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.
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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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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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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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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.
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5th Class Booster Station Walk. Our two 5th Classes did the Booster Station Walk in early October.
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. We are all set for Sunday! Click here to hear our Mayo Song.
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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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.
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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). |
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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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. We wish them the best of luck on Sunday. Breachmhaigh Abu! Back to top
Booster Station Walk.Mr. Moran and Mr. Grealis brought their 5th Classes to climb the Booster Station last week.Back to top
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6th Class Booster Station Walk 6th Class did their annual Booster Station Walk on Thursday, June 18th. Well done to all our Gaelic footballers who did so well in the recent Cornmarket cup which was played at Breaffy Pitch.
National Schools Girl 5 side soccer Finals at the Aviva Stadium Breaffy N.S. girls finally made it to the Aviva Stadium! National Schools Girl 5 A-Side soccer Connacht Finals.
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. 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.
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.
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. Click here to view a short video of our walk.
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!
6th Class have been attending tennis lessons at the newly errected tennis dome at Castlebar Tennis club. 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.
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
Tomas Comerford and Martin Golden of
T-Rex Clothing present a set of jersies to the Breaffy N.S. Boys' Team
Breaffy N.S. Boys' Team and their coaches,
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6th Class Spikeball Competition. 6th Class took part in a Spikeball competition in Davitt College, Castlebar, yesterday, March, 19th.
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.
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. 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! 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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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.
Click here to watch their amazing video!
Mr. Moran's 6th Class have composed a song to celebrate Mayo's participation in Sunday's All Ireland Final.
Click here to see their video.
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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1st Class, Mr. Canny
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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. Up Mayo!
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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".
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.
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.
Cross Country Running Competitions 2012 Congratulations to all the children who competed in the recent Annual Cross Country Running event for Primary Schools. .
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.
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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Our annual Sports Day was held on Wednesday, June 13th, at Breaffy Pitch. As the pictures show the day was a great success.
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
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.
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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.
There was great excitement when the famous Kerry footballer, Colm Cooper dropped in to say hello.
This year we had two teams entered in the Annual Sports Quiz.
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Sports News 2010-2011
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Sports Quiz 2011 Congratulations to our quiz team who recently participated in the annual sports quiz. |
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! |
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. |
St. Joseph's All Ireland Win! | School Soccer Team | |
Cross Country 2004 | All Ireland Schools Swimming Champions! |
West Mayo Primary Schools'
FinalCumann na mBunscoil Sports quiz. Our Sports Day Cross Country Teams Swimming News |
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.
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.
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!
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. Congratulations to the children who participated in the recent sports Quiz. We held our annual sports day on Friday,
May 28th, at Breaffy GAA Pitch.
Cross Country Running 2009-2010 This annual event took place in September, 2009. The first round took place at Breaffy Pitch
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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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Well done to all the boys and girls who participated in the recent Mini 7s football competition.
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Sept , 2009 Best wishes to our past pupils, Conor
O' Shea and David Gavin, There was great excitement in the school!
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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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
Well done to all the boys and girls who participated in the recent Mini 7s football competition
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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Sept. 18th,2008, Ballyvary Well done to all the children who took part in this year's event.
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Last Thursday, 6th Class took to the
golf course.
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Some pictures from the Culai competition
which took place in Breaffy Boys Team.
Girls Team
A well deserved break!
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Congratulations to all
our swimmers who participated Breaffy Swimmers 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
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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
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Sports News 2004 - 2005
Some images from our Sports Day 2005!
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1st row: Eibhín Morrin The All Ireland Schools Swimming
Championship took place on Saturday 13th of November 2004 in The National
Aquatic Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin. |
Ready for off! |
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The all Ireland Schools Swimming Final
Cumann na mBunscoil 2001 |
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The Girls won the Cumann na mBunscoil "B" final in June 2001. This was a cause for great celebration.
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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.
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A photo Finish for 6th class!
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What a sprint!
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4th Class
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More Happy Faces!
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Pictured below are our Cross Country
Runners who have got off to a very successful start this year. |
Our Cross Country Runners |
Over 10 boys |
Over 10 Girls |
Under 10 girls |
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Mayo Cross Country Finals Under 10 Boys Over 10 Girls Over 10 Boys |
West Mayo Primary Schools' Final
Breaffy - 2-12 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.
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.
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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. Well done boys! |
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Contact us:
Phone: (094) 9024699
fax: (094) 9027394
Email: breaffynationalschool@eircom.net