The Irish Mathematical Trust
Award for Irish Teachers of Mathematics
The Award for Irish Teachers of Mathematics
Sunday, 26th May 2019 in Aula Maxima, University College Cork
2019 WINNER (left)
Sarah Tallon from St. Leo’s College,
Old Dublin Road, Carlow.
2019 RUNNER-UP (right)
Breda Disney from Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
Pictured here with sponsor Frank Kenny of the Mary Vesey fund at the Community Foundation for Ireland.
The 2018-2019 award is also supported by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) through its SFI Discover programme #believeinscience.
You can find about past editions here: 2017-2018; 2018-2019.
Michael Moynihan, CPD-coordinator of IMTA, handed the trophy and plaques to winner Sarah Tallon and runner-up Breda Disney. A special plaque for life-time activity was offered posthumously to Eileen O'Grady. Received by her daughter Anne O'Grady.
Click on photos for more information
Diplomas of Excellence were awarded to finalists Eoghan O'Leary from Hamilton High School, Bandon, Co Cork; David McEvoy from St. Mary’s Secondary School Edenderry, Derek Maher from Holy Family Community School, Kilteel Road, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin and Colm Kenny from Manor House School, Raheny, Dublin 5.
Previous editions
Click on photos for more information
Adresses by Prof. Stephen Buckley, MRIA and IMT director; Dr. Tom Carroll, UCC and IMS vp and Dr. Bernd Kreussler, MIC, chair of the IMT
Click on photos for more information
Superb musical interludes by young award-winning musician - mathematicians Alison Riordan from UCC and Archie Connolly from Rice College, Ennis, followed by inspiring olympiad stories by Laura Cosgrave from Midleton Community School and Tianyiwa Xie from Alexandra College.
Click on photos for more information
Two lovely surprises by maths olympian Sarah Lane and her friends Alison, Susie, Amelia and Meave from the Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance, and a fantastic group of university staff including two mathematicians - Kieran Mulchrone and Martin Killian from the School of Mathematical Sciences, UCC - and an engineer - Michael Coughlan, CIT .
The Roll of Honour of the Irish Mathematical Olympiad and five members of the team that will represent Ireland at the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad in Bath, UK, July 2019.
Click on photos for more information
