Pictured are John Bones, principal, Ann Leydon, teacher, Alice Flannery, Lucy Tiernan, Mia Gallagher, Ethel Duffy, Adrianna Gallagher, Leah Honan and James Breheny.

Mayo school wins excellence award for Revolutionary Women project

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SAINT Joseph’s Community College, Charlestown, has won an ETBI national award in the category of Excellence in Education for their project the Revolutionary Women of East Mayo and South Sligo.

In a ceremony held in Croke Park the award was picked up by students Leah Honan, Alice Flannery, Mia, Gallagher, Lucy Tiernan, Ethel Duffy, James Breheny, Adrianna Gallagher and their history teacher Ann Leydon.

Their project is an in-depth look at the women from the locality who were involved in the Cumann na mBan movement between 1918-1923.

Their award-winning exhibition can be viewed in Westport Library from April 8.

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