11 Cavan students receive Trinity entrance awards

Awardees will receive a certificate and a €150 book token.

Published: Wed 27 Jan 2021, 3:30 PM

Almost a dozen students from Cavan have been awarded special Entrance Exhibition Awards from Trinity College Dublin this year.

The awards go to the student accepted into the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree programme who achieves the highest points among Trinity entrants from their secondary school, above a minimum of 500 CAO points.

They include Rachel Alexander (Royal School), Rerry Baker (St Mogue's Bawnboy), Peter Lennon (St Bricin's Belturbet), Odhran Maguire (St Patrick's College), Dean Markey (Virginia College), Liana Matusevic (St Aidan's Comprehensive Cootehill), Blathnaid O'Reilly (Loreto College), Tonia Bajor Oven (Bailieborough Community School), Nikola Patrycja Wieclawska (Breifne College), and Rachel Eddery (St Clare's College Ballyjamesduff).

Congratulations to Peter Lennon who has been awarded the Trinity College Dublin Entrance Exhibition award for highest points from State Examinations. This years ceremony will be online today Tue at 17.00 hrs https://t.co/DcPZAmnzJV
— STEAM in St Bricin’s College (@sbcsteam) January 26, 2021

Many former awardees have gone on to make a significant contribution to the economic, cultural, and political life of Ireland and beyond.

Past Exhibitioners include Tanaiste and former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Of the 2020 new entrants to Trinity, 527 students qualified for an award, up from 452 in 2019.

The students come from a record 455 different schools, 438 schools on the island of Ireland (up from 403 in 2019) and 17 schools from overseas.

Since we revised the Entrance Exhibition Awards in 2018 as part of our commitment to boosting diversity the university has seen an ever-growing number of schools represented.

Changes made to the awards scheme in 2018 meant that students who achieve the highest points among Trinity entrants from their secondary school with a minimum of 500 points in the Leaving Certificate (or its equivalent second level final examinations) are eligible for an Entrance Exhibition Award. This includes bonus points for Mathematics.

Previously, any students receiving 560 or more points (excluding bonus points) were awarded Entrance Exhibition Awards which meant that there could be up to 20 students from any one school.

Trinity Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast, welcomed the new Cavan students to Trinity.

Awardees will receive a certificate and a €150 book token.