Winners announced for the national ‘Let’s fish’ poetry competition

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Winners announced for the national ‘Let’s fish’ poetry competition

Monday, 31st of August 2020: Six young poets have been selected as winners of the ‘Let’s fish’ national poetry competition which took place earlier this summer and was organised by Inland Fisheries Ireland in conjunction with the Blackrock Education Centre. Entries were received from across Ireland under the title “Let’s fish” and the poems revealed how much fish and fishing means to our younger generation. The results from the competition were as follows:

5th Class Category	Winner	School
1st prize	Oran	C.B.S Primary School, Dundalk, Co. Louth.
2nd Prize	Ethan	Scoil Naomh Buithe, Tenure, Monasterboice, Co. Louth
3rd Prize	Philip	Scoil Réalt na Mara, Tuosist, Co. Kerry

6th Class Category	Winner	Poem
1st prize	Millie	St. Patrick’s National School, Greystones, Co. Wicklow.
2nd Prize	Leah	Sion Mills Primary School, The Park, Westview Tec. Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone
3rd Prize	Dara	Scoil Phadraig, Newport Rd., Deerpark East, Westport, Co. Mayo

Inland Fisheries Ireland plans to share the winning entries across all social media platforms over the coming weeks. The competition ran from the end of April to the middle of June, with 5th and 6th class students asked to write a five line poem on the topic ‘Let’s Fish’. The winners of the 1st prize will now receive a €100 voucher, the winners of the 2nd prize will receive a €50 voucher and the winners of the 3rd prize will receive a €25 voucher. The competition was delivered as a fun initiative to help 5th and 6th class primary students to research the Something Fishy online resource and expand their literacy skills during the Covid-19 restrictions.

Speaking about the competition, Suzanne Campion, Head of Business Development at Inland Fisheries Ireland said: “We are delighted to announce the winners of the ‘Let’s fish” poetry competition as part of our joint collaboration with the Blackrock Education Centre. We would like to congratulate all of the participants involved and we wish them well as they return to school in the coming weeks.”

Something Fishy is an Educational Programme, aimed at Primary school pupils aged between 10-13 years, which informs and educates students on fish, water, angling, and the environment and angling. The ‘Something Fishy’ is delivered by Inland Fisheries Ireland and Blackrock Education Centre (BEC). It includes lesson plans and activity sheets based on the theme of the ‘Life cycle of salmon’ - Bradán. It has web based resources and new lesson plans also available, visit http://www.somethingfishy.ie/ for more information.

PDFs of the winning entries are available here:

SF Poetry Lets Fish 6th Class 1st Prize Millie Wicklow

SF Poetry Lets Fish 6th Class 2nd Prize Leah Tyrone

SF Poetry Lets Fish 6th Class 3rd Prize Dara Mayo

SF Poetry Lets Fish 5th Class 1st Prize Oran Louth

SF Poetry Lets Fish 5th Class 2nd Prize Ethan Louth

SF Poetry Lets Fish 5th Class 3rd Prize Philip Kerry

ENDS

For Media Information:

Sadhbh O’Neill

Communications Assistant

Inland Fisheries Ireland

E: sadhbh.oneill@fisheriesireland.ie

T: 01 884 2632/ 087 101 9998

Notes to the Editor

About Inland Fisheries Ireland

Inland Fisheries Ireland is a statutory body operating under the aegis of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) and was established under the Fisheries Act on 1st July 2010. Its principal function is the protection and conservation of the inland fisheries resource. Inland Fisheries Ireland promotes supports, facilitates and advises the Minister on the conservation, protection, management, development and improvement of inland fisheries, including sea angling. Inland Fisheries Ireland also develops policy and national strategies relating to inland fisheries and sea angling and advises the Minister on same.