Competition Winners 2024/2025
Question Time
Winners: Callan, Kilkenny
Padraig Maher, Jimmy Lynch, Bill Lahart & Colin Byrne
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National GAA Finals
Winners: Caheragh Macra, Cork
Congratulations to all the teams who made it to National Dairy Council GAA Finals, which were held in Wexford on October 20th, 2024.
Well done to Caheragh Macra from Carbery on winning both the Men’s Final & Women’s Final.
A special thanks to National Dairy Council for their continued support & sponsorship of our National GAA finals.
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Know your Agriculture Quiz
Winners: Callan, Kilkenny
MACRA would like to thank The Farmers Journal their kind sponsorship of the 'Know your Agriculture' Table Quiz
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Stockjudging Competitions
Winner: Senior Beef Stockjudging - Stephen O'Keefe
Winner - Sheep Stockjudging - Enda Feighery, Mountmellick, Laois
Winner - Stockjudging U-23 Beef - Sam Gogan, Tullyallen, Louth
MACRA would like to thank Bord Bia for their kind sponsorship of the Beef & Sheep Stockjudging competitions.
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Welding
Winner: Callan, Kilkenny - Conor Byrne
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Bowling
Winners: Fermoy, Cork
Laura Geary, Conor Coughlan, Shane O'Sullivan, Niamh Howard, Steven Mills & Eileen Casey
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Basketball
Winners Womens: Whitechurch Seandun
Winners Mens: Callan Kilkenny
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Impromptu & Public Speaking Competitions
Impromptu Speaking Winner: Nicole Hyland
Public Speaking Winners: Whitechurch Seandun
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Indoor Soccer Championships
Winners of the Mens Competition: Callan
Winners of the Womens Competitions: Roscommon
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Short Story Competition

Poetry: Laois - Mountrath, Sylvester Phelan

Short Story: Laois - Mountmellick, Emer Feighery
Debating Competition
Senior Winners: Donoughmore, Muskerry
Norma O Leary, Tom Carroll, Meig Collins & Elaine O' Connell
Novice Winners - Callan, Kilkenny
David Melody, John Flood & Paul Mahon
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CAPERS Competition 2025
Winners: Mountmellick, Laois
Second Place: Freemount, Cork
Third Place: Callan, Kilkenny
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Leadership Competition 2025
Finalists
- Bill Gleeson
- Eibhlís Kelliher
- James Russell
- Katie McCarthy
- Niamh Sheehy
- Sean Kelly
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