Tyrrelstown school raises funds for hospice

In March of this year the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of Tyrrelstown Educate Together National School held a spring fair for the local community in the school buildings and grounds on Powerstown Road. The event proved to be a great success both socially and financially raising over €1,000.

The PTA had decided that the monies raised would be divided equally between the Dublin 15 Hospice fundraising committee and the school’s own library. Last week Fr. Dan Joe O’Mahony was invited to the school for the handover of a cheque for €500 while the school’s assistant principal, Emma O’Malley gratefully accepted a further cheque in the same amount for the library from Joseph Bankole, chairperson of the PTA.

Mr. Bankole told Community Voice that in addition to the cheques the library had also benefited from other books that had been donated to the spring fair. According to Mr. Bankole the next event in the PTA’s calendar will be an International Day in the school on Sunday May 25th.

“Last year we held this event and it was a huge success so this year we are hoping that all the different cultures in our area will again partake in the event. There will be dancing, international food, live music and even donkey rides for the children,” he promised.

The Tyrrelstown school continues to go from strength to strength. There are currently 275 children on the roll, but according to principal Maurice Hurley “we expect this to increase to over 350 in September with the start of the new school year and the intake of new pupils.”

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