KERRY PUPILS’ IMPRESSIVE
THE BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2017’s story is best told in numbers.
Almost 2,100 projects entered, but only 550 qualified for the main event. More than 50,000 people passed through the RDS between January 11 and 14, and on Friday night 140 prize winners were named across four fields: technology; biological and ecological sciences; social and behavioural sciences; and Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
Similarly, the numbers behind Kerry’s performance at the fair are telling. The Kingdom was proudly represented by four schools and 13 students, who secured an impressive tally of six prizes between them.
Killorglin’s performance was genuinely brilliant. Killorglin Community College and the Intermediate School took two honours each as the mid-Kerry town excelled in face of molten-hot competition.
Kerry’s seven projects were an eclectic mix: our brightest dissected the lunar cycle, mindfulness, safety, ultra vision, thistles, bristles, and dyslexia, and while not everyone emerged with a trophy or a commendation, all left
with a bounty of credit in tow. Gaelcholáiste Trá Lí, Intermediate School Killorglin, Tarbert Comprehensive School and Killorglin Community School couldn’t have represented the county more capably, and made sure the long drive along the M7 was a worthwhile one.