On Friday morning Teemore man Ryan Fitzpatrick will lead out the St Aidan’s under 15.5 team for their Ulster Final with Inver College, Carrickmacross. The Shamrocks player will line out with his twin brother Sean, and he hopes that come the final whistle he’ll be lifting the cup for the school, for the second year […]
St Aidan’s win first-ever Ulster Schools’ hurling title
St Aidan’s Derrylin 3-2 St Malachy’s Castlwellan 1-3 St Aidan’s High School in Derrylin beat St Malachy’s Castlewellan this afternoon (Friday) to win the Under 16.5 Noone Cup. The Derrylin boys had to see off St the Baptist earlier in the day, when they defeated the Portadown school 3-4 to 0-1 It’s a first-ever Ulster […]
Holders St Aidan’s into the knockout stages
St. Aidan’s……………………..4-9 Sacred Heart Omagh…… 1-4 Holders St Aidan’s score two goals in each half propelled St. Aidan’s to secure their third successive victory and book their place in the knockout stages of the Under 15.5 McEvoy Cup. With a strong wind blowing across the Trillick pitch, this Monday morning contest began with St. Aidan’s […]
St Aidan’s U16 girls ready for Ulster Shield decider
On Friday morning, at the Peace Link in Clones (11am), St Aidan’s under-16 girls will bid to bring another Ulster title back to the school when they take on Beech Hill College, Monaghan, in the Ulster Shield Final. After the boys won the McCormack and McEvoy Cup competition last year, the girls will hope to […]
St Aidan’s make it back-to-back wins
Under 15.5 McEvoy Cup Group Stage Inver College, Carrickmacross 3-15 St Aidan’s, Derrylin 6-8 Reigning champions St Aidan’s HS followed up on their victory against St Kevin’s with another win on Tuesday morning. The Derrylin schoolboys came from six points down with 15 minutes to go, to win by two. Three goals in either half […]
Defending champions St Aidan’s get opening round win
Defending McEvoy Cup champions St Aidan’s got the defence of their title off to a winning start at a cold and crisp Patrick McManus Park in Kinawley on Tuesday (yesterday) afternoon. St Aidan’s dominated the first half and led 2-10 to 1-2, but the Lisnaskea schoolboys got right back into the game in the second half […]
St Aidan’s the school for me, says new principal
NEW St Aidan’s Derrylin principal says the school is “the school for me”. Originally from Donegal, new principal Maura Melanaphy has trained and worked in Liverpool for the last 20 years, starting as a PE teacher and working her way up to deputy head teacher. After having a family over in Liverpool, Maura and family […]
St Aidan’s High School opens learning hub
ST Aidan’s High School Derrylin has recently opened a major new development which will enhance the learning environment for pupils and staff in a welcome “vote of confidence” for the school. A major redevelopment has been ongoing at the Fermanagh school, with Cookstown-based JDC Building Works Ltd heading up the project of erecting a new ‘Learning […]
Derrylin principal leaves school after 50 years
PAT McTeggart has patrolled the corridors of St Aidan’s High School Derrylin, as man and boy, for almost 50 years, but he’s decided now’s the right time to call it a day on his distinguished career in education. The Kinawley man’s allegiance with the Derrylin school dates back to 1972 when he began his secondary […]
‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for St Aidan’s Principal
THE Principal at St Aidan’s High School in Derrylin said it was a ‘pleasant surprise’ after he picked up a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his commitment to Fermanagh education. Pat McTeggart, who recently confirmed that he’s going to retire from his role as principal at the end of this year, was recognised at ‘The Families First […]