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Tralee Student Awarded €1,500 Excellence Scholarship From NUI Galway

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0564: Pictured receiving an Excellence Scholarship scroll and a cheque for Ä1,500 from NUI Galway President, Dr Jim Browne, is Donagh ” Buachalla from Clahane, Co. Kerry. Donagh is now studying Engineering at NUI Galway.
Pictured receiving an Excellence Scholarship scroll and a cheque for €1,500 from NUI Galway President, Dr Jim Browne, is Donagh Ó Buachalla from Clahane, Tralee.

A TRALEE student was among 60 students who received €1,500 as part of NUI Galway annual Excellence Scholarships.

Former Mercy Mounthawk student, Donagh Ó Buachalla from Clahane, was among a select group of first-year students were feted at a special ceremony last night, in recognition of the high points they achieved in the recent Leaving Certificate Examination. Donagh is now studying Engineering at the university.

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Each year the Excellence Scholarships are given to new entrants at NUI Galway who reached a minimum of 560 points in their Leaving Certificate examination, except in Medicine.

For Medical students, 10 Scholarships were awarded  based on the combined results in the Leaving Certificate and the new Admissions Test (H-PAT Ireland).

The Excellence Scholarships are designed to recognise and reward Leaving Cert success for the highest-achieving students, and encourage their ongoing commitment to academic excellence during their time at NUI Galway. The awards may be held with any other scholarships or grants, including the University’s Postgraduate Scholarships, Mature Student Scholarships, Sports Scholarship Scheme and schemes specific to individual colleges for those who excel in their University exams.

This year Excellence Scholarships were awarded to students from 43 individual schools throughout Ireland. The winners represented 13 counties including Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Limerick, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, and Westmeath.