South Limerick claimed the Mackey Cup for a third year in a row on Tuesday afternoon in the Gaelic Grounds.
Special congratulations to Declan and the team on this fantastic achievement.
Category: Sport
After School Training
After school hurling continues on Thursday afternoons.
Local club hurler Michael Whelan was on hand yesterday to assist in after school hurling training and as a result 30 pupils where hurling on a nice spring afternoon.
A welcome visitor to the training session was the County Under 21 Cup which Michael won with Hospital/Herbertstown on the previous Saturday night.
Community Games
Herbertstown NS pupils excel at Community Games.
Congratulations to our pupils who came home with medals in the Community Games recently.
We had medal winners in solo singing, group singing, swimming and in the team quiz. Well done all!
Indoor Hurling
Herbertstown NS participate in South Indoor Hurling Finals.
Our boys team from 4th class competed in the finals of the South Cumann na mBunscol Indoor Hurling competition today in Martinstown. The boys lost out in keenly contested games against Kilmallock, Kilbehenny and Martinstown. It was a great experience for all involved.
After School Training
After school hurling & camogie is back up and running on Thursday afternoons!
Indoor Hurling
Well done to our boys team who participated in the indoor hurling competition today in Martinstown.
Following games against Knockainey, Ballylanders and Knocklong our team qualified for the finals of the south indoor hurling competition next week. Well done boys!
Indoor Camogie
Our girls represented the school today at the South Indoor Camogie blitz held in Martinstown.
The team lost narrowly to eventual finalists Effin and Knocklong. Well done girls.
FAI Primary Soccer 5s
Well done to our boys and girls teams who participated in the SPAR FAI Primary Soccer 5s yesterday in Corbally.
Both teams performed very well, with our boys team qualifying for the next stage. Thanks to team mentors, Mr. Davern and Herbertstown AFC’s Mike Bermingham.
All Ireland Winners Visit School
Members of the Limerick panel who won the All Ireland U21 hurling championship visited the school this morning.
Limerick players Colin Ryan and Conor O’Grady (past pupil of Herbertstown NS) called to the school today with the Munster and All Ireland cups won by Limerick in 2017. There was great excitement as the pupils had an opportunity to ask questions and hold the cups.
Thank you to Limerick GAA for facilitating the visit.
Local GAA Visitors
Hospital/Herbertstown & St. Brigid’s visit Herbertstown NS
On Monday, Pádraig O’Dea and Shane Markham of Hospital/Herbertstown Bord na N-Óg called to the school to promote the local GAA club. Of course, there are many of our pupils already playing GAA with Hospital/Herbertstown, and also Kilteely/Dromkeen, but Padraig and Shane both wished to tell the children that any new players would be most welcome. As part of their visit, Pádraig and Shane also made a presentation of sports equipment to the school.
On Tuesday, Orlaith O’Donoghue and Niamh Holland, two key members of the St Brigid’s Ladies Football team which won the County Intermediate title recently called into the school with the cup. St. Brigid’s have a vibrant underage system in place with many of our girls playing with them at various grades. It was great for our pupils to see the local club having success and the winning panel contained five past pupils of the school, Gráinne & Niamh Kennedy, Nina Winship, Keeley Baggott and Eimear Daly. Orlaith and Niamh spoke to the whole school and outlined the benefits of playing sport and how playing with St. Brigid’s has helped them form great friendships with team mates off the field.
