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NAME: Gavin O’Shea NAME: Aidan O’Sullivan NAME: Eoin O’Leary NICKNAME: Gav/Gavohash NICKNAME: CHaido / Aido / NICKNAME: Square head FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: shotgun god FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: Baking fairy cakes with FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: Wednesday jobs/ Slogging mummy smashing Chewie in the face Guinness MOST EMBARRASSING with sausages MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Having a few MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Getting slapped cans with #davey MOMENT: trampoline at by A.C at a gaff/ The Chris' gaff alleyway that got abused MOST LIKELY TO SAY: Can’t wait to see my baby girl this weekend/ I miss her so much MOST LIKELY TO SAY: some ignorant/ sadistic MOST LIKELY TO SAY: Something about business/ his overall LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: Sorry snugglepoof I’m going out LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: \"yea, you're right, i'm wrong\" with the guys tonight WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: being intelligence / Something wise WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Being fat negative/ his DJ set at musical gaff WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: completely disappeared off LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: I'm wrong/ Think I'll go for a Rockshore this WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Guitarist for a church choir the face of the earth MOST RESEMBLES: Lil huddy MOST RESEMBLES: lenny from shark tales time GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Staying back behind GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: \"losing weight\" every class to say thank you to teachers/ finishing the WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: The dogs mummy and son marathon NAME: Alex O’Toole NICKNAME: A-drizzle, in 5th year / his 'H1' in business NAME: Adam O’Donnell A-bone, Big Al Mulhall FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: the WNBA / Still chatting to NICKNAME: Mullo, Mullock, Playing for BTFC Pope Mullo the 3rd, MOST EMBARRASSING parents at gaffs M-Drizzle MOMENT: My career at FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: Wolfe Tone MOST RESEMBLES: Bubbles/Grandad from Up/ Andrew Garfield/ Listening to JOCKO MOST EMBARRASSING MOST LIKELY TO SAY: Discipline equals freedom Where's Wally MOMENT: Debut game for LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: Something not inspirational Wolfetone YC WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Having GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: The Business mock / Being the worst MOST LIKELY TO SAY: Knicks in 5 in the 2025 NBA Finals, clown feet Harden Finals MVP 2021 WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Pub crawling or still basketball player in pres history LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: Something sociable working in Power City WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES:Not MOST RESEMBLES: Alex Caruso, Jocko Willink NAME: Oisin O’Toole knowing how to speak any irish GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Getting 20k retweets on NICKNAME: Brutus Fabio WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Outside Boyle sports on twitter o-drizzle toolbox ois the Vevay FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: MOST RESEMBLES: Bread loaf with eyes, George Russell, NAME: Joe Power Lifting weights, eating pasta, James Harden without beard NICKNAME: Jip, screaming at Lexi trampling GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Captaining BTFC to jippo,jip-pow-ear first years division 1, Beating Baba K in 3 point contest FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: MOST EMBARRASSING Tiktoks/ looking out his MOMENT: losing his legs in NAME: Toby Owens window for tanned brunettes Dylan’s shed, ginger NICKNAME: Tobe, Tobias, MOST EMBARRASSING incident, almost dying at pre T-Bone MOMENT: Sending an debs FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: apology to a girl into a group MOST LIKELY TO SAY: So it is, she’s one of them ones, look at you, Sending jawline pics chat “I’m sorry” MOST EMBARRASSING MOST LIKELY TO SAY: She’s peng , full send for the boys eh , I love I’ll be in tommrow I swear, might get a mo MOMENT: Getting sick all over the pre debs floor/ into fat moths LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: Something pronounced correctly, a bottle while two girls comforted him LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: Something intelligent, “I hate Dermot something appropriate, can’t wait to study MOST LIKELY TO SAY: May do/ I don’t mind/ Have training/ No, going pumpkins Kennedy”,”I don’t really like tanned brunettes” WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Bus LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: Yes/ Nah I’ve never played for Ireland/ Who are Shamrock Rovers?/ Something funny WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: His incident, red face, having the largest chest, not showing up in TY WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Nothing/ Getting with a cleaner in a bathroom brother, getting his mummy and daddy to collect him from pre debs WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Bulking, working in tesco WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Captain for Kilpedder over MOST RESEMBLES: Big z, fat Thor, the mountain, Rodney 35’s/ Still sending jawline pics to girls WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Still in his brothers shadow, still GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: pronouncing a word MOST RESEMBLES: Fred Figglehorn/ Jacob Sartorius correctly, surviving pre debs, trying to get served with fake ID GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Skipping class from 2nd on trial at Ipswich, still learning the lyrics for longitude 2041 year up and never getting caught NAME: Josh Pyper MOST RESEMBLES: Conor from young offenders, himself from 1st NICKNAME: Jpypz, NAME: Stephen Reynolds Hiyajoshgoodtoseeya, el NICKNAME: Ste, Stevo, Mr. year duster Reynolds FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Getting an u19s soccer cap Hitting the gym Pastimes: beefing with zak, MOST EMBARRASSING talking about football, the under Mr skelly (tactical genius), getting josh Pyper to like him in 1st year MOMENT: 4th year musical three year plan party MOST EMBARRASSING NAME: Paul Rice MOMENT: E.B, my rugby NICKNAME: Ricey MOST LIKELY TO SAY: I actually love rugby lads, fastest career FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: winguh in wenstuh MOST LIKELY TO SAY: “ no one asked zak”, “what do you mean”, Guitar, Socialising with LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: I actually hate rugby lads, my wrist friends feels great and fully recovered “the chances of me doing that business homework” MOST EMBARRASSING WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Being MOMENT: Passed out in the size of a 6th year in first year LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: “Zak your actually right”, “Zak I did ask”, class WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Playing for Seapoint concussed with a broken wrist “I’m going to do that business hw” MOST LIKELY TO SAY: I could get you that MOST RESEMBLES: Nick jonas LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: I don’t know anyone GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: His genes WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Being in WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Being Mental NAME: Marc Sheehan his brothers shadows, Predebs WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Millionaire in Spain NICKNAME: Marc ‘Calico’ MOST RESEMBLES: Scoby Joe Sheehan WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Working for sky sports, still GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: Sitting down for a good study being in his brothers shadow, still waiting to do his theory session MOST EMBARRASSING MOST RESEMBLES: An air dancer, Harry “Slabhead” Maguire MOMENT: Crying at pre GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Getting home from predebs, debs twice coming to school on time MOST LIKELY TO SAY: “Can’t this weekend lads with the missus” LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: Something intelligent WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Cloud watching in the bathrooms/ ‘Scaring’ Paul E at pre debs WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Queuing for the dole 5g Fego MOST RESEMBLES: Manny from modern family GREATEST EVER ACHIEVeMENT: Sorting the whole French trip with a few sodas

NAME: Indi St. Clair NAME: Adam Temple NAME: Michael Timmons NICKNAME: Side Show NICKNAME: Scoop NICKNAME: Mikey/ Michelle FAVOURITE FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: PAST-TIME:Sitting in traffic Spending his money in the Eating for the first 3 canteen MOST EMBARRASSING MOST EMBARRASSING MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: The sink incident MOMENT: MOMENT: Getting with SD at pre debs MOST LIKELY TO SAY: What?/I couldn’t hear you/ I’m hungry MOST LIKELY TO SAY: Sorry I'm late, miss/ Any munch? LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: I’m full/ something nice / French is easy LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: You're right MOST LIKELY TO SAY: I’m getting a takeaway tonight WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Under WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: I’m going to the gym Backseat freestyles/ Predebs bottling WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Getting armor shorts/ the monkey incident/ pulling a socket out of a wall WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Top of the charts the most amount of red notes for doing absolutely nothing MOST RESEMBLES: Side Show Bob WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Still cleaning in Star WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Food taster/ still eating when GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Pres Factor golden Leisure buzzer moment MOST RESEMBLES: A carrot not supposed to GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: His fifa 20 ultimate team NAME: Rhys Walsh MOST RESEMBLES:Peter griffin/ a square/ the old man from up NICKNAME: Bobby NAME: ADAM CROWE GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Not getting caught eating one Tarantino NICKNAME: Crowster FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: FAVOURITE PAST-TIME: time Reciting logic songs Keeping the equivalent of a MOST EMBARRASSING zoo in his room NAME James Merigan MOMENT: Being the only MOST EMBARRASSING NICKNAME: Jerro person to put up his hand in MOMENT: Forgetting FAVOURITE Irish class when Mr. Fleming someone's name mid PAST-TIME: asked ‘does anyone enjoy sentence, then stuttering for MOST EMBARRASSING reading books in their spare a full 10 seconds. time’ MOST LIKELY TO SAY: Broken English MOST LIKELY TO SAY: ‘Bro that new logic album is fire’ MOST LIKELY TO SAY: Something about dungeons and LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: Anything that isn't rushed and making LEAST LIKELY TO SAY: ‘Broh you are a crocodile, you are dragons sense not my papa’ LEAST LIKELY TO SAY:\"I love sport, very fun stuff\" WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Stinking WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: Rapping WHAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR IN PRES: the toilets for 6 years logics album word for word at lunch time Knowing way too much WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Playing CDM for Chelsea WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: Doing icon swaps week WHERE HE’LL BE IN 20 YEARS: In Australia with even MOST RESEMBLES: Carl Wheezer from Jimmy 4000 more spiders Neutron/Schmidt(21 Jumpstreet) MOST RESEMBLES: Logic MOST RESEMBLES: A clean shaven bear GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Surviving BD/chewing GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Packing prime deco GREATEST EVER ACHIEVEMENT: Ongoing SY’s shoulder “Pic” of the Bunch

A message from your trustees - the Presentation Brother Schools Trust (PBST) I am delighted to have the opportunity to t might be of interest to Year Book readers to compose a few lines for the Presentation College Year be reminded of the role the Trust plays in the schools Book at the end of what has been a truly for which it has responsibility. PBST was set up in 2009 unprecedented year in Irish education. The year has following the withdrawal of the Presentation Brothers presented the entire school community - from the active management of the schools in the management, teachers, support staff, parents and Presentation Brothers network. The Trust is a company students - with challenges that none of us could have limited by guarantee, made up of volunteer lay people envisaged in our wildest imaginings last September. As whose primary objective is to ensure that the I write these lines, Leaving Cert students and their ‘characteristic spirit’ of each school remains in keeping teachers still face a degree of uncertainty as regards with Christ’s teaching as exemplified by Edmund Rice. the arrangements for exams and for college entry. Our Secondly, as legal owner of the schools, the Trust also thoughts are with them during this very difficult has overall responsibility for the properties and period. Our thoughts are also with those families finances of the schools and for ensuring compliance which may have suffered bereavement or which may with statutory requirements. By now, the Trust has be experiencing unemployment for the first time. moved out of its establishment phase and into a new These are indeed uncertain and anxious times. Let us developmental stage. We have just reached the end of just hope that all this will be temporary and that we our second five year cycle and, Covid 19 restrictions will be back to something approaching normality by notwithstanding, are about to undertake a review September. which will lead to the formulation of a new strategic plan for the next five years. We hope this will result in But, of course, things will not be entirely the Trust being more connected with our school normal next September. For one thing, Mr. Gregory leaders, teachers, students, parents and support staff. was no longer be in charge and the school will be It’s quite a challenge given that we have over 350 staff adapting to a new principal who will, we hope, members and nearly 4000 students in a very diverse continue to build on the wonderful work begun by his family of schools at both primary and secondary level – predecessor. I know from my visits to Presentation particularly when one of them, Pres Bray, is College and from speaking to staff, parents and geographically separated by 250 km from the others! students that Mr. Gregory was seen as a truly exceptional school leader. When I asked one parent Despite the modernity of its building, what she would like to see in a new school principal, Presentation College Bray has a wonderful tradition she replied by saying that she would like to see a clone stretching back almost 100 years and I would appeal of Mr. Gregory! Mr. Gregory has given a lifetime of directly to those students who will be leaving the service to the school, including 18 years in senior school at the end of the year to keep in contact and to management. Never a man given to grandstanding, he remain true to the Pres spirit. The Spirit of Pres may be led the school with assurance, fairness, commitment an intangible thing but it is still very real. The values and huge integrity. On behalf of PBST, I thank Pat for which have been instilled in you are ones that will this service not just to Pres Bray but also to the wider stand you in good stead throughout your adult lives. Presentation community whose values he personified. Be courageous as you go out into the world and carry I also thank him for his particular kindness towards me the values of kindness, generosity, honesty and and the great patience he showed when dealing with integrity with you. Live the Gospel! In these uncertain the sometimes challenging issues that the trust was times, the world needs people like you! involved in. We wish him and his wife, Lisa, many years of contented retirement. Michael Sexton CEO, Presentation Brothers Schools Trust I www.pbst.ie

Gants Facts* These are some absolutely true facts about our very own Mr. Gantly! ● Mr.Gantly accidently invented the metric system. ● Mr.Gantly’s cardigan can turn into a magic carpet, just in case he needs to make a speedy getaway. ● Mr.Gantly is the patron saint of Mullingar. ● Mr.Gantly is on the Irish Library’s most wanted list for late book returns. ● Mr.Gantly cannot be harmed by any man-made object. ● Mr.Gantly always keeps a kicking tee in his beard, just in case. ● Mr.Gantly is the only thing that keeps Chuck Norris up at night. ● Mr.Gantly knows what you did last summer. ● Mr.Gantly has an evil twin named Mrs. Yltnag. ● OffBeat has a secret donut named after Mr. Gantly, called ‘The Glazed Ganto’. ● Like Dr. Manhattan, Mr. Gantly is experiencing all moments of history at once. ● Mr.Gantly was the secret fifth member of WestLife, but had to leave due to a lack of enthusiasm from his bandmates to make songs about the Roman Empire. ● Mr.Gantly has seen 14,000,605 futures, and not one where all of his students get H1s. ● Mr.Gantly escaped the Gulag, and he’s coming for you. *Actual Fact: Mr. Gantly suggested the name ‘Gant’s Facts’ for this article.

Interviews with the teachers of Pres Bray. Ms. Gilhooly Is there any advice you’d give to anyone in lockdown at the moment? Have you tried any new hobbies/activities while in lockdown? Try listening to audiobooks while you are out for a walk and stop going to sleep in the early hours of Lunchtime pilates and eating dinner at the morning. Oh, and don’t forget to walk your cat. lunchtime;both of these equally as rewarding. Did you know that dinner time is 1pm in the w(h)est but it Do you think this period of time will change doesn’t count if there aren't potatoes. education for good?; or is it just temporary? Is there anything that you have come to Yes and no. I think this situation has the potential to appreciate about stuck inside? make us more appreciative of what we have and the hard work that goes into education by everyone I’m in Leitrim - I’ve never spent as much time involved. However, in reality that type of thinking outside. will have to be a conscious decision and that might be hard for some.There are benefits of online What’s quarantine life like in the stone age, I resources and I will be using more in my own mean Leitrim? teaching in the future. But this period of time has highlighted how good we actually had it and how The grass is green and plentiful both in the fields and important classroom interaction actually is, it’s just in the middle of the road. Farmers do not respect not the same when I tell my terrible jokes through social distancing as nothing can alter their routine the computer. and I had to get a tree cut down as it was getting in the way of the internet’s line of sight..... Especially on Mr. Kiely a windy day. Oh, and my Mother’s cat gets mad if she isn't brought for an evening walk with the dog. Have you tried any new hobbies/activities while in lockdown? Is there anything you’d like to keep from the way school is being taught at the moment? Ex. Online I have made various attempts to bake bread,cakes Classes, Google Classroom etc. etc - all fairly poorly but edible nonetheless!! Safe to say I have yet to find my speciality! I also thought I am enjoying the camera and mic off option for briefly about taking up the bodhran but did my students especially - it’s a useful concept. Second to family and neighbours a favour and forgot that that, the option of being able to record notion in a hurry! class/concepts so that students can look back on them is a great revision tool. Also, having a general online resource bank is good too.

Interviews with the teachers of Pres Bray. Is there anything that you have come to Do you have any plans or goals for the appreciate about stuck inside? remainder of this quarantine? I appreciate lot’s of things that I would have taken One of my goals is to track down certain lads and for granted before. Being able to be “stuck” inside in try to get them to hand in a history essay!! a comfortable place is something to be thankful for. I hope to get a chance to see family that I haven’t I have a new baby so I get to spend far more time seen for a long time and pour the perfect pint from with her than I would have under normal a can!! circumstances so that’s something I can really I aim to not go to the barbers until they are opened appreciate! - not sure if that’s a goal, and aim or fear of ending I also can underestimate my appreciation for up like certain teachers that have attempted the Michael Jordan!! DIY chop (#PrivateKelly) Are you missing the GAA while stuck in Do you think this period of time will change quarantine? education for good?; or is it just temporary? Massively - Since I can remember I have been I think the nature of education means this model playing, watching or training GAA. isn’t sustainable - it’s the best solution for the time It is such a massive part of my life and even though being but nothing beats being in the classroom! I was tapering down my involvement with family I do think it will change how much accountability commitments, I could never see myself not being students will have to take for their own work and it involved with hurling in some way! You’d miss the has definitely taken students & teachers out of craic going to watch big matches in Croker, Parnell their comfort zones which is a good thing most of or Thurles, the lads at training or just pucking the the time!! ball until it’s dark down in the field with some of your I have learned loads over the past few weeks best friends. about the tech available and often how tech I also miss the live aspect to football and hurling unsavvy I am!! and the shite talked in whatspp groups or on the Probably the most awe inspiring thing in terms of Sunday game! education was learning that our own Mr.Conroy was involved in the conception, development and Have you been able to cope without your distribution of the Google Education suite of finnbees coffee?; Or have you perhaps tried to products. It’s great to have such innovators in the recreate it? school. Numerous attempts to recreate and in fact I was Mr. Browne able to better it. A covert operation involving the Mullingar mafia ensured a bag of the finest ground Have you tried any new hobbies/activities Parisian coffee landed on my front door one while in lockdown? morning - It has pride of place each morning and not even a grain goes to waste - It’s safe to say it’s been a lockdown highlight!!

Interviews with the teachers of Pres Bray. No, I haven’t. To be honest, I haven’t really had To be fair, I don’t drink espressos daily the time. The only thing that has changed because the pods are made from plastic and about my working day is that my commute has are bad for the environment - I only go to dropped from anywhere between 45 minutes them as a last resort. I do miss a Costa coffee and an hour to 6 seconds. For downtime / though. I’m still drinking about 2 cups of headspace I’ve relied on the things I know coffee daily -- and not that freeze-dried stuff! best. I read a good bit, outside of my subject areas, and so I’ve got through some items on Do you think this period of time will change my personal reading list. One of them was The education for good?; or is it just temporary? Second Sleep by Robert Harris and another was Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg and In the grand scheme of things, it will change Steve Magness, the former fiction and the very little in education, particularly in the short latter non-fiction. I have watched some TV, The term. Technology has been used in education Stranger (crap), Bodyguard and The for years now and, apart from some benefits Mandalorian. from the administrative / data side of things and file storage, it hasn’t been the ‘revolution’ Is there anything that you have come to it was mooted to be. As Larry Cuban said appreciate about stuck inside? back in 2001, \"Computers [in education] have been oversold and underused”. Moreover, No. Obviously I appreciate the relative very few consider the fact that in the schools seriousness of the pandemic and I’m in Silicon Valley technology used in education concerned about my own safety, as well as my and instruction is kept to a minimum. You’ve family’s, but it hasn’t changed my viewpoint on got to ask yourself why this is the case, anything really. considering the fact that it is the epicenter of the information technology revolution. Do you miss the lads acting the ham in class? On another note, not specifically related to No, I do not. I do, however, miss being in education per se, it will certainly have an school. impact on schools, even when all restrictions are lifted. Social distancing, effective hand Is the home cooking up to scratch?; or do you hygiene, proper cough and sneeze etiquette miss the school cafeteria? etc, are being normalised at the moment (which is a good thing) and when schools do I miss the canteen for its nice food and its reopen eventually I think they may be the new convenience, but thankfully my home cooking norms, at least until social distancing can be is up to scratch. relaxed. Are you still drinking your daily expressos like in school?

Fleming’s Fantastic Fries! Looking for a delicious feast to cook during quarantine? Well Pres’s impromptu culinary expert has a recipe that’s sure to brighten up any table. Mr. Fleming’s Oven Fries Firstly, and most importantly is the potato. For oven chips, Maris Pipers are best. Roosters will do but stay away from the Golden Wonders and Kerrs Pinks! ● 4-5 large Maris Piper potatoes. keen eye on them – do not let them getwtthoMoooar.cnsFayonolFfetnl,maeecmintrueignaaalgdlypinFocgaloocotghtk!iie.ss ● Wash potatoes. Don’t peel them, leave the skins on. medium to firm! ● Cut potatoes length ways and slice into wedges. ● Place in a pot of cold water. ● Bring to the boil and let boil for about 5 mins. Keep a they’ll be a nightmare to salvage. You are looking for ● Strain and empty wedges onto a large baking tray to dry. (If you want to make really crispy chips, then you can toss a little plain flour over the wedges once dry). ● In a large bowl, put 2 tablespoons of olive oil, and good lashing of salt and pepper. ● Once the wedges have dried, toss them into the bowl. ● Cover all the wedges with the oil, salt and pepper ● Place wedges back into the baking tray. You can give an extra seasoning of salt and pepper if you like. Make sure there is no excess oil in the tray. As long as each wedge is coated in oil, they will crisp up nicely. ● Arrange the wedges so that they are on their backs (ie skin down) and make sure they are well spaced out. ● Put into the oven at 220 degrees C for 15 mins. Toss them around and back in for another 10-15 min. You will need to keep an eye on them from here and judge yourself how well done you want them. ● You should end up with lovely golden, crispy chips on the outside and fluffy in the middle! The whole process takes about an hour start to finish. The results are worth it! They go with pretty much anything, but for the summer I would suggest serving them with barbecued beer-can chicken and home-made coleslaw. Wash it down with a glass of Lilt and finish with a dessert of a tangle-twister or loop-the-loop! Summer bliss!! CtoeoakciFhnilgnegmisIiranislgmhFogasrtacamt!smfuanr. as

Interviews with former teachers of Pres Bray. Mr. Finucane Babysitting - no rest since having a kid last year so really looking forward to the end of the What’s your best memory of teaching in Pres? lockdown Tours such as Wales and Andorra but specifically Is there anything you’d like to say to some of the tour to South of France with the Senior Rugby your former students at Pres? team. Great experience for all involved and Mr. Kyne even got to work on his farmer’s tan. Look after Alwin Baju! Also enjoyed the Spirit of Pres weeks with Mr. Mannerings showing football skills no teacher of his Mr. King age should have….could’ve made it! What’s your best memory of teaching in Pres? How is the school you teach in now, different from Pres? My best memory has to be Mr. Kiely and I bravely leading the 1st year rugby team through the gates It’s a mixed school and therefore very different. of Alton towers and straight onto the roller coasters. Teaching 30 lads Geography doesn’t seem as intimidating anymore. How is the school you teach in now, different from Pres? Are you involved with rugby in your school like you were in Pres? The big difference is the fact that it is a mixed school so I am now teaching boys and girls. We do Yes, coach of Junior Side but currently a B school play some rugby there so I am happy to still be in Munster so lower standard than what Pres would involved in the sport a bit. One huge difference be used to. Trying to bring the Kevin Conroy however, is I don't have to give Mr. Kelly a lift to the philosophy of running rugby down to Limerick...no dart anymore. success yet! Are you still involved with GAA in any way? Is there anything you miss about Pres? Such as with Kilmac or with your school? The staff - 3 years working in Bray and made some I am still involved in GAA. I have taken a step back great people along the way. Always miss your first from coaching underage with Kilmac this year but school. Mr. Locke making up his own Kerry phrases have been training with our men's team and have and all of them making perfect sense but coached some girls football in school. specifically being regularly confused as Mr. Kyne’s mini-me. Have you been doing any new hobbies/activities while in quarantine?

Interviews with former teachers of Pres Bray. Is there anything you miss about Pres? Are you involved with any soccer team?; inside or outside of the school? I miss the students and teachers I worked with. I I’m back playing Gaelic football (trying) with Al made some fantastic friendships that I am glad to Reem Shamrocks, one of two teams based in say have continued even after my time in Pres. Mr. Abu Dhabi and the school staff have an 11-aside Gantly still needs someone to watch Star Wars with. team I play soccer with but no coaching at the moment. Have you been doing any new hobbies/activities while in quarantine? I have been running a bit more and trying to read Is there anything you miss about Pres? more in my spare time. I also regularly take part in The general atmosphere and humour between quizzes each week. I am a real quiz man these staff and students is very different here than at days. Pres and I definitely miss that. As I mentioned above it's almost business like at times here. The Mr. Scahill general manner of Pres students and the slagging between teachers and students is something I’ll look forward to on return. What’s your best memory of teaching in Pres? Have you been doing any new That’s a very hard question to answer. I have lots of fond hobbies/activities while in quarantine? memories of Pres including the annual ski trips organised Not really anything new, lots of running and by Mr. Kyne, my involvement with the u17 soccer team, cycling and I’ve taken the opportunity to re watch and also teaching Leaving Cert Economics. The 6th Year the Sopranos from start to finish. I’ve also bought Sports Day was always a highlight. an Aeropress and watched about 100 youtube clips on brewing coffee. How is the school you teach in now, different from Is there anything you’d like to say to some of Pres? your former students at Pres? It’s more clinical. Both students and parents are obsessed I’d like to commiserate with all those Liverpool with grades and the hours can often be longer. There are fans. Hard luck Lads. approximately 50 different nationalities attending and they don’t always get my Father Ted jokes. There’s a much nicer balance and rounded education at Pres. However it’s great to see different teaching methods and I am also responsible for creating most of my own course work here which is a nice challenge to have.

Ski Trip 2020 Bormio 2000 Very early, on Friday the 14th of February, 57 of us the first morning most of us were ready for our 2nd years set out on what was to be (for most of first “free ski” with the teachers. This proved to be us) our first experience on the slopes. Despite the one of the most enjoyable parts of the trip. The early start, moods were high as we departed the teachers were great fun to ski with and it became College to make our early flight from Dublin to clear to us that we weren’t the only ones in need Milan. of lessons. Mr. “Zoolander” Fleming was unable to turn left while Ms. Gilhooly was no stranger to We landed in Milan on what was a very hot and falling. This put the likes of Kyle Pearse and Cian sunny Friday morning and it became clear that we Hannon at ease as they did more falling than faced a long bus journey up the mountains before skiing down the mountain. Throughout the week we would see any snow. As we climbed the everyone noticed a huge improvement in their mountains everyone remained in high spirits as we skiing from the lessons and by the end of the week came closer to our destination. Not even Mr. Kelly almost all of us were able to sample the many could remain sour, despite his best efforts. different slopes Bormio had to offer and go all the way from top-top (3000m) down to Bormio itself The hotel we stayed in was called Hotel Girasole with a few fun slopes on the way. which was situated in the middle of the slopes at 2000m above sea level. The views of Bormio below and the mountain above were genuinely sensational. First impressions of the hotel were promising with a games room containing a pool table and many other arcade games but what really caught our attention was the karaoke room which we will come back to later. Once we dropped off our bags we had a quick bit of peck before heading to the ski shop to get our equipment for the week. Dinner was next and thankfully the scran was very nice with a salad bar, pizza and chips among other options. On the Saturday morning we put on our boots and helmets and gathered our skis (some of us with more difficulty than others) and followed the teachers to the slopes. We were split into different groups then where we were assigned instructors. The instructors were great craic and helped us all to become much more confident on the slopes. The first morning was a challenge but our lessons in Kilternan saw most of us progress quickly from the nursery slopes. By the end of our lessons on

After the long days of skiing the teachers We had an early start the next morning for our organised many fun activities in the evenings. journey home. With 54 students on the bus at 4am Curling proved to be a very challenging and there were a few students nowhere to be seen. bizarre sport while Ben Clancy and Jack Byrne Niall O’Callaghan, Dan Seymour and Pearsey had excelled at ice skating. Other activities included a forgotten to set an alarm and were given a rude quiz night and a pizza night but what stood out for awakening with a bark from a sour Mr. Kelly. many would have to be the Karaoke. After a shy start, James Healy led the charge and soon all 57 We arrived home after an amazing week with a students were belting out the Backstreet Boys and few days of mid term to spare. I would like to say Neil Diamond songs. Mr. Kyne however wasn’t too thank you to all the teachers who made this trip impressed and proceeded to take the mic and put possible. Without them we wouldn’t have had on an exhibition with a Saw Doctors rendition. His nearly as good a time! singing (unfortunately) did not end there, and his Rattlin Bog performance on the bus was a real stand out. The weather all week was glorious and by the last day everyone had come to grips with the skiing. Bizarrely enough, it was a member of the advanced skiing group (Darren) that would be the one to have an accident by forgetting one of the first lessons we learnt, how to clip on the boots. Clueee as Mr. Kiely would say. Thankfully Darren was able to fly home the next day albeit in a cast! That evening we all received our certs of completion from our instructors and thanked them for everything all week.

Pres on the Frontline! An interview with Tiarnán Fallon Verbruggen, a former student of Presentation College Bray who is working on the medical frontline in New Zealand. What is your favourite memory from your time at A lot of planning went into getting the hospital Pres? and the ward ready for an infection like this. Everything has to be cleaned and everything We were fortunate enough to be around for some non-essential had to be cleared out. We all had important times so it's hard to pick a favourite. Pres to re-train in putting on protective equipment had not one but two fires, Bertie Ahern arrived in a (gowns, gloves, goggles, face shields and helicopter, and in our last year we saw the new masks) and had to make sure we have separate school built and the old swimming pool where we sat spaces where we can see and treat people our exams demolished. according to their illness. Were there teachers that had an influence on you Our day-to-day hasn't changed too much, our and your path later in life? outpatient clinics have been closed but we're still seeing people through our acute services unit Again, we were very lucky to have the group of the and the emergency department. teachers we had. I think as a year, and certainly as we got to sixth year, we really got on with everyone We've had lots of new babies being born during including those we didn't have classes with. Right up the pandemic. Unfortunately we've had to limit until the student - teacher rugby match that is (the the amount of people who come in to visit the teachers hockeyed us). babies to just their parents but our nurses and midwives have been making sure there have Do you still keep in touch with any of your mates been lots of Skype calls and videos to send from school? home to excited older siblings and grandparents. I do, we still have a group chat going. I've been New Zealand has been at Alert level 4 (total away for the last few years but I try to meet them lockdown) for the last four weeks and we've every Christmas at least. seen good results in controlling the spread of infection. Is there anything you’d say to people who are thinking of studying medicine when they finish It's been a challenging and stressful time but school? really lovely to see everyone come together! Go for it, it's a great career that can take you all What would you say to those who are fed up around the world and back again. with the quarantine and want things to go back to as they were? How would you describe being a working in the medical sector on a day to day basis, especially Things will get back to normal but it will take in these times? some time. Better one step forward than two steps back. I'm currently working on the children's ward in a hospital in New Zealand.

Mr. Gorman’s Daily Routine. Have you ever wondered what Mr. Gorman gets up to on a daily basis? Well, after months of research, we’ve managed to get an estimation of what his daily routine looks like. 4:30 AM - Wake up. 10:55 AM - Think about a line from Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, specifically “You're so 4:45 AM - Shower and get dressed. ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece!”. Save it in your mind for later as it might be a useful 5:15 AM - Stare at a picture of Jacques Derrida for tool in your upcoming Art History class. daily inspiration. 11:05 AM - Finally get around to correcting last 6:00 AM - Arrive downstairs where you are met by year's Christmas exams. the ominous red light, It asks in a soft robotic voice what you want for breakfast. You reply with ‘Just 11:45 AM - Put on Schindler’s List for a fourth year the usual Hal, thank you very much’. A tray with a class and discuss why it’s in black and white to the coffee, with only the slightest drop of milk, and a three students who sit up the front. plate of toast with grilled tomatoes and a single poached egg with a sprinkling of black pepper, 12:25 PM - Put on another film version of King Lear emerge from the kitchen counter. for your fifth year English class with the sound so high it can be heard in the Rice Building. 6:35AM - Read the morning newspaper while stroking your chin, pondering each article profusely. 1:05 PM - Pop out to Centra to get some lunch as you’ve worked up quite an appetite from expanding 7:15 AM - Bundle into a taxi to get to Pres. When your students' young minds. you eventually get stuck in traffic, let out a sigh and inadvertently talk to the driver about how the rush 2:00 PM - Arrive late for your next class after lunch. of traffic is like a metaphor about the rush of There’s no lesson for the students to learn, you just humanity towards inevitable doom and despair. don't like to be rushed while eating. 8:45 AM - Arrive at the school. You pay the driver, 2:30 PM - Yell at a group of students to stop kicking who now has an existential crisis due to the small your door. talk on the way up. You make way into the school building. 3:00 PM - Chat with Mr. Rooney about his latest art project with your third coffee of the day in hand. 9:05 AM - Arrive late for your English class as it teaches them the lesson of patience, which is 3:35 PM - Lock the classroom door as you prepare needed in this modern world. to leave the school, happily strolling along knowing no student is going to pester you as they’re in other 10:15 AM - Tell your next class to go in while you classes. step out for a coffee. Stop and talk to Mr. Savage Get into a taxi waiting for you outside. on your way back. 10:20 AM - Finally arrive back at your classroom and give out to your students for being too loud and tell them to sit down.

Mr. Gorman’s Daily Routine. Guess the Teacher? 4:05 PM - Look at the dreary rain and overcast outside of the car and comment on how it is a pathetic fallacy for the current state of the people’s minds in the world right now. The driver is not sure how to respond. 4:45 PM - Arrive back at your house and pay the driver, who now can’t stop thinking about how nature mirrors life. 5:30 PM - Sit and have dinner while thinking back to a café in Paris. 6:30 PM - Worship at a shrine of Picasso in an incense lit room. 7:00 PM - Plan what movies you will watch with your students in tomorrow’s class. 8:30 PM - Plan a new art exhibition so that you can keep your agent happy for a few more months. 9:30 PM - Retreat to bed and re-read Margins of Philosophy as you drift off to sleep.

Past Pupils Association I am delighted to be invited to contribute an article for the yearbook on behalf of the Past Pupils’ Union (PPU) of Presentation College Bray. While some of you will be only too delighted to exit the gates of the school for the last time, I hope many of you have fond memories of your time in the College. For most of you who have spent the last five or six years in Pres, you will have forged many friendships, which will hopefully endure into the future. Having been Captain of the victorious 1975 Junior Cup Team, I was impressed with the manner in which this year’s Juniors won the Junior League in Donnybrook for the first time in a decade! It seems the right structures are in place for Pres to be dining back at the top table of schools rugby before too long. The Past Pupils’ Union is a business and social network for the past pupils of the College. It affords you the opportunity to keep in touch with former class-mates and friends through a series of functions including the Annual Golf Outing and President’s Dinner. We also support the College financially and otherwise. In collaboration with the school and Parents Association, we are also planning a series of events to mark the centenary in 2021. We invite you to drop us an email at [email protected] so we can add your name and email address to our database to keep you informed of all Union events and school news. Please note there is no annual membership fee for the first five years after you leave Pres. I wish you every success with this years Leaving Certificate and hope you go on to follow your dreams in further education, business and sport for the future! Best regards, Brendan Toolan PPU President 1995, 1996, 2020

Pres Parents Association Pres. Toy Appeal On behalf of The Parents Association I would like . to extend our best wishes to all our Pres Once again,we had a very successful Christmas Community at this challenging time. I hope that toy appeal. This is an idea that started some years you and your families continue to remain well and ago with Brother Ray and has now become a safe. Christmas tradition in the school. The toys are donated to three local charities every year, which Parents Association is a voluntary body consisting include two local conferences of the Vincent De of Parents and Guardians whose primary role Paul. Donating toys, books and games is a simple is to provide a structure through which gesture to try to improve Christmas for others. parents/guardians of Pupils attending Pres. Bray Each year we are overwhelmed by the response can work together to provide the best possible from our students, parents and staff. education and school environment for the pupils. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all The PA organise fundraising events to help involved. Your donations were very much provide the best facilities for all our Boys and we appreciated. arrange social activities which endeavour to promote the sense of the Pres. Community, which Ms Dillane we are all very proud to be a part of. Unfortunately due to the current Covid-19 restrictions we were forced to cancel our scheduled fundraising events but we hope to be in a position to host these soon. Our Golf Classic Fundraiser event was well underway and we have provisionally rescheduled this to October. Thank you to everyone who had booked Teams, Sponsored Holes and donated prizes already for this event. We hope to be able to give you a great day out in October! I would like to Thank the PA, Teaching and Auxiliary Staff, Pupils and Parents for their hard work and continued support. I look forward to seeing you all soon. REBECCA WHISTON Chairperson

PE and Wellbeing in Pres The importance of Physical Activity is not Facts for 1st years new to the Community in Pres. We have students competing at a high level in a On Average the year group have grown 4cms number of sports from A to S (Archery- taller and are 2.7kg heavier Soccer) and everything in between. The Average score from the Bleep test is 7.7 The Green Schools Committee are activity with the best being 11.1 researching a Wellbeing Walkway within the school, teachers and students are Push ups typically lift 70% of our body weight constantly keeping active in classes and at so the first years have recorded a combined break times. 63948Kg or almost 64 tonnes Both formal and informal activities at Facts for 2nd years lunchtimes, before and after school lead to a very active school life for those who want Have grown 17cms(average) since arriving in to participate. Pres With a lot of new focus on PE in the media Can jump 10cm further and the importance of Physical Activity we will take a look at some facts gleaned from Have an average of 15 push ups in 1 minute using Google classroom and your personal compared to 19 in 2018 testing. Have increased their average Bleep test score This testing and recording allows students to 8.2 to see how they are growing and developing on a personal level, students can keep a Top recorded Bleep test is 12.7 for the year record of their own scores throughout group Pres. The data collected by the PE Department is only that of the people who Facts for 3rd years submitted the results on Google classroom. 16 - Average Push-up 162cm - Average Horizontal Jump test 9.3 - Average Bleep test results 13.1- Best Bleep test result 73 tonnes - (of body weight) lifted by classes 3.4 and 3.5 in testing.

The Studio Rag … for all things Artistic in Pres Click HERE to see the Art Department website Or follow us on Twitter @PresBrayArt

Making a Portfolio for College - no mean feat! By Ronan Dempsey I had to make a portfolio as I wish to study fashion in I made a pleated skirt with a screaming face on it as the college next year. The portfolio is meant to show off finished piece for this theme. I wanted the face to have your creativity and skill, to show the college that movement to make it more striking and found that the you’re a good candidate for the course. sway in the pleats added the perfect amount of movement to the face. I then made a pattern and I chose disarray as the theme for my portfolio, this assembled the skirt. then branched out into many sub themes which then led to finished pieces of clothes or sculptures. For example distress was one of my sub themes which led to one of my favourite finished pieces. I began my investigation of distress by making images of screaming faces to represent distress. After investigating many ways of representing My entire portfolio took about a year to complete and screaming faces I began seeing how they could be although it can be very time consuming and stressful as incorporated with clothes. I developed my ideas the submission date gets closer it was a great project to through drawing and mini 3D pieces until I decided on undertake and as the portfolio is the main thing that art a finished design. colleges use to access applicants it means that all the pressure doesn’t fall on the leaving cert exams.

The Studio Rag This section of the yearbook is dedicated to all things artistic...Nice! We have had a great year of making, doing and creative play from first to sixth year. While the sudden change to online teaching and learning certainly cropped our ability to fully realise some of our final works, the department has nevertheless been as busy as ever! So, what have we been up to? If you would like to see more from “The Studio Rag” please visit us at our art website Or follow us on Twitter @PresBrayArt First Year First Year have had a very good year and have shown so much ability. Their original wire sculptures made early in the year were just brilliant! They began with drawings of lines on their hands and from this went on their own unique visual journeys to create dazzling sculptures of amazing variety. Their drawings and research skills have continued to grow and will stand to them in the coming years. If you would like to see more from our exhibition of first year self portraits in Lockdown click HERE:

Second Year This year has seen the creation of the most wonderful graphic design work and planning for block printing from our second years. The students have shown massive jumps in their abilities to uniquely plan and realise works. Observational and design drawing has been an area of great improvement. If you would like to see some more of the second years’ great project work, click HERE For their portraits done during covid 19 lockdown see HERE

Third Year Our third years worked very hard on their CBA 2 this year which brought them into their final projects after Christmas. They produced wonderful research and development work in their CBA 2 during which they enjoyed a tour of IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) in Kilmainham. They found excellent links between the work that they experienced at the museum and their own developing work. Their explorations of primary source materials showed great maturity and creativity….really becoming artists now! If you would like to see some more of the third years’ wonderful work click HERE

Fifth Year Fifth years have worked hard exploring craftworks, portraits, still life and imaginative compositions in preparation for their leaving cert next year. As part of their ongoing studies, they also enjoyed a wonderful discussion from Ronan Dempsey (6th Year) on how to create a portfolio for entrance to Art College along with a presentation of his entire portfolio. Early in the year, students were given the opportunity to connect with one another through art on a trip to the Natural History museum and the National Gallery for their annual ‘Drawing Day’. This involved drawing from primary sources in the museum and from art works in the Gallery. The drawings from this day then dovetailed with their projectwork. You can see some more of the fifth year work HERE



Sixth Year Our sixth years have worked really hard to develop skills relating to their life sketching, art history, final craftworks and still life/imaginative composition work. The first month of the year was dedicated to life sketching skills and the students showed great progress. Our Annual Art History tour comprised a rich exploration of Irish and European Art and Irish archaeology. The outing to NGI and 'Museum' was supported by two thorough guided tours. The tour was a very enjoyable experience for all. The class were very lucky to enjoy a talk from guest speaker and past pupil, Lorcan Murphy. Lorcan discussed his own experiences in art college and his professional practice as an artist.

New areas of study in the studio This past year has seen the introduction of a new craft into the art department and it is hoped and envisaged that this will be developed and expanded in the coming years. Mr Rooney spent considerable time during the year learning about wood carving through his tutor; Conleth Gent at the Schoolhouse for Art in Enniskerry and with the expert guidance of Mr. Dillon in the Woodwork department. The school has kindly funded a small supply of high quality woodcarving tools so that the department can offer this craft to students. While some students began the craft this year, they were unfortunately not able to complete their works as a result of the school closure. Mr. Rooney has been working on some of his own work in wood and you can see the development of one below. A huge thanks to Charlie King in King Tree Services for supplying and blocking off the wood below and for donating wood to the art room. Thanks to Mr. Dillon for assistance throughout.

Collaboration between Art and Woodwork The Art and Woodwork departments are continually engaged in cross-curricular learning and support. Dialogue around good and proper tool tool use, digital methodologies and innovations that stem from the meeting of different disciplines are the hallmark of collaborative teaching; so well embedded in these departments. Seen here are the creation of a home made “pointing machine” used to define points in space traditionally applied to marble carving but here in a wood portrait carving. Seen also is the creation of an enlarging calipers to enlarge sculptures and bog oak sculpture work.

Presentation Brothers Ghana Fundraiser Dear Students, Staff and Parents of Presentation College, 1st Year Football Bray, Tournament As I write this message to you, I am aware that the class of My favourite Ghana fundraiser was the 2020 have not been together from the 12 March, Life has 1st year Football tournament. A group changed from what was the norm and we have all had to of students going to Ghana, got deal with this Covid-19. Life will not be the same, but we together and organised a week long have got to do things in a different way, we have learned to football tournament for the First Years, learn from home rather then been in a classroom with our with a prize for the winners at the end. friends and teachers. The Ireland that was there before March 2020 has changed, family has come to the fore, thinks We went to each 1st year class, and that we took for granted we now appreciate them, having the were delighted with the positive freedom to meet with friends, relatives and family members response from the students. Around 8 there are the new norms. teams registered for the competition. To the class of 2020 I say; “As the academic year come to an The first two days were allocated to a end without the graduation celebrations and there will be no group stage , ensuring that each team state exam, I send this message to you, congratulate the played at least two matches. The semi class of 2020 who have completed their six years at finals, which took place on Thursday, Presentation College, Bray. These young men are just were played on the full pitch with longer completing the second stage of their journey of life. The next minutes. A large gathering of 1st year stage is of adulthood, university, new adventures and new students went to watch the final on friends, but the friends that you have today will be your Friday. friends for life, so do not lose touch with them”. The fundraiser was overall a success, Your Journey is like a Blue print that can change as you as the teams enjoyed themselves and travel the road of life, you will encounter straight roads, all profits when towards the 2020 crossroad and roads with Y’s in them. You are the one who is mission. the master of your own destination. Chooses you make will influence your future, so always reflect and plan before you By Eimhin Morgan-Fennesy make a decision. My memories of Pres Bray will be with me for a very long time. I assure all the staff and students of my continued friendship. To the Class of 2020 I send my best wishes as you set out on the next stage of your life-journey – wherever that will lead you, put your trust in those who have supported you over the years, most especially your families. Br. Raymond Dwyer Province Leader Presentation Brothers

Young Scientist To enter the Young Scientist you must have an Around 1% of Pres students who took part in the experiment completed and our project’s experiment survey got a perfect score of 1 Earth while over 5% of was carried out through a mass survey. We originally students got a score higher than 5 Earths. planned to survey 750 people but that number proved to be unattainable. The surveys target groups were Luckily, there are many ways in which we can reduce divided into 5 different age demographics. These were our scores. Reducing the amount of meat you eat Primary School students, Secondary School each day or in a week can reduce your score by up to students,College students, Adults and Retired people. 1.3 Earths! However, if this is difficult, there are other We felt that the people in these 5 age groups would alternatives to try that can help reduce your score, each have similar lifestyles and would therefore portray such as trying to reduce time traveled in cars, a relatively similar score. Our next job was to find our composting waste scraps, and having shorter surveyees the primary and secondary school students showers. If the people of Ireland can take small steps were easy enough to find as we had contacts in our old like these, we are looking towards a better, and more primary schools who were willing to help and for sustainable future. secondary students we had a whole school of them With a poster prepared, we headed out to the RDS on itching to get out of class. We had a more difficult time January 8th. When we arrived there we just had to with the retired and college age groups as we found it register at the desk, and set up our display. We were at difficult to find large organised groups of people who fit stall number 1554. We headed over there and hung up within our demographics. As for the adult group we our poster, went to get some food, and when we had sent out a large amount of emails and got responses returned, we saw that there was a special guest who on a very large amount of them. The survey itself was wanted to see our project at a specific time. We were made up of 6 different sections also judged that day a couple of times. After going Food,Transport,Energy,Clothing,Shelter and Other through the presentation a few times, we were ready Personal Items. Each section was made up of multiple and had our parts rehearsed down to a T. Everyone questions containing different answers which each had had to go into a large auditorium where the opening a corresponding score. The score would then be added ceremony was being held, and people like Brian Cox up and divided by 350 which would give you a score and Leo Varadkar came in and talked to us about the which corresponds to the amount of Earth we would importance of the event. Going into the RDS for the few need if everyone lived the same lifestyle as you. This days was an amazing experience; something we all type of survey is called a carbon footprint calculator. agree upon. We made plenty of friends from around the country, and learned a lot from the other projects there. It was extremely satisfying when we finally We got to see things like paint that heated up a room, completed the project after the months of hard work. and various demos that tech companies set up to show The results we collected and calculated were really new developments. surprising for us, and as a result made the project really interesting. Giving presentations was a very fun part of the experience. We were always happy to talk about our The main conclusion from the project was that work and answer questions, whether we were talking younger generations are becoming less ecologically to a judge, parent, or fellow BT Young Scientist. We friendly. This was concluded by comparing the were also interviewed by RTÉ for a podcast and ecological scores of each generation, i.e the amount appeared in local newspapers. All the work we had of Earths we would need to sustain their human put in previously had most certainly paid off. activity. The retired generation scored the lowest, with a score of 1.8 Earths, while primary school By Éimhín Morgan-Fennessy, students scored the highest, with a score of 3.9 Ryan Crinnion and Stéphane Earths. If everyone on Earth had the same human de Bairéid activity as the students in Pres, we would need 3.6 Earths to survive.





Class of 2020 Back row; Rhys Walsh, Ben Mooney, Gavin O'Shea, Chris Lawless, Ryan Hanley, Cian Butler Shortt, Oisin O'Toole, Michael Kenny, Alex O'Toole, Darragh Domican-Boylan, Sam Barron, Samuel Cassoni, Kane Finnie, Paul Webb, Paul Rice, Kevin Morley, Ben Jones, Adam Middle row; Jamie Nally, Joe Power, Aidan O'Sullivan, Stephen Corry, Michael McCarthy, Andrew Crocker, Toby Owens, Conor Murray, Charlie Dunne, Luke Dunne, Conor Hardiman, Stephen Reynolds, Jamie Cronin, Jack Walsh, Ethan Lacey, Jamie Baguley, Aaron ont row; Oscar Miller, James Merrigan, Josh Barnett, Adam Temple, Josh Pyper, Leon O'Toole, Todd Downer, Dylan Earls, Besto Baby, Sam Coster, David Murphy, Craig Conroy, Zak Jenciragic, Peter Ford, Keanan Bradley, Cillian Kelly, Eoin Mahony, Odhran Doyle, Sam

Mulhall, Daniel Gavin, Jack Hogan, Alex Knight, Eoin Bergin, Craig Pritchard, Andrew Mehan, Indi St.Clair-Kenny, Cian Hind, Maciej Labuzek, Max Goff, Adam Kiernan, Ruari Kilcullen, Adam Meaney, Jack Byrne, Brian Wilson, Michael Timmons, Ronan Dempsey Corcoran, Eoin O'Leary, David Martin, Ben Collins, Sam Whelan, Liam Farrell, Sam Kearney, Adam Crowe, Dylan Fox-Murphy, Ross Connolly, Jake Murray, Lee Doyle, James Crocker, Adam Sharpe, Tomas Kehoe, Gavin Henderson, Marc Sheehan Fowler, Mark Clancy Sutton, Darpan Dhingra, Danny Delaney, Cian McKenna, Tom Mooney, Oisin Hayde, Ben De Luca, Sean Burton, Conn Fitzgerald, Robert Moran, Sean McDonagh, Gary Wilson, Zach McErlane