Last Updated:22 December 2000 (Santa's e–mail)
DUNDALK,
Co. Louth,
IRELAND.
The Redeemer Boys' School is a primary school for boys between the ages of 4 and 13 approx. We have 15 teachers and about 160 boys in the school.
We have an administrative principal teacher, 6 class teachers, 3 Special Needs Teachers, a Home School Community Liaison Teacher and we are the base school for the local supply teachers' project which presently employs 4 teachers.
The teaching staff of the school is as follows;
Principal - Freddie Bell, vice-principal - John McArdle (Special Needs teacher), assistant teachers - Nuala Traynor (Junior Infants), Jim Johnston (Senior Infants/First Class), Tom Murphy (2nd./3rd. Class), Patsy Murphy (3rd./4th. class) , Tom Reilly (4/5th. Class), Frank Mullen (5th./6th. class) Maura Crotty (Special Needs Teacher), Margaret Bell (Special Needs Teacher), John Maloney (Home School Community Liaison Teacher). Caroline Sheridan is the school secretary, David Mulligan is the school caretaker.
School Activities
During the year we take part in these sporting activities;
Gaelic Football is one of our national sports.
It is something like a cross between rugby and soccer.It is played by two
teams of 15 players each. You play gaelic with a ball, about the same size
as a soccer ball. You can lift the ball up with your foot or hands. You can
pass it with your fist or kick it. You pass and shoot at the goals. The goal
posts look like capital H's. You get 3 points for a goal and 1 point if you
kick the ball over the bar between the posts.
Meath, Mayo, Kerry, Dublin and Galway are famous teams. The Clans are our local team. We have a Redeemer school gaelic team. Kerry and Mayo played in the All-Ireland Final. Kerry won for the first time in 11 years. They played in Croke Park in Dublin. Croke Park is where the All-Ireland Final is always played. (Supplied by Second Class).
Hurling is our other
national game. It is also played with two teams of 15 players. You have a
hurley stick and a small leather ball. You score three points by hitting the
ball under the bar and one point by hitting the ball over the bar and between
the two upright poles. Kilkenny, Tipperary, Cork and Offaly are famous teams.
Clare won this years All Ireland Hurling Final.
You can find more information on our national sports of Gaelic football and hurling by clicking on this link.
Soccer is our favourite sport. Our local
team is Dundalk AFC. They play in Oriel Park which is in our parish. The Republic
of Ireland soccer team used to train in Oriel Park when they were playing
in Ireland. Steve Staunton, who plays for Ireland and Aston Villa used to
live in the Redeemer parish. His parents still live here.
We support Man. Utd., Arsenal, Liverpool, Blackburn, Leeds Utd., Aston Villa and other teams in England.
Click on this link for a home page about schools soccer in Ireland.
Web Sites Especially for Children
Web Sites Especially for Children
Here are some links to sites which are specially for children. You may like to visit them!
- Yahooligans Search Engine - Gateway to interesting childrens' sites
- The Ultimate Children's Internet Site List - organised by age group
Click on this link to read some stories we wrote about witches and Hallowe'en.
Cyberspace Learning for Kids (CL4K)
We were to take part in a European Union funded project called "Cyberspace Learning for Kids - CL4K" which was to link up via the InterNet, pupils, teachers, parents, community groups etc. in several European countries.
The project was to involve Children, Teachers and Parents from Ireland, North and South, the UK, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Greece and Germany. The collaboration was to involve 773 teachers, 12,545 children and 2,705 parents across Europe working with other specialists in the field.
It was to be an exciting project which will now not get off the ground. We hoped to involve pupils, teachers, parents and community groups in helping to design educational packages which could be used in schools and the home in the next century. If you would like to read a brief summary of the aims of CL4K, click on this link. To go to the CL4K Web Home page click this link.
A Short History of the School.
Our school is 29 years old this year. It was opened in 1971 with 7 classes and 249 pupils increasing to 665 pupils and 19 teachers in 1978 and then decreasing slowly to our present enrolment of 160. Mr. Bell and Mr. Mc Ardle are still here from the early days.
Most of the children come from the Redeemer Parish. If you would like to see a picture of our parish church and read about our parish click this link.
Our Town of Dundalk
We live in Dundalk, the county town of Co. Louth, Ireland. If you want to see pictures of our town hall, our tourist office and a new sculpture and read about Dundalk, click this link.
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