classes competed in the competition against different teams from Ballintubber N.S. Some of the girls from Transition Year in Davitt College came to coach our two 6th classes for six weeks. It was a great experience for all and it was an enjoyable time.
The winning team was Luke, Emma, Sarah and Brian from Mr. Murphy's 6th Class and their team name was Toast in my Jam. They beat another team from Breaffy School in the final. The winning team won by just 1 point. They won a sweet hamper and the runner up team won a packet of sweets and biscuits. All the pupils in 6th classes had a great time and we would like to thank the girls from Davitt College for teaching us and organising the wonderful day.

 

Breaffy in County Final

Breaffy Senior Football Team will play in the County Final on Sunday, October 25th. they are playing close neighbours and rivals, Castlebar Mitchels. It is only the second time in the Club's history that Breaffy play in a County final.

The boys and girls in Breaffy National School are looking forward to the game.

Today we turned our school blue in support of the team.
21 of the 31 players on the Breaffy panel are past pupils of our school.

We wish them the best of luck on Sunday.

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Booster Station Walk.

Mr. Moran and Mr. Grealis brought their 5th Classes to climb the Booster Station last week.

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Cross Country Running

Well done to our Boys' Team who won the 5th and 6th Class Team Event, Mayo finals,in Ballina on 1/10/15.

Congratulations to all the pupils who participated in the West Mayo Cross Country Event in Ballyvary on Thursday, September 24th. 4 teams represented Breaffy N.S. Castlebar. The 5th and 6th Class Boys won the team event and they will compete in the Mayo finals in Ballina on Thursday October 1st. The team coaches are Brid Tuohy and Bernie Tuohy. Well done to all involved!

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Breaffy N.S. does the Double!
Breaffy N.S., Castlebar won the Boys' and Girls' Cumann na mBunscol Castlebar Area Mini -Sevens competitions held on Friday last, 18/09/15, in Breaffy GAA Pitch. The boys defeated Snugboro N.S. in their final and the girls defeated Ballyvary N.S. in an extremely exciting final which finished level at full time and also after five minutes of extra time. A "golden" score won the game for Breaffy eventually. Well done to both teams who go on to the County Quarter Finals which will be held after Christmas.

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Latest Sports News 2014-2015

Loom Bracelets for the Irish women's rugby team

Mr.Duggan's second class were busy recently when they made loom bracelets in green, white and gold, for the Irish women's rugby team to wish them good luck in the Six Nations Championship. Ex-Ireland international and former coach of the women's team, Peter Bracken, visited the class and answered some questions on his playing and coaching career and he passed the loom bracelets onto the Irish squad. It looks like these bracelets did the trick as the Irish women's team won the Six Nations Championship with a convincing win over Scotland in their last game. It came a day after the Irish men's team won the Six Nations Championship for the second year in a row. Well done to both teams.

 

 

Sports Day 2015

Our annual Sports Day took place on Monday, June 8th

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6th Class Booster Station Walk

6th Class did their annual Booster Station Walk on Thursday, June 18th.

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The Cornmarket Cup

Well done to all our Gaelic footballers who did so well in the recent Cornmarket cup which was played at Breaffy Pitch.

 

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National Schools Girl 5 side soccer Finals at the Aviva Stadium

Breaffy N.S. girls finally made it to the Aviva Stadium!

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National Schools Girl 5 A-Side soccer Connacht Finals.



Breaffy N.S. girls have finally made it to the Aviva Stadium. On the 23rd of April, the girls won the Mayo Finals, which meant they qualified for the Connacht Finals, which were held on April 29th, in Milebush Park. There they played four matches against the top schools from all over Connacht. In the girl's first match, Breaffy defeated St. Annins Galway, 5-0. In their second match Breaffy defeated Drumshanbo, Leitrim, 7-0. In their third match Breaffy defeated Cornafulla, Roscommon, 4-1. In their last match they defeated Ballisodare, Sligo, 5-0. This meant after winning all their matches that Breaffy has qualified for All-Ireland's in the Aviva Stadium on the 14th of May. Well done to all the girls from Breaffy who were on the team, Vivienne, Kelly , Aoife , Kira , Kelly , Meadbh , Holly , Robyn and Tanya .Good luck to the Breaffy girls in the Aviva Stadium.

Some pictures from the Mayo and Connaught finals.

 

Loom Bracelets for the Irish women's rugby team

Mr.Duggan's second class were busy recently when they made loom bracelets in green, white and gold, for the Irish women's rugby team to wish them good luck in the Six Nations Championship. Ex-Ireland international and former coach of the women's team, Peter Bracken, visited the class and answered some questions on his playing and coaching career and he passed the loom bracelets onto the Irish squad. It looks like these bracelets did the trick as the Irish women's team won the Six Nations Championship with a convincing win over Scotland in their last game. It came a day after the Irish men's team won the Six Nations Championship for the second year in a row. Well done to both teams.

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Sports Quiz Champions!

Breaffy N.S. won the Cumann na mBunscol County Sports Quiz Final on Wednesday, January 28th, 2015, with an incredible score of 56 out of a possible 60 questions answered correctly.

Well done to the team members, Conor Golden, Daragh Jordan, Shane Burns, Jamie Sheridan and (Captain) Joe Mellett.

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Mayo Futsal Champions 2015

The 4th class boys of Breaffy National School captured the Mayo Futsal title today in a thrilling tournament held in the Sports Arena at Breaffy House Hotel. Having qualified from the western divisional tournament the school would now compete against 4 other teams from around the county, including Ballinrobe, Belcarra, Bekan and St. Pat's of Castlebar.
The first game paired the Breaffy boys against Belcarra with Breaffy going down to a 2-1 defeat with a last minute goal from Belcarra. The team was not under pressure to progress but responded brilliantly by overcoming St. Pat's on a scoreline of 2-0 in the next game. Breaffy then went on to record a 3-0 win over Ballinrobe, followed by a 4-1 victory over Bekan. This meant that the boys qualified for the final where they came up against Belcarra again. As with the first game it was a very tight affair, with the score 1-1 at the final whistle. Another 3 minutes of extra time couldn't seperate the teams so it would have to be settled with a penalty shoout out. This was a very tense affair with Belcarra missing their 7th penalty and Breaffy converting theirs to win the tournament, sparking scenes of great celebration among the Breaffy team and students who had made it across for the final.
The Breaffy team on the day consisted of Raivis Pavlos, Niall McDermott, Aidan Cunningham, Declan Ruane, Shea McAtamney, Tom Comerford, Callum O'Connor, Mark Ward, Niall Clarke and Wale Toke. Congrats to all!!

 

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Operation Transformation Walk

Today, Monday, January 26th the whole school went for a lovely walk around Breaffy Woods.

 

Click here to view a short video of our walk.

Click here to visit the Operation Transformation Website.

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Gaelic Football Lunchtime League

Our Gaelic Football Lunchtime League took place over the last few months. There were 16 teams in the finals. The presentation of medals took place on Friday, January 23rd in the school hall. We all enjoyed taking part. Be Active!

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6th Class Tennis News

6th Class have been attending tennis lessons at the newly errected tennis dome at Castlebar Tennis club.

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Schools Cross Country Competition

On Thursday, September 25th, we had four teams participating in the West Mayo Schools' Cross Country Competition in Ballyvary. The teams are pictured below with their coach, Brid Tuohy-Ward. A special mention to Meadbh and Eoghan who qualified for the Mayo Cross Country Competition on an individual basis.

 

 

 

 

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Mini 7s Gaelic.

The annual Mini 7s Gaelic Competition was played at Breaffy pitch on Friday last, September 12th.

Well done to all the children involved.

Tomas Comerford and Martin Golden of T-Rex Clothing present a set of jersies to the Breaffy N.S. Girls' Team
and their coach, Mrs. Sheila O' Shea.

 

 

Tomas Comerford and Martin Golden of T-Rex Clothing present a set of jersies to the Breaffy N.S. Boys' Team
and their coach, Mr. Sean Grealis.

 

Breaffy N.S. Boys' Team and their coaches, Mr. Sean Grealis and Mr. Derek Duffy,
winners of the Castlebar area Mini Sevens competition.

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6th Class Spikeball Competition.

6th Class took part in a Spikeball competition in Davitt College, Castlebar, yesterday, March, 19th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Athletics News

On Wednesday, February 26th, members of our U13 girls' relay team, Méadbh, Laura, Vivienne were given the chance of a lifetime. They were selected to go to Athlone to run in an International Grand Prix. They were running against five other teams from differens of Ireland. They also got the chance to meet Olympic champion, Ashton Eaton, the Olympic Decathlon Champion and world record holder. They came third in their race. They were delighted with their performance and really enjoyed their day in Athlone.

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Sports Quiz, January 2014

Congratulations to Conor, Daragh, Joe and Evan who were crowned Mayo sport's Quiz champions for 2014 last week in the Welcome Inn hotel. 24 teams took part in the County final and Breaffy had a narrow but well merited victory by one point over Gaelscoil Claremorris in second place and St. Pat's BNS, Castlebar a few points further back in third place. Well done to the Breaffy Team who worked so hard in preparation for the finals.

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Soccer International

Jason Hunt, a past pupil of our school, had the incredible honour of representing Ireland at soccer at Under 17 level in 2013. He played twice - against Latvia and a Dundalk U19 team. Jason scored a goal against the U19 dundalk team in his second game.

What an achievement. Well done, Jason!

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All Ireland Winners visit Breaffy.

We were delighted when our past pupils from the Mayo Minor Team visited Breaffy N.S. with the Tommy Markham Cup. Liam, Matthew and Michael visited all of the classes. Congratulations and well done to all involved with the Minor Team.

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Mini 7s Gaelic Football

Here are pictures of the Breaffy Teams who participated in this year's competition.

Cross Country Running Competition

Every September Breaffy N.S. enters the Cross Country Running Competition.
Here are some pictures from this year's event.

 

 

 

 

Junior Infants' Mayo Song.

Our two Junior Infant Classes along with their teachers, Mrs. Doherty, Mrs. Commons, Ms. Gallen
and Mr. O' Malley recorded this great song ahead of the All Ireland Final on Sunday.

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Song for Sam!

Mr. Moran's 6th Class have composed a song to celebrate Mayo's participation in Sunday's All Ireland Final.

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Sam Maguire's visit to Breaffy N.S.

Today, Wednesday, September 12th was a very special day in Breaffy N.S.

The Sam Maguire Cup paid a visit to our school.

We hope he will visit again after the All Ireland Final on Sunday 22nd!

There was great excitement as all the children clapped and cheered. Each Class was photographed with Sam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Junior Infants, Mrs. Doherty

Junior Infants, Mrs. Commons.

Senior Infants, Ms. Mannion.

6th Class, Mr. Moran

6th Class, Mr. Murphy

5th Class, Mr. Grealis

1st Class, Mr. Canny

 

1st Class, Mrs. Mc Nea

3rd Class, Ms. Thornton

3rd Class, Ms. Tuohy Ward

2nd Class, Mrs. Murphy

4th Class, Mrs. O' Shea

1st Class, Mr. Hennelly

4th Class, Ms. Nestor

 

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The Magnificent Seven!

 

Sunday, September 22nd will be a proud day for Breaffy N.S. as seven of our past pupils will be involved with the Mayo Teams contesting the Minor and Senior Finals in Croke Park. Michael Hall, Liam Irwin and Matthew Ruane are members of the Minor Squad and Robert Hennelly, Seamus, Aidan and Conor O'Shea are members of the Senior Panel. We wish them every success on this huge day.

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Sports News 2012-2013
Red and Green Day
Cross Country Running
Mini 7's Gaelic
Girls' Soccer Competition
Active School week
Sports Day 2013

Sports Day 2013

   

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Active School Week 2013.

This week, April 29th to May 3rd, Breaffy N.S. participated in Active School Week. The pupils took part in many enjoyable activities and games during the week. On Tuesday the whole school went on a nature walk to Breaffy Woods. On Wednesday, 3rd to 6th Classes had a sports day where they got to enjoy 8 different activities set up at stations in the school grounds. On Thursday the Infant Classes and 1st and 2nd had their chance to join in the fun. Also on Thursday, the two 6th Classes completed the "Booster Station Challenge".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Girls' Soccer Competition

Congratulations to all the girls who participated in the soccer tournament in Breaffy Sports Arena on Friday, February 1st. Other teams who took part were Killala, Derrywash and Barnacarroll. The members of Breaffy team were Laura Tunney, Aoife Moran, Kelly Mc Neela, Vivienne Ward, Tiegan Daly, Kiana Hunt, Anna Cunningham, Meadbh O' Shea, Holly Murphy and Robyn Murphy.

 

 

 

 

 

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Mini 7's Gaelic Competition

 

The annual Mini 7's Gaelic Football Competition was held in Breaffy Pitch. All the local schools competed in this event. Here are some pictures of our boys and girls who participated in the competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cross Country Running Competitions 2012

Congratulations to all the children who competed in the recent Annual Cross Country Running event for Primary Schools.

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This picture was taken at the Connaught Cross Country Finals in Sligo.

Congratulations to all the pupils from our school who took part in the event.

 

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Red and Green Day 2012.

There was great excitement in our school on last Friday, September 7th.

We all dressed in red and green to show our support for the Mayo Team ahead of their trip to Croke Park on Sunday, September 23rd. We were all delighted to meet Aidan O' Shea who is a past pupil of Breaffy N.S.

 

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Sports News, 2011-2012

Mini 7s, 2011
Cross Country Running
Sports Quiz
Colm Cooper

Girls' Gaelic Blitz
Cumann na mBunscol
County Semi-Final.
3rd Class Soccer
Sports Day 2012

 

Sports Day 2012

 

Our annual Sports Day was held on Wednesday, June 13th, at Breaffy Pitch. As the pictures show the day was a great success.

 

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Cumann na mBunscol Semi- Final victory for Breaffy

Breaffy N.S. has a proud tradition of involvement in Cumann na mBunscol activities. Our last Division 1 county title success was in 2010, when we defeated the Quay N.S., Ballina. This year we defeated Snugboro N.S., Scoil Raifteirí and St. Patrick's B.N.S. in the Castlebar area final. We overcame a strong St. Aidan's N.S., Kiltimagh in an exciting county semi-final. We are eagerly looking the county final. Current Mayo players Aidan O' Shea, Seamus O'Shea and Robert Hennelly are past pupils of our school.

Breaffy Cumann na mBunscol Team, May 2012

 

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Cumann na mBunscol County Final

Breaffy were defeated by a strong Westport team in the county Final which was held at Mc Hale Park, Castlebar on Wednesday, June 6th last.
Congratulations to the County Champions and well done to the Breaffy Team.

 

 

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3rd Class Soccer Blitz.

Here are some pictures of the children who participated in the 3rd Class soccer blitz.
Well done to all involved.

 

 

 

 

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Girls' Gaelic Competition

Our Girls' Gaelic Football Team recently participated in the annual inter-schools blitz. This competition took place in Breaffy Pitch. A number of local schools were involved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Colm Cooper Visits Breaffy!

There was great excitement when the famous Kerry footballer, Colm Cooper dropped in to say hello.



Here he is pictured with Aidan O' Shea from the Mayo Senior Team and some of the pupils.

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Sports Quiz 2012

This year we had two teams entered in the Annual Sports Quiz.

 

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Mini 7s Gaelic Competition, 2011

 

 

Boys' Team 2011

 

Girls' Team 2011

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Cross Country Running Event, September 2011

 

 

 

 

 

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Sports News 2010-2011

 


Cross Country Running
Mini Sevens Gaelic
Swimming News.

Golf Outing.

Sports Day, June 2011

This year our annual sports Day was held on Tuesday, June 14th.
As usual the venue was Breaffy GAA pitch.
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Golfing News.

Every Year Mr. Walsh organises a golfing competition for the senior pupils. This year the children visited Balla Golf Club where they had a very enjoyable morning.

 

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Sports Quiz 2011

Congratulations to our quiz team who recently participated in the annual sports quiz.

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FAI Soccer Skills

2nd class recently took park in a soccer skills course in our school hall.
All the children enjoyed this course.

 

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Swimming News 2010

Congratulations to the Breaffy Swim Team who participated in the Connaught Schools' Championships in Leisureland, Galway. This event took place on Sunday, November 14th. A number of the children achieved their personal best time. The boys' U10 relay team came 3rd. A number of the children qualified for the All Ireland Championships which will take place in Ballymena in December. Well done to all the children who trained so hard for this event!

 

Breaffy Swimming Team 2010

U10 Relay team.

 

Individual winners.

 

 

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Mini Sevens Gaelic Competition.

The annual Mini-7s Gaelic Competition took place at Breaffy GAA Pitch on Friday, October 15th. We entered two teams, boys and girls. Lots of the local schools took part in this blitz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cross Country Running Event, September 2010.

A big congratulations to the children from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Classes who took place part in this year's Cross Country Running Event. We had various teams and individual runners competing in this competition on Thursday, September 23rd. Best of luck to the children who advanced to the next stage of the competition. This will take place in October.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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October Update!

Congratulations to the children pictured below who participated in the Mayo finals of teh cross country running event in Ballina on Thursday, October14th.

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Sports News 2009-2010

Mayo Schools' Soccer Champs 2010!
Golf 2010
Mayo Division 1
County Final news.
Sports Day 2010
Sports Quiz 2010
Cross Country Running
Mayo Minors pay us a visit!
Rounders Day.
Mini 7s
     

Sports News 2008-2009

5 a side soccer, Tullamore,
May 2009.
7 a side Gaelic Championship.
St Joseph's Secondary School GAA Team.
GAA 125 Celebrations
Culai Competition
Sports Quiz 2009
Mayo Minors pay us a visit
Annual Cross Country Event
Mini Sevens Football

Sports News 2007-2008

6th Class Golf Trip
Sports Day,
13/06/08
Culai Competition January 2008
Swimming News November 2007
Cross Country running
2007
Goal Jersey Day 2007
     

Sports News 2006-2007

Getting Ready for Sam!
St. Joseph's All Ireland Win! School Soccer Team
     

 

Sports Headlines 2005/2006

Mayo Minors visit our school

 

Sports Headlines 2004/2005

Sports Day 2005
Cross Country 2004 All Ireland Schools Swimming Champions!

 

Archives
West Mayo Primary Schools'
Final
Cumann na mBunscoil Sports quiz.
Our Sports Day
Cross Country Teams
Swimming News

 

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Sports News 2009-2010

Mayo Schools' Soccer Final, 2010

Our school's soccer team won the final of the Mayo Schools' Cup. This match against Scoil Padraig, Ballina, was played on Thursday, June 24th, at Sligo rovers, "The Showground".

The match kicked off at 11am.

Breaffy won the match 3 -1.

This is a great achievement for our soccer team.
Congratulations to all the boys involved and to their teachers.

 

 

 

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Golf News, 2010

At the end of each school Mr. Walsh organises a golf trip for the sixth Class pupils in Breaffy N.S. This year's outing took place to Balla Golf Club. The children all enjoyed their day. The eventual winners are pictured below.

 

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Division 1 County Final 2010

Breaffy School Are this year's Mayo Division 1 Champions!

They met The Quay School, Ballina in the final which was played on the afternoon of June 12th, 2010 at Mc Hale Park, Castlebar.

Congratulations to the team, their manager, Mr. Grealis and well done to all the supporters who turned out on the day!

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Rounders Day, June 18th, 2010

On Friday, June 18th, all the local schools gathered together at Mc Hale Park, Castlebar, for their annual Rounders Day. Well done to all the children from our scholl who participated in this event.

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Sports Quiz 2010.

Congratulations to the children who participated in the recent sports Quiz.

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Sports Day 2010

We held our annual sports day on Friday, May 28th, at Breaffy GAA Pitch.
Everyone really enjoyed the day.

 

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Cross Country Running 2009-2010

This annual event took place in September, 2009.

The first round took place at Breaffy Pitch
.It was a fun filled day which was enjoyed by all

 

 

 

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County Finals

The following pictures were taken at the County finals of the Cross Country Event. Well done to all the children who represented Breaffy N.S. at this stage of the competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mini Sevens 2009

Well done to all the boys and girls who participated in the recent Mini 7s football competition.

 

 

 

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Mayo Minors pay us a visit!

 

Sept , 2009

Best wishes to our past pupils, Conor O' Shea and David Gavin,
who are on the Mayo Minor Football Team this year.
They paid us a quick visit before they left to play in the All-Ireland Final.

There was great excitement in the school!

 

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Sports News 2008-2009

 

5 a side Soccer.

 

Our school took part in the All Ireland 5 a side soccer finals on May 27th in Tullamore.. Mayo and Connacht titles had been won in style in the previous weeks. Victories over the Ulster and Munster champions in the first two matches brought us to the deciding game against the Leinster champions. Unfortunately, luck was not on our side and we lost 3-2, having come back from 3-0.

Our boys preformed heroically and we are very proud of them.

 

 

 

 

 

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7 a side Gaelic Football.

Having won the Mayo 7 a side Gaelic Football Championship earlier this year for the first time in the school's history, our school took part in the Connacht Blitz on May 16th in Creagh, Co. Roscommon. We acquitted ourselves very well in all 5 of our matches on the day. Hopefully some of our players may be chosen to play in Croke Park during the summer.

 

 

 

 

 

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St. Joseph's Secondary School GAA

Congratulations to all the girls involved in the recent all Ireland Gaelic Finals. Some of the girls on this winning team are past pupils of Breaffy N.S. There was great excitement when they dropped in to visit all the classes.

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GAA 125th Anniversary Celebrations

The GAA is 125 year old this year. Our school recently held a fun sports day to celebrate this anniversary. All classes from Junior Infants to 6trh Class joined in the fun!

 

 

 

 

 

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Sports Quiz 2009

This year Breaffy N.S. had two teams in the annual sports Quiz. This event took place at the end of February in Scoil Raifteiri. Congratulations to all the children involved and to their teacher, Mr. Grealis.

The Winning Team!

 

Junior Quiz Team 2009

 

 

Senior Quiz Team 2009

 

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Culai Competition 2009

In February the 6th Class boys and girls entered in the annual Culai competition.We had both a girls' team and a boys' team. Well done to all the children who participated in this event. They really enjoyed their day.

Boys' Team 2009

Girls' Team 2009.

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Mini Sevens 2008

 

Well done to all the boys and girls who participated in the recent Mini 7s football competition

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Mayo Minors pay us a visit

Thurs, Sept 18th, 2008

Best wishes to our past pupils, Aidan O' Shea and Robert Hennelly,who are on the Mayo Minor Football Team this year. They paid us a quick visit before they left to play in the All-Ireland Final.

There was great excitement in the school!

 

Robert and Aidan

 

 

One of their many fans!

 

Back to Infant Classs for the afternoon!

 

Mr. Grealis and his famous past pupils!

 

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Annual Cross Country Event

Sept. 18th,2008, Ballyvary

Well done to all the children who took part in this year's event.

 

 

 

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Sports News 2007-2008

 

6th Class Golf Trip.

Last Thursday, 6th Class took to the golf course.
As the pictures below show, it was a most enjoyable day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sports Day, June 13th, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Culai January 2008

Some pictures from the Culai competition which took place in Breaffy
on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Boys Team.

 

Girls Team

 

A well deserved break!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Swimming News.

Congratulations to all our swimmers who participated
in the swimming Gala on Sunday, November 11th

Breaffy Swimmers 2007.

 

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Goal Jersey Day 2007
On 21/09/07 we held our annual Jersey Day to raise funds for GOAL.
We all wore our Mayo jerseys to school. We had lots of fun!

 

 

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Cross Country Event 2007.

Congratulations to all our young athletes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sports Quiz 2008

Breaffy N.S. was represented by two teams at the recent Sports Quiz which was held at Scoil Raifteiri.

Congratulations to all involved!

 

 

 

 

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Sports News 2006 - 2007

School Soccer Team 2006/2007

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St Joseph's Secondary School win All Ireland Football Final.

St Joseph's Secondary School recently won the All Ireland Football Final. Many of the girls on this team are past pupils of our school.
There was great excitement when they came to visit us with the cup!

 

 

 

 

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Jersey Day 2006

We held our Jersey Day on Friday, September 15th.
There is great excitement in the run up to the All Ireland Football Final
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Sports News 2005 - 2006

 

Mayo Minors visit our school

All Ireland Minor Final 2005

Three past pupils of our school, Séamus O'Shea, Dáire Conway and Kieran Barnicle were invited to visit our school on Friday, September 23rd. They were given a rapturous welcome by all the children in the school. Windows were painted and banners were made. These three young men were part of the Mayo Minor Team which played Down in The All Ireland Final on Sunday, September 25th. Unfortunately defeat was once again Mayo's lot.
Séamus, Dáire and Kieran had all played their part in getting Mayo to the final, with 'Man Of The Match' performances from Kieran against Roscommon, from Dáire against Armagh and from Séamus against Kerry. The three of them are very committed to their sport and have trained very hard to reach the level at which they are at present. It is hoped that the feats of Séamus, Dáire and Keiran will inspire all the children in Breaffy N.S. to play sport and to attempt to emulate their new heroes.

 

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Sports News 2004 - 2005

Some images from our Sports Day 2005!

 

 

 

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All Ireland School Swimming Champions 2004

Breaffy School qualifiers and supporters.

1st row: Eibhín Morrin
2nd row: Daire Morrin, Killian Dervan, Louise Dervan, Michael Hall, and Cian Morrin
3rd row: Kathryn Hall

The All Ireland Schools Swimming Championship took place on Saturday 13th of November 2004 in The National Aquatic Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin.
Breaffy School was represented in the individual strokes competitions by Killian Dervan swimming under 10 Back Crawl and Breast Stroke and by Louise Dervan swimming under 9 Breast Stroke .The medley relay team were as follows; Cian Morrin- Back Crawl, Michael Hall- Breast Stroke, Killian Dervan- Butterfly, Daire Morrin- Front Crawl.
The swimming was of a very high standard with extremely fast qualifying times. All swimmers coped very well with the pressure of the day, enjoyed themselves thoroughly and did their school proud by bringing home the medals. Louise swam extremely well and finished fourth in her heat. The relay team swam a brilliant race and earned a well-deserved second place and silver medal finishing only seconds behind the winning team. Killian followed on from his success last year and in a very closely fought final earned himself a bronze medal and a personal best time. Success all around in Abbotstown for Breaffy National School and Castlebar Swimming Club and we all luck forward to the All Ireland again next year Le Cunadh Dé!


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Cross Country 2004

We entered four teams in the Annual Cross Country Event.
We all enjoyed our days in Ballinrobe and in Ballina.


Ready for off!

 

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Archive sports News

The all Ireland Schools Swimming Final


By Killian,
Third Class,

On Friday the 14th of November, 2003 I went to Trinity Sports complex, Donaghmede for the all Ireland Swimming final. Iwas swimming in the Boys' Under 9 Breaststroke, 50 metres. I was nervous at the start of my heat, but Iswam well. my cousins were shouting their heads off! They said I flew up the pool like a goldfish. It was closse all the way but I concentrated and swam my best. In the end I came second and got a brilliant time. I was thrilled with my performance and I had great fun. Good luck to all the other swimmers,


Cumann na mBunscoil 2001

The Girls won the Cumann na mBunscoil "B" final in June 2001. This was a cause for great celebration.

 

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Sport's Day 2002

We held our Annual Sport's Day on Friday, September 20th, 2002. We were extremely lucky with the weather. It was a glorious day. As you can see we all really enjoyed the various events.

 


The Bouncy Castle was great fun!

 


We all enjoyed the sack Races!
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3rd Class run the Egg & Spoon Race!

 


A photo Finish for 6th class!
What a sprint!

 

4th Class Boys.

 


Another close Finish!

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More Happy Faces!

 



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Cross Country Teams 2002

 

Pictured below are our Cross Country Runners who have got off to a very successful start this year.
Read all about it!

 

Our Cross Country Runners

 

Over 10 boys

 

Over 10 Girls

 

Under 10 girls

 

Under 10 boys.
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Mayo Cross Country Finals
The finals of the Mayo Cross Country Athletics Championships were held in Beleek, Ballina on Friday, October 4th. Conditions were perfect with a blue sky overhead, a gentle south westerly breeze blowing and a dry, firm sod underfoot. The course with its many undulations and a particularly tough climb near the end of the race was to provide an extremely tough challenge for Breaffy's four teams. They answered this challenge, however, with great determination and no little success. The under ten girls got us off to a great start with Grace Carney finishing a highly creditable Eleventh place in the individual event and the team winning the team honours. The under ten boys acquitted themselves with great distinction but they were just outside the medal positions. The over ten girls ran bravely, with Eimear Minouge finishing twelfth and qualifying for the Connaught Finals which are to be run in Galway on October 19th . Here she will be joined by the over 10 Boys who battled courageously to win the silver medal in the Team Event. David Gavin led this team's challenge for honours and he finished a hugely impressive third in the individual Event.
Many thanks to Michael Gavin for all his help with the teams.


Under 10 Girls
Aoife Connaughton
Grace Carney
Michelle Grealis
Deirdre Mc Gauran
Sorcha Thornton
Orla Carney

Under 10 Boys
Conor O' Shea
Mark Livingstone
Cian Gibbons
Stephen Killeen
Michael Rice
Sean Monahan

Over 10 Girls
Eimear Minogue
Aisling Grealis
Edel Conaughton
Collette Ryan
Natalie Burke
Olivia Tolster
Beulah McManus

Over 10 Boys
David Gavin
Aidan O' Shea
Rory Dollard
David Monahan
John Daly
James McGauran
Shane Moran

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West Mayo Primary Schools' Final

 

Breaffy - 2-12
Ballintubber - 0-9

In a sun-drenched, picturesque Breaffy G.A.A pitch last Sunday (March 16, 2003 ) Breaffy recorded a marvellous win in the West Mayo Primary Schools' Final, their first win since 1992. The rubble and debris beside the pitch signalled the commencement of the club's exciting new development but perhaps even more important for the club was the manner and style of this victory by a group of very talented young footballers.


The seeds for this victory were sown in the first half when Breaffy raced into a 2-9 to 0-0 lead with some marvellous scores from the very accurate Martin Clarke, Rory Dollard, David Gavin, Francis Walsh, and of course from the midfield colossus, Aidan O'Shea. Ballintubber were unlucky and only the crossbar and some wonderful defensive play from Ryan Monahan and John Daly kept the Ballintubber boys at bay.

 


In the second half Ballintubber rallied strongly and some wonderful scores from the highly impressive Dean Gavin, Seán Larkin and Dean Loftus brought Ballintubber back into the game. Further scores from Cillian O'Connor and Cathal Chambers narrowed the gap even further and only some heroic defending from Joe Corless, Shane Conway, Peter Dravins and Colm Kelly kept Breaffy heads above water. The Ballintubber backs, in particular, Daniel Costello, Kevin Heraty and James McHale, made life very difficult for the Breaffy forwards in the second half and only Rory Dollard and Aidan O'Shea managed to raise white flags for the Breaffy Boys. James Caulfield , the goalkeeper played a very sound match. Other players to play well were Fergal Murphy, Chris Butler, Shane Moran,and substitutes Olivia Tolster, Conor O'Shea, Colm Hughes and Thomas Hanlon.


In the end, the final whistle blown by the very impartial referee Kevin Corcoran was greeted with great joy by both Breaffy players and supporters alike. The cup was presented to the Breaffy captain, Aidan O'Shea by the West Board Chairman, Ollie Dillon who paid tribute to both teams and complimented Jack Sheridan on the condition of the grounds. A lovely day! A wonderful spectacle! A great victory for Breaffy!

Breaffy Team:, James Caulfield, Shane Conway, Ryan Monahan, John Daly, Colm Kelly, Joe Corless, David Gavin (0-1), Aidan O'Shea (1-3), Peter Dravins, Rory Dollard (0-2), Martin Clarke (0-6), Chris Butler, Fergal Murphy, Francis Walsh (1-0), Shane Moran, Conor O'Shea, Colm Hughes, Olivia Tolster, David Monahan, Rory Mannion, Thomas Hanlon, Alan Fehilly, Jonathan Gielty.


Ballintubber Team:, Gerard Murphy, Daniel Coste
llo, Danny Geraghty, Kevin Hearty, Kevin Finnerty, James McHale, Darragh Summerville, Seán Larkin, Dean Loftus (0-1), Dean Gavin (0-4), John McGuinness, Cillian O Connor (0-3), Padraic Gavin, Cathal Chambers (0-1), Darren Murphy, Cillian Nestor, Jason Dempsey, Ryan Connolly, Andrew Walsh.

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Cumann na mBunscoil Sports' Quiz.

Breaffy's Quiz Team consisting of Aidan O' Shea, Martin Clarke, David Gavin and Fergal Murphy finished a highly creditable third in the county Final which was held in the Welcome Inn Hotel recently. The team had finished joint - first in the Castlebar Area Final and had gone forward with over twenty other schools from all over the county to the County Final.

Martin Carney was Quiz Master and our team finished with a score of 83 (out of 100 questions!)

Well done boys!

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Email: breaffynationalschool@eircom.net