STORM TRACKER: Follow 'Storm Amy' as it bears down on Ireland amid brutal forecast
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Senan Beirne, a student of Breaffy NS, Castlebar won the Mayo Spelling Bee
Senan Beirne has been announced as the winner of this year’s County Mayo Eason Spelling Bee Final. After a challenging competition against nine other spelling enthusiasts, Senan, a sixth-class student from Breaffy National School, Castlebar, triumphed in the County Mayo Final.
Senan will now go on and represent Mayo in the provincial Spelling Bee at the end of the month. The Breaffy National school student is a keen reader with his favourite book being The Percy Jackson Series.
Celebrating it’s 12th year, the Eason Spelling Bee is a key part in Eason’s literacy initiative which is designed to encourage and inspire children to develop their spelling and pronunciation skills. Over the years, the competition has fostered a greater appreciation for words, vocabulary growth and self-confidence among participating children.
READ MORE: Mayo students flying the flag for the Irish language
Lisa O’Brien, Group Head of E-Commerce and Marketing at Eason, commented: “We are delighted to launch the 2025 Eason Spelling Bee with such talented children participating in County Mayo. They are a testament to the bright young minds of Ireland. We are confident that this year we will build on the success of 2024 and inspire communities to support their local schools and, especially, their spelling bees!”
The All Ireland winning bee will secure a selection of books for their school library valued at €7,500 along with the title of Eason Spelling Bee champion 2025. The winner will receive a goodie bag filled with books worth €500.
This year, over 450 schools nationwide will compete for this coveted prize. The Eason Spelling Bee team will travel across the country to host County Final Spelling Bees, followed by Provincial Spelling Bee contests. The champions from each province will then compete head-to-head in the All-Ireland Final Bee in June 2025, where the ultimate King or Queen Bee will be crowned. Stay up to date with all the 2025 Spelling Bee news at www.easons.com/spellingbee
READ MORE: Mayo students win awards at national youth entrepreneur event
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
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.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
