St Patrick’s Boys National School Donabate wins Battle of the Books 2021

Padraig Conlon 07 Jul 2021

Battle of the Book Winners, St Patrick’s Boys National School, Donabate. Pictured is Mayor of Fingal Cllr Seána Ó Rodaigh, Betty Boardman, Fingal County Librarian, Brian Gallagher, Author with Killian Crean and Thomas Graham. Picture by Shane O’Neill, Coalesce.

The Mayor of Fingal Cllr. Seána Ó Rodaigh recently made a presentation to St Patrick’s Boys National School Donabate as winners of The Battle of the Book 2021.

Fingal County Librarian Betty Boardman and author Brian Gallagher were also on hand to meet the winning class and their teacher Sarah Donohoe.

The Battle of the Book is an annual competition run by Fingal Libraries.

The programme is designed to encourage the children to read and gain confidence, to discuss a common book providing a shared experience of reading and to ignite a reading for life culture.

Every year 6 schools in Fingal receive 30 copies of a book by a well know author, this year’s book was “Pawns” by Brian Gallagher to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of the Sack of Balbriggan.

The other schools that took part this year were Pope John Paul II National School, St. Oliver Plunkett School, St Patricks Boys National School, Castaheany Educate Together, Sacred Heart National School and St. Mary’s National School.