Pictured are Hazelwood College students who participated in the recent Hazelwood College Advent mass. Pictured are (from left to right) Shaun Shannon, Catriona O’ Sullivan, Jack Carroll, Eilish Reidy, John Hennessy, Clodagh Walsh, Mairead Lordan, Jenni Prunty, Fr. Frank O’Dea, James McCarthy, Sean Shine, Seamus Flanagan, Cameron O’Flynn, Laoise Bennis and Jacqueline McCarthy
Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied students who recently participated in a two day public speaking workshop with actor Alan Devine. Alan is probably best known for playing the part of Louie Gleeson in Fair City but has also appeared in Glenroe as well playing the part of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch in the movie Veronica Guerin.
Pictured are (from left to right) Aodan Brennan, Steven Dunleavy, Alan Devine, Darren Geary and Conor Begley
Hazelwood College Senior Ladies’ footballers have continued their march toward Senior Ladies’ Football Munster Championship glory after a decisive win against a spirited west Clare side, coached by their mentor Mr. Tom Halpin. The first half was one sided as Sarah Shanahan took advantage of a gap in defence in the first two minute to hammer home an early goal for the Hazelwood side. Scores from Ellana Mulcahy (2 goals), Aine Cunningham (3 goals), Donna Mulcahy (4 goals) Katie McCarthy (1goal) and two points from Laura Stack allowed Hazelwood College to create a decisive lead in the second half, which was hard for Kildysart to come back into the game, as they only managed to score ten points in the first half to Hazelwood’s 9 goals and five points.
The first few minutes of the second half were more tightly contested with both sides exchanging points. At the halfway point in the second half an inspired John Bosco side raised an offensive on the Hazelwood full back line, but stern defending from Hazelwood’s Ciara McCarthy soon stemmed the flow of the west Clare attacks. The Hazelwood full-forward line took advantage of the stretched John Bosco backs. In the closing stages of the game, the girls played some extremely good football based on the team’s strength up the middle of the field. In the end it was a decisive win for Hazelwood College on a score line of Hazelwood 10-12 John Bosco 1-11.
Hazelwood College Senior Ladies’ Football team who recently won their match comprehensively.
Pictured are back row (left to right) Briana O’Connor, Megan Fitzgibbon, Claire Sweeney, Sharon Carmody, Tara Fitzgibbon, Rebecca McGuiness, Meave McCarthy, Cathy Foley, Roisin Cunningham, Bríd Flanagan, Emma Sheehan and Cliodhna O’Callaghan.
Pictured, front row, left to right, Donna Mulcahy, Áine Cunningham, Sarah Shanahan, Alannah Mulcahy, Laura Stack, Ciara McCarthy, Chloe O’Brien, Emily Rose Mulcahy, Katie McCarthy and Norma O’Sullivan.
Hazelwood College 3D CSPE trip to the Donkey Sanctuary in Liscarroll
Do you know your mule from your jennet? Well, the place to find out is the Donkey Sanctuary in Liscarroll which our 3rd year class from Hazelwood College visited recently as part of our CSPE Action Project to raise awareness of Animal Welfare.
Upon our arrival, we were greeted by a volunteer who gave us a brief history of the sanctuary and some facts about it. More than 4,000 donkeys have been rescued since the sanctuary was set up and hundreds of donkeys are currently being cared for in Liscarroll, with 500 more on a waiting list for a place. 280 donkeys were rescued this year alone. On the same week that we visited there was a case of 24 donkeys left in a forest in Kildare. If the sanctuary hadn’t found them they would have died.
Some people buy pet donkeys thinking of them as glorified lawnmowers, not realising that they have an average life span of 50 years. Their situation is rather similar to that of puppies bought around Christmas time, people get them as cute babies and give them love and affection until they grow older and lose their cuteness, at which point the mistreatment begins. The mistreatment can vary from not cleaning out their stable as often as it should be done to not feeding them or, in worse cases, beating them. The number of mistreated or abandoned donkeys has steadily risen over the past few years due mainly to the recession. They are expensive to keep and are now viewed by many as an unaffordable luxury. There used to be grants for farmers that owned donkeys, which made it beneficial to own them and give them good living conditions but that grant was removed recently.
The level of care that the volunteers give the donkeys at the Donkey Sanctuary is amazing. They clean out all the stables twice a day and give them plenty of straw, hay and water. The volunteers seem to really care about the donkeys, which is heart-warming. It was a delight to be able to see these calm, relaxed donkeys grazing in the huge fields of lush green grass. It’s almost like a holiday resort for donkeys. And another thing they told us there is that a mule is the offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, while a jennet is the foal of a female donkey and a male horse.
Picture 1: Hazelwood College students Chloe Sheehy (left) and Darren Geary (right) who are pictured putting up the Advent Wreath in preparation for Advent.
Picture 2: Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied students pictured Emma O Callaghan (left) and Chloe Sexton (right) decorating the Christmas tree at Hazelwood College in preparation for Christmas.
Picture 3: Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied students pictured recently (from left to right) Georgina O Sullivan, Tara O Leary, JJ Sherlock and Alan Murphy after preparing the crib in the college for the Christmas season.
Picture 4: Pictured (from left to right) Stephen Coughlan, Conor Begley, Padraig O’Kelly, JJ Sherlock, Alan Murphy, Darren Geary, Georgina O’Sullivan, Tara O’Leary, Chloe Sheehy, E
Transition Year 1 students with their Chinese tutor Sheila at the end of their ten week introductory programme into Chinese Language and Culture, which was in organised in conjunction with the Confucius Centre in University College Cork.
Roisin Twohill (centre), sixth year Hazelwood College student who secured her position on the Senior Ladies Inter-Provincial Munster panel. Here she is pictured with Hazelwood College Principal Mr Brendan Burke (left) and Hazelwood College Head of Sport, Mr Tom Halpin (right).
Recently, four of Hazelwood College’s top athletes made the trip to Nenagh to compete in the Munster Multi Events Competition. Our four competitors were Laoise Bennis, Kevin O’Leary, Alison Healy and Gerard O’Donnell under the guidance of teacher and coach Mr. Kevin Grant.
First up were the boys. Their competition consisted of a 200m sprint, 60m hurdles, long jump, 800m and shot put. Gerard O’Donnell was competing in his first Multi Events and throughout the day his inexperience did not show as he performed very well in all events and was unlucky not to qualify for the All-Ireland series. Kevin O’Leary competed in the Intermediate Grade for the first time and was running against students two his senior. However this did not stop Kevin from putting in a very solid performance throughout, securing bronze medal place in the 60m hurdles, his favourite event.
Next were the girls, whose competition consisted of high jump, 60m hurdles, long jump, 800m and shot put. Hazelwood’s two female athletes, Laoise Bennis and Alison Healy, were taking part in the same grade. Alison, like Kevin, was significantly younger than the majority of her competitors, but put in some excellent performances throughout the day, especially in the long jump. Next year with age on their side and more training these two athletes will definitely be towards the top of the placings in the competition. Last, but not least, was Laoise Bennis, a very technical and experienced athlete. She performed exceptionally well all day, winning her favourite event, the high jump, and was placed highly across the board in all events. When scores were counted, Laoise Bennis was victorious in the Intermediate Grade age group. This was a fantastic result for Laoise and we now wish her the best of luck in the All-Ireland series. Hazelwood’s athletes will now turn their attention to cross country competitions, which take place soon.
Picture 7 is of Laoise Bennis, Hazelwood College, who won the gold medal at the Munster Schools’ Multi Events Competition for Intermediate Grade.
Picture 8 Hazelwood College Athletes who participated at the Munster School’s Multi Events Competition. Pictured are (from left to right) Alison Healy Laoise Bennis, Kevin O’Leary and Gerard O’Donnell.
Picture 1 is of Padraig O’Kelly, Leaving Certificate Applied I, driving in the SIMDRIVE unit, which visited Hazelwood College recently, in an effort to help the students increase their understanding of the consequences of dangerous driving and to encourage safe driving habits.
Picture 2 is of Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied II students (from left to right) Shaun Shannon, Charles Butler, Rebecca Roche and Tara Barrett outside the SIMDRIVE unit, which visited Hazelwood College recently in an effort to instil good driving practice in students.
Hazelwood College Leaving Certificate Applied students attended at talk, delivered by Fenita Mitchell of the Simon Community, who discussed the issue of homelessness with the students. Pictured are (from left to right) Hazelwood College students Stephen Dunleavy, Fenita Mitchell of the Simon Community, Tara Barrett and Joshua Rolfe. This talk formed part of their studies for their Leaving Certificate Applied examinations.
