The staff and pupils of St. Brigid’s PS, Ballymena donned their black and white colours today for a very special morning assembly. They wanted to wish the players of the All Saints Senior Gaelic football team good luck as they try to land the title in Saturday’s Co. Antrim Intermediate Football Final. Many of the boys and girls (and staff) are players or have family connections with the club. So much so that several former St. Brigid’s pupils returned to their alma mater to receive the good luck wishes from the pupils of today. Cal O’Brien, Ciaran Campbell, Conal Killough, Charlie Metrustry, Ronan McKillop, Kavan Keenan and Jason Givens found themselves transported back in time as they received the cheers of the waiting children in the school assembly hall.
The school had searched the archives and managed to find an array of photos of the former pupils taken during their time at the school and a power-point of memories ensured. Special mention was made of Saints player Kavan Keenan to celebrate his recent announcement by the GAA as a Tailteann Cup All Star. Kavan will share this accolade with 14 others as one of the best 15 players across Ireland in this year’s competition. It was fitting that Kavan was able to receive the warmest of congratulations in the company of his younger sister Cliodhna who is a P7 pupil at the school and with his son Tomas who is in P1.
Today’s event was a fitting way to link the old with the new and to celebrate the special relationship between both the All Saints Club and the school community in the parish.
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