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Doolin danced in the sunshine during the 2022 St Patrick’s Day Parade. Photographs by Natasha Barton

All-Ireland Senior A Post-Primary Schools Hurling Championship Final Ardscoil Rís (Limerick) 1-17 St Kieran’s College (Kilkenny) 0-15 CLARE pair Niall O’Farrell and David Kennedy combined for 1-11 as Ardscoil Rís shattered their Croke Cup Final hoodoo in style in Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day. Having been defeated in three previous All-Ireland deciders to St Kieran’s College, the Limerick college, co-managed by Paul Flanagan, Cormac O’Donovan and Niall Moran, exacted full revenge with a powerful final 40 minutes in which they outscored the roll of honour leaders by 1-13 to 0-9 to run out deserving breakthrough winners. Seven of Ardscoil Rís’ 14 strong Banner contingent played their part on the greatest stage of all, with Broadford’s Niall O’Farrell in particular excelling after suffering his own set-back when a 20th minute penalty was saved. Trailing by two at the time, O’Farrell’s answer was to snatch the final by the scruff of the neck with five of a seven point unanswered rally …

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West Clare was awake with the colour and spectacle of the Miltown Malbay St Patrick’s Day Parade. Photographs by John Kelly

The crowds returned to the streets of Ennis today to welcome the 2022 St Patrick’s Day Parade. Photographs by Natasha Barton

Photographs by John Kelly

FOUR Clare students are among a record number to have been awarded Entrance Exhibition Awards from Trinity College Dublin. The awards go to the students accepted into the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree programme who achieve the highest points among Trinity entrants from their secondary school, above a minimum of 500 CAO points (or equivalent). The Clare recipients are: Lily Price from Colaiste Muire; Hugh Grogan, St Anne’s Community College; Ixim Dagge Hernandez, Ennistymon Vocational School and Nuoxi Zhang, St Flannan’s College. 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 Tánaiste and former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar. Of the 2021 entrants to Trinity, 686 students qualified for an award, up from 527 in 2020. The students come from a record 497 different schools, 458 schools on the island of Ireland (up from 438 in 2020) and 39 schools from overseas (up from …