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Coláiste Chill MhantáinCreativity Ebook 2024
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Everything you can imagine is real.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Coláiste Chill Mhantáin
2023/2024
2023/2024
Cover image by Ruby-Kate Witter, 1 Slaney, Art Award (1st Place) Winner, 2024
All the images created by CCM students
Copyright, Coláiste Chill Mhantáin, 2024
All the images created by CCM students
Copyright, Coláiste Chill Mhantáin, 2024
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Selection of Student Creative Writing and Art
Coláiste Chill Mhantáin
2023/2024
2023/2024
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Poetry
Thoughts from our Principal, Padraig Donoghue, 10
An Amplified Life, Paul Martin & Katie Kenny, 14
CCM Creativity Awards 2024, 16
Past Winners, 17
An Amplified Life, Paul Martin & Katie Kenny, 14
CCM Creativity Awards 2024, 16
Past Winners, 17
Poetry
You Only Love Once, Grace Wu, 1 Barrow, 19
Can't Look Away, Crystle Hill, 1 Foyle, 21
Speaking up, Maebh Guerin, 1 Foyle, 23
Rich Tea Biscuit, Zara McCann Wynne, 1 Avoca, 25
Fishing, Alex McKenna, 1 Foyle, 27
Somewhere I Long to Be,
Ruby-Kate Witter, 1 Slaney, 28
Football, Alex Mernagh, 1 Bann, 29
Winter, Edie McPhillips, 1 Barrow, 31
How I Miss Summer, Ethan Mullen, 1 Erne, 33
Spooks, Kellie Doyle, 1 Avoca, 34
Can't Look Away, Crystle Hill, 1 Foyle, 21
Speaking up, Maebh Guerin, 1 Foyle, 23
Rich Tea Biscuit, Zara McCann Wynne, 1 Avoca, 25
Fishing, Alex McKenna, 1 Foyle, 27
Somewhere I Long to Be,
Ruby-Kate Witter, 1 Slaney, 28
Football, Alex Mernagh, 1 Bann, 29
Winter, Edie McPhillips, 1 Barrow, 31
How I Miss Summer, Ethan Mullen, 1 Erne, 33
Spooks, Kellie Doyle, 1 Avoca, 34
Leprechauns, Rian Ward, 1 Erne, 35
Scary Creatures,
Alex Kavanagh Murphy, 1 Avoca, 37
Puca, Caeric Doyle, 1 Foyle, 39
Penguin in the Zoo, Ben O’Leary, 1 Slaney, 41
The Elephant’s Trip to France,
Ellen Myler, 1 Foyle, 43
The Nightmare with the Bear,
Harry Beeston, 1 Liffey, 45
Follow, Denis Morrisey 1 Foyle, 47
Anchor, Denis Morrisey 1 Foyle, 49
Lithuania, Estela Morkunaite, 1 Bann, 51
Home isn't Always a House,
Ashton Byrne, 1 Avoca, 53
Generous Millionaire,
Theertha Santhosh Kumar Priya, 1 Bann, 53
The Garden of my Dreams,
Kaitlyn Fernades Calisto, 1 Slaney, 57
Scary Creatures,
Alex Kavanagh Murphy, 1 Avoca, 37
Puca, Caeric Doyle, 1 Foyle, 39
Penguin in the Zoo, Ben O’Leary, 1 Slaney, 41
The Elephant’s Trip to France,
Ellen Myler, 1 Foyle, 43
The Nightmare with the Bear,
Harry Beeston, 1 Liffey, 45
Follow, Denis Morrisey 1 Foyle, 47
Anchor, Denis Morrisey 1 Foyle, 49
Lithuania, Estela Morkunaite, 1 Bann, 51
Home isn't Always a House,
Ashton Byrne, 1 Avoca, 53
Generous Millionaire,
Theertha Santhosh Kumar Priya, 1 Bann, 53
The Garden of my Dreams,
Kaitlyn Fernades Calisto, 1 Slaney, 57
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Poetry
Leprechauns, Rian Ward, 1 Erne, 35
Scary Creatures,
Alex Kavanagh Murphy, 1 Avoca, 37
Puca, Caeric Doyle, 1 Foyle, 39
Penguin in the Zoo, Ben O’Leary, 1 Slaney, 41
The Elephant’s Trip to France,
Ellen Myler, 1 Foyle, 43
The Nightmare with the Bear,
Harry Beeston, 1 Liffey, 45
Follow, Denis Morrisey 1 Foyle, 47
Anchor, Denis Morrisey 1 Foyle, 49
Lithuania, Estela Morkunaite, 1 Bann, 51
Home isn't Always a House,
Ashton Byrne, 1 Avoca, 53
Generous Millionaire,
Theertha Santhosh Kumar Priya, 1 Bann, 53
The Garden of my Dreams,
Kaitlyn Fernades Calisto, 1 Slaney, 57
Scary Creatures,
Alex Kavanagh Murphy, 1 Avoca, 37
Puca, Caeric Doyle, 1 Foyle, 39
Penguin in the Zoo, Ben O’Leary, 1 Slaney, 41
The Elephant’s Trip to France,
Ellen Myler, 1 Foyle, 43
The Nightmare with the Bear,
Harry Beeston, 1 Liffey, 45
Follow, Denis Morrisey 1 Foyle, 47
Anchor, Denis Morrisey 1 Foyle, 49
Lithuania, Estela Morkunaite, 1 Bann, 51
Home isn't Always a House,
Ashton Byrne, 1 Avoca, 53
Generous Millionaire,
Theertha Santhosh Kumar Priya, 1 Bann, 53
The Garden of my Dreams,
Kaitlyn Fernades Calisto, 1 Slaney, 57
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Table of Contents
Short Stories
Cold Toastie, Katie Marie Kenny, TY, 60
A Midnight Walk, Killian Keane, TY, 66
The Bin in the Irish Room, Daire Kenny, 1 Avoca, 77
To Dance is to Live, to Live is to Dance, Caitlin O'Connor, TY, 74
Symphony of Love, Stephen Joseph, TY, 79
Shadows of Crime,
Gordon Nesklada Terasmees, TY, 86
A Midnight Walk, Killian Keane, TY, 66
The Bin in the Irish Room, Daire Kenny, 1 Avoca, 77
To Dance is to Live, to Live is to Dance, Caitlin O'Connor, TY, 74
Symphony of Love, Stephen Joseph, TY, 79
Shadows of Crime,
Gordon Nesklada Terasmees, TY, 86
My Favourite Creation
Mr Stephen Doherty - "The Crossing", Cormac McCarthy, 91
Ms Katie Kenny - The Unconventional Shed, 94
Ms Katie Kenny - The Unconventional Shed, 94
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Reece O'Neill, 5th Yr