Search

11 Sept 2025

Talented Kildare students win at Texaco Children's Art Awards

Students received their awards from Minister Josepha Madigan at ceremony in Dublin

Six Kildare students have been presented with top awards in this year’s 64th Texaco Children’s Art Competition.

Tara Neville Moynihan (14), from Coláiste Chiaráin, Leixlip, won first prize in the 14-15 years age category of the competition. She was presented with her award by Minister for Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, TD, and James Twohig, Director, Ireland Operations at Valero.

Other Kildare winners, who received Special Merit Awards at a ceremony held in Dublin recently, were Eilis Pluymers (14), from Celbridge Community School, Celbridge; Ross McHale (13), from Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge; Lorna Fokam (12), from Presentation Girls School, Maynooth; Amy Kenny (5), from St. Laurence's National School, Sallins and Liam Kelly (7), from Scoil Mhicíl Naofa, Athy.
 
 

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.