- On Saturday last (February 7th) the College played host to the Irish Trials for the Cambridge Union International Senior Debating Competition. Over 40 Teams from all over Ireland competed including two senior teams from CCC. The representatives from Cambridge University who flew in to adjudicate and oversee the event were hugely impressed by the facilities at the College. Well done in particular to Ms McGrath, David Hopkins, Teresa Hawkes (parent) and our students who organised the smooth running of the day.
- Five junior teams from CCC took part in the Irish Trials for the International Young Debaters Competition also to be held in Cambridge later this year and while, unlike last year, none of the teams qualified on the day, Ciara Gorman (Rang Friel) and Claire Carroll (Rang Mochta) finished 7th out of 40 teams and only missed out on a place in Cambridge by three speaker points.
- Congratulations to Deirdre McGuane and Lauren McAuley who qualified for the Semi Final of the Aoife Begley Memorial Competition at NUI Maynooth last Thursday. Peter Murphy and Jack Kiernan will compete this coming Thursday to become the second CCC Team to secure a place in this year’s semi-final. Deirdre, Peter and Jack have also qualified for the quarter finals of the Denny Leinster Senior Competition.
- Meanwhile at Junior level we wish the very best of luck to our team of Joseph Gregory and Laoise Gilleece who will compete for a place in the quarter final this Wednesday in U.C.D. when they will oppose the arming of the Gardai. On Tuesday next, also in U.C.D., both Sophie Martin and Aodhan Peelo will compete as individuals for places in the quarter final of this competition.
Mar 2009
Congratulations to Mr Hopkins and his debaters. Jack Kiernan and Peter Murphy qualified for the Leinster semi finals as a team and Deirdre McGuane who qualified as an individual.
Best wishes to Mr Hopkins who takes of on a debating tour of America this coming Friday. Following his success in the recent Irish Times Debating Final, David was invited along with other winning speakers to participate in the American tour. The two and a half week trip takes in the states of Colorado, Alaska, California, Texas and Miami.
Nov 2009
Best of luck to our two senior teams who commence their campaign in the Denny Senior Competition tonight in Trinity College & Thursday night in U.C.D.
Cambridge Trials: On Saturday 7th November the College Debating Society will host the Irish trials for the Cambridge Union Debating Final 2010. A series of mace debates will be held throughout the day, culminating in a final in the late afternoon. The winners will then go on to represent their school in Cambridge next year. This is the second consecutive year that our college has been invited to host this event. We wish our own student competitors the very best on the day.
Cambridge Union Debating Irish Trials: The college hosted these last Saturday and the visiting representatives from Cambridge were hugely impressed by the facilities available to them and appreciative of the welcome accorded them by our students and teachers.
Congratulations to Aodhan Peelo & Daire Boyle ( Rang Friel ) who qualified for the final on Saturday evening when they opposed the enacting of future E.U. Treaties without Referenda. Blackrock College won the final and they will compete in Cambridge in the New Year. As individuals the four C.C.C. speakers had an impressive run on Saturday :
Aodhan Peelo: 2nd.
Deirdre McGuane ( LC1): 5th.
Daire Boyle: 8th.
Lauren McAuley ( LC2): 12th.
Many thanks to Ms McGrath for her assistance in organising the event throughout the day and also to former colleague, David Hopkins.
Congratulations to Ellen Corby & Ellen Murphy ( T.Y. students ) on their victory in U.C.D. last Thursday in their opening round of the Denny Senior Competition when they opposed the televising of court cases. Both our senior teams have now progressed to the next stage of the competition.
Hard luck to Mr Breathnach and our junior speakers “As Gaeilge” on their defeat last week in what was a very high standard opening “diaspoireacht”.
Debating News: Best of luck to our four speakers representing the college in the Trinity Mace Competition this weekend.
Dec '09
Congratulations to Daire Boyle & Aodhan Peelo ( Rang Friel ) who broke to the finals of the Trinity Mace Senior Competition last Saturday, a great achievement for two junior speakers! Best wishes to our teams in the Leinster Junior Competition this Thursday in Loreto, Stephen’s Green, the Aoife Begley Competition in Maynooth on Friday & the Belvedere Mace on Saturday December 5th.
Congratulations to Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo who were runners-up in the Belvedere Mace Competition on Saturday last. The competition attracted almost 40 teams from schools throughout Leinster. Best of luck to our two junior teams of Daire Boyle & Laoise Gilleece and Sean McGuane & Chloe Tait who compete this Thursday in the Leinster Competition. The College is hosting this round and we ask teachers to encourage younger students in particular to come along and support teams. Starting time is 6.30pm. Also best wishes to our four speakers participating in the Aoife Begley competition in Maynooth this Friday.
Congratulations to Sean McGuane ( First Year ) who has qualified for the next round of the Junior Schools Debating Competition following his victory in the opening round last Thursday. Also to Senior Debaters, Lauren McAuley & Deirdre McGuane on their victory in the Aoife Begley Competition at N.U.I. Maynooth last Friday.
Jan 2010
Debating News: Best of luck to students competing in the St. Conleth’s Junior Mace this Saturday 16th January.
Congratulations to Colm O’Riada & David Bennett (Rang Friel) who came out on top of twenty eight teams to become the Winners of the St. Conleth’s College Mace Competition last Saturday.
In all nine students from CCC participated & a second team of Aodhan Peelo and Sean McGuane also qualified for the final.
Joseph Gregory (Rang Kavanagh) was presented with the Most Entertaining Speaker Award.
Best of luck to Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman in their Leinster Quarter – Final this Thursday in UCD when they propose Legalising the Use of Force Against Home Invaders!
Feb 2010
Congratulations to the following students who successfully represented the College during the past week.
Ellen Murphy & Ellen Corby (TY) who qualified as a team for the Quarter- Finals of the Leinster Senior Competition in Trinity College on Monday.
Deirdre McGuane(LC1) & Aodhan Peelo(Third Year) who also qualified for the Quarter-Finals of the Senior Competition as Individual Speakers in UCD on Thursday night.
Joseph Gregory (Third Year) who qualified for the Semi-Finals of the Leinster Competition as an Individual Speaker also in UCD on Thursday night.
Well done to all who participated in & supported the Comedy Debate last Friday and raised funds for Haiti.
Best of luck to Deirdre McGuane & Lauren McAuley taking part in the Second Round of the Aoife Begley Competition in Maynooth this Wednesday where they will oppose Giving the Police the Right to Strike.
Irish Times Debating Final: Congratulations to past-pupil Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin (Leaving Cert 2007) who along with her teammate Niall Sherry from the Trinity Historical Society won this prestigious competition at the Helix DCU last Friday. Following their victory the winning team, along with the individual award winner will undertake a debating tour of America as Irish Champions & we wish Niamh and her colleagues the very best on this trip.
Niamh’s victory is unique in the fifty year history of the competition as she is the only sibling of a former champion ever to win the competition. Her father & our colleague, Eoin was part of the winning team for UCG in 1983. We extend our congratulations also to Eoin on this very proud occasion for him and his family.
Other Debating News:
Well done to Deirdre McGuane & Lauren McAuley on qualifying for the Semi-Final of the Aoife Begley Competition.
Best wishes to Joseph Gregory, Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman who compete in the Semi-Final of the Leinster Schools Competition this Thursday in UCD.
March 2010
Congratulations to Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo who have qualified for the Grand Final of the Leinster Junior Debating Competition & commiserations to Joseph Gregory who narrowly missed out on a place in the Final despite a terrific performance in last week’s semi-final in UCD. The final takes place in the Astra Hall UCD on Tuesday 9th March commencing at 6p.m. Support welcome. Congratulations to Aodhan Peelo & Colm O’Riada who qualified at the weekend for the finals of the International Competition for Young Debaters to be held at Oxford in May.
Best wishes to our Senior Debaters in their Quarter-Final heats in Trinity & UCD this week. Ellen Corby and Ellen Murphy will discuss the merits of refusing health care to patients whose illnesses result from their chosen life-style in TCD this evening while on Thursday in UCD, Deirdre McGuane and Aodhan Peelo will argue in favour of legitimizing police entrapment!
Best wishes to Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman who compete in the Grand Final of the Leinster Schools Junior Debating Competition this Tuesday evening in the Astra Hall UCD. They will compete against ten other finalists in the competition which originally attracted a total of 128 speakers.
Congratulations to our two Senior Teams (Ellen Corby & Ellen Murphy in TY & Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo) who qualified last week for the Semi-Finals of the Denny Leinster Senior Schools Competition.
Leinster Champions: Congratulations to Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman (Rang Friel) who were crowned Leinster Junior Debating Champions last week at a packed Astra Hall in UCD. The CCC team beat off strong opposition from Alexandra College, St. Conleth’s and Belvedere College to take the title. Twelve speakers participated in the Grand Final debating the merits or otherwise of the “Death Penalty”. The guest chair on the occasion was the Assistant Governor of Mountjoy Prison, John Ward. The team’s success was featured on News2Day on Network 2 the following day. This is the third occasion that CCC has won the title in the six year history of the competition. Well done to all involved.
Best of luck to our two Senior Debating Teams in the Denny Leinster Semi-Finals on Monday night in Trinity College & next Thursday in UCD. The four speakers are Ellen Corby & Ellen Murphy and Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo.
Debating News: Following the College’s success in the Leinster Junior Final earlier in the month, we had two teams debating in the Senior Semi-Finals last week.
On Monday in Trinity College, Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo had a great win, seeing off the challenge from ten other speakers to qualify for the final.
Despite a spirited performance in another Semi-final in UCD on Thursday last, Ellen Corby & Ellen Murphy bowed out of the competition at this stage. We congratulate them on progressing so far.
The Final will take place this Thursday, March 25th in the Edmund Burke Theatre in Trinity College at 7p.m. with Bryan Dobson as Guest Chairperson. The motion for the final is “That This House Would Impose 100% Inheritance Tax”.
Deirdre & Aodhan will open the case for the Proposition, competing against speakers from Belvedere College, Loreto Stephen’s Green, Wesley College, Blackrock College, Mount Sackville & St. Conleths. We wish them every success. Support welcome.
April 2010
Following their participation in the Leinster Senior Final recently, Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo have been invited to participate in the “Repecharge” in UCC next weekend. The winning team from this debate will compete in a national final at the end of April. We wish them well.
Congratulations to Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo on their victory in Cork on Saturday in the Senior Competition. They have now qualified for the Denny National Senior Schools Debating Final and will compete against teams and individuals from the other provinces next Saturday in UCD at 3p.m. Support welcome!
May 2010
National Champions
Congratulations to Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo who were crowned National Senior Debating Champions on Saturday at the National Grand Final in UCD. They successfully proposed the motion that people should be allowed to do whatever they wished provided they do not cause direct harm to another person against teams from Rockwell College, Belvedere College, Colaiste Iognaid (Galway) as well as individual speakers from four other schools. The adjudicators’ decision in favour of CCC was unanimous. Following their victory Deirdre & Aodhan have been invited to represent Ireland at the Four Nation Mace Competition. Saturday’s victory was unique for a number of reasons. Aodhan is the only Junior student ever to win the Senior Competition. He is the only speaker ever to win the Junior & Senior Competition in the same year ( Aodhan and Ciara Gorman won the Junior Championship in early March) CCC has won both Junior & Senior titles this year.
Following on from their competitive success throughout the year, four students from the College will travel to Scotland & England next weekend.
Deirdre McGuane (LC1) & Ellen Murphy (TY) will compete against national winners from Scotland, England & Wales in an International Mace at Glasgow University.
Aodhan Peelo & Daire Boyle (Third Year) will compete in the International Competition for Young Debaters at Oxford University
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