Two South West Antrim Primary Schools have made the shortlist for the prestigious Cornmarket Cumann na mBunscol national awards.

Moneynick Primary School are in the running for the Promotion of Gaelic Games and Culture award. Anyone with even a passing interest in Cumann na mBunscol will know of the great work taking place on and off the pitch in Moneynick and they richly deserve to be in the final three of the category.

St Mary’s Portglenone are flying the flag for Antrim and indeed Ulster in The School of the Year award. Over the years of South West and all county competition, St Mary’s have regularly been at the business end of the boy’s football and camogie tournaments. The past number of years has seen this continue but in addition they have also been successful in hurling and LGFA, quite an achievement for the Portglenone School.

Both schools carry the support and best wishes from all in Aontroim Cumann na mBunscol and from the GAA community as a whole.

The awards take place this Friday in the Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone.