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Wexford school wins National award

Wexford school wins National award

Gaelscoil Inis Córtaigh in Wexford are celebrating this week.

That's because they were announced as winners of the Best Costumes category at the Bord Gais Energy Student Theatre awards.

The school won the top prize after judges were dazzled by their production and costumes.

Vice Principal of the school is Helena O' Flynn Roche. She explains what their play was about:

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"Our production was a musical as Gaeilge, naturally as we're a Gaelscoil and it's called Oíche Chiúin. The musical was set in Austria, it was all to do with how the

The musical was set in Austria, it was all to do with how the hymn 'Silent night' was written and came to be which was set in the Austria in the late 1700's"

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