Mary Lou McDonald visits DMC

February 14, 2022 by Helen O'Hanlon

Mary Lou McDonald visits DMC

We were delighted to welcome Mary Lou McDonald, Leader of Sinn Féin to school on Friday 11th February. She was joined by other local Sinn Féin representatives. Mrs McDonald took part in a question session with our Post 16 pupils, were she discussed her thoughts on Brexit, the N Ireland Assembly, housing and the tragic murder of teacher Aisling Murphy. She then met with our Year 10 Gaeilgeoirí who are compleing their GCSE Irish this year.

McDevitt Cup Winners

by Helen O'Hanlon

Dean Maguirc Lift Mc Devitt Cup

Dean Maguirc College claimed the Mc Devitt Cup on Thursday afternoon following a very exciting final at Ardboe that saw them defeat St Conor’s of Derry 2-9 to 1-6.

The winners came from 1-2 to no score down after twenty one minutes to level the game at the short whistle before pulling away in the second half to win 2-9 to 1-6.

St Conor’s won the toss and played with the breeze in the first half. Dean Maguirc looked nervous early on as St Conor’s bossed the early possession and the Carrickmore school were relieved that goalkeeper Caolan Tracey’s kickouts proved very effective against the wind during the opening thirty minutes. Defensively with Michael Gallagher, Eoghan Conway and Ciaran Mc Crystal in outstanding form, the Derry side found it hard to create scoring chances.

Points from Caoimhan Mc Nally and Tom Duffin and a fortuitous goal from the boot of Conrad Mullan helped put St Conor’s five clear with twenty one minutes on the clock. Although they trailed by five there was no sense of panic among the Dean players as midfield pairing Padraig Mc Crystal and Padraig Donaghy took control of the midfield area and Caolan Grimes, Pearse Mc Donald and Shane Morris asked questions of the Derry defence with their strong running and creative build up play.

With five minutes of the first half remaining corner forward Odhran Curran opened his team’s account with a fine point. Two minutes later the same player was on hand again to finish a well worked team move to the net to leave a single point between the sides.

There was still time for one more attack and Ryan Donaghy rounded off a superb Dean Maguirc comeback with a great point into the wind to leave the teams tied at the break 1-2 apiece.

The Derry lads began the second half in determined mood hitting two points in their first two attacks. Frank Mc Aleese and Tom Duffin were the players on target and just for a few minutes the Dean looked rattled. However the full back line of Rory Woods, Padraig Harvey and Conan Slane turned the game with some excellent defending and within four minutes the Dean were ahead. Curran bagged another point before full forward Fitzgerald’s hard work was rewarded.

With six minutes of the second half gone centre back Michael Gallagher, who was outstanding in defence,found himself deep in enemy territory and when the chance presented itself he finished the ball to the net to put the Dean in front for the first time in the game.

Ben Donnelly(2) and Pearse Mc Donald swapped points before a strong finish from Dean Maguirc saw them hit four points in a row from Donaghy, Curran, Fitzgerald and Mc Donald to secure the title on a final score of Dean Maguirc College 2-9, St Conor’s 1-6.

Virtual Open Night 2022

January 17, 2022 by Helen O'Hanlon

Please see link below for our Virtual Open Night 2022

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Virtual Open Night 2022

by Helen O'Hanlon

Please see attachment for our Virtual Tour 2022 below.

Christmas Carol Service

December 15, 2021 by Helen O'Hanlon

Please find attached the link for our Christmas Carol Service

Carol Service

Sam Maguire and The Anglo Celt visit DMC

December 2, 2021 by Helen O'Hanlon

We were honoured to have 3 of the Tyrone All Ireland winners visit us with the Sam Maguire and Anglo Celt Cups today. We were delighted to welcome past pupil Jonny Munroe along with Kieran McGeary and Frank Burns to visit all the pupils at different stages throughout the afternoon. Pupils had the opportunity to get their photographs taken alongside the players and the cups.

To mark the ocasion all pupils donated money to wear their County colours. We were delighted to donate £900 to the Air Ambulance Service N Ireland Again all at DMC woud like to thank Jonny, Frank and Kieran for taking the time out visit us.     

School Calendar 2021/22

August 23, 2021 by Helen O'Hanlon

School Calendar 2021 22 SCHOOL YEAR SEPTEMBER 2021 – 2022 (1)

Junior Prizegiving 2021

June 25, 2021 by Helen O'Hanlon

Junior Prize-giving 2021

This year we finally got to celebrate Junior Prize-giving through 3 separate ceremonies for Years 8, 9 and 10. What has been a challenging school year for all of our pupils, we were delighted to come together to celebrate their tremendous efforts and achievement throughout this academic year.
We began with our Year 8 pupils, whom we are extremely proud of how well they all settled in to school life at the Dean. Well done to each and every pupil of Years 8,9 and 10, who received certificates for all their hard work and effort.
Congratulations to the House Captains who received the House shields for sports day and congratulations also to the individual pupils who received special prizes for the most House Points awarded in each Year group (listed below).
In the afternoon the pupils were all rewarded with treats and ice-cream.

Year 8
1st – Finbarr’s – Sports Day
House Captains – Alanna Rafferty and Shay McDermott.
Tiernach’s – Overall winning House
Top House points – Caillin Joe McDonald and Eabha Sheridan

Year 9
1st Finbarr’s – Sports Day
House Captains – Fionn Begley and Amy Anya
Tiernach’s – Overall winning House
Top House points – Peter Paul Kerr and Niamh Mullin

Year 10
1st Finbarr’s – Sports Day
House Captains – Caolán Martin and Cara Fox
Tiernach’s – Overall winning House
Top House points – Tomás O’Kane and Georgia McCrory

Questionnaire for Pupils

February 10, 2021 by Helen O'Hanlon

Questionnaire for Parents/Guardians

January 21, 2021 by Helen O'Hanlon