Students design A Real Cork Christmas postcard

Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Mary Linehan Foley has selected the winners of the ‘A Real Cork Christmas’ postcard competition out of hundreds of entries from 4th class students of Cork County.

The winning students from across Cork County Council’s 8 Municipal Districts were:

  • Eimhín Caomhánach (9) from Gaelscoil Charraig Uí Leighin for Carrigaline MD
  • Carragh Duffy (10) of Bishop Ahern National School, Leamlara and Luke Walsh (10) from Bunscoil Mhuire in Youghal for East Cork MD
  • Naiima Sexton (9) from Gaelscoil Sheáin Uí Éigeartaigh for Cobh MD
  • Rhea Burns (9) from Presentation Primary Bandon for Bandon Kinsale MD
  • Sophie Crowley (10) from Killmagner NS for Fermoy MD
  • Grace Kiely (9) of St. Anne’s Primary School, Charleville for Kanturk-Mallow MD
  • Matthew Kelleher (10) of Clondrohid National School and Emma O’Sullivan (10) of St. Lachteen’s National School, Donoughmore for Macroom MD
  • Lauren Mawe Downey (9) of St. Mary’s Senior School, Dunmanway for West Cork MD 

The winning designs have been printed on special ‘A Real Cork Christmas’ postcards to send to friends and family the world over. Printed cards will be sent to winning schools and available from Cork County Council’s Library branches.

Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Mary Linehan Foley, when announcing the winners said

“We received hundreds of entries for this year’s competition, and I loved going through each and every one. The entries were a mix of beautiful, hilarious, clever, cute, awe inspiring and cool. All of them amazed me, and in the long process of picking the winners, I got a strong sense of what A Real Cork Christmas is to children throughout the County. It’s wonderful to see such amazing talent and heart in Cork County. It was a real challenge to select just one winner from each district. The number of entries and standard of applications was so high, I simply couldn’t choose between the final two in Macroom and East Cork MD. Well done to Eimhín, Matthew, Carragh, Naiima, Rhea, Grace Sophie, Emma, Lauren and Luke – you have made your parents, teachers and everyone in the county proud.”