Rockwell College was founded in 1864 by the Holy Ghost Congregation
as a Catholic Secondary School for boys.
Today the school educates 520 students aged from 12 to 18 years,
both boarders and day boarders, boys and girls.
Rockwell is situated 7km. from Cashel on the main Dublin-Cork
road in Co. Tipperary in the Province of Munster. It is set in
acres of wooded grounds and rich farmland along with its own 23
acre lake.
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Rockwell
College Union - ANNUAL GOLD MEDAL AWARD RECIPIENTS
Year
Student
of the Year
Gold Medal
James
Joy Gold Medal for
Senior Debating in English
Thomas
McDonagh English
Literary Award Gold Medal
1944
William O’Brien
William Kingston
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1945
John A. Tobin
Terrence O’Regan
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1946
Edward J. Hayes
Edward J. Hayes
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1947
Patrick Holohan
Hugh Larkin
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1948
James Brosnan
Laurence Ryan
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1949
Francis Walsh
John Geary
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1950
Finbarr Gallagher
Finbarr Gallagher
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1951
Denis Cogins
Alec Miller
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1952
Timothy McGrath
John Hogan
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1953
Not Awarded
Paul Evers
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1954
Joseph Moran
Thomas O’Flaherty
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1955
Edmond O’Dwyer
Patrick Kirwan
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1956
Edward O’Brien
D. Begley
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1957
Cahal Cavanagh
A.M. Foley
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1958
Matthew McNamara
Liam Brophy
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1959
Michael Butler
Joseph Jones
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1960
William Gardiner
J. Crowley
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1961
Matthew O’Mahony
Not Awarded
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1962
B.Kerr
Niall Buckley
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1963
John Collins
John Collins
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1964
Joe Cummiskey
Pacelli O’Rourke
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1965
Paul Glacken
Not Awarded
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1966
John O’Mahony
Not Awarded
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1967
Tom Teehan
Anthony Rossiter
Gabriel Rosenstock
1968
Andrew Kiely
Eamonn Lawlor
Anthony Rossiter
1969
Timothy Furlong
Kevin O’Dea
Not Awarded
1970
Michael Slattery
Terence Dempsey
Leo de Freyne
1971
Thomas McGrath
Noel O’Sullivan
Peter Onwe
1972
Hugo Maguire
Gerard Danagher
John Healy
1973
Paul Kenny
Robin Foley
Arthur Begley
1974
Patrick McGonigle
Diarmuid Leonard
Diarmuid Leonard
1975
Desmond Molloy
Gerard McMahon
Patrick Mawe
1976
John Murray
Gerard McMahon
Michael Healy
1977
John Booth/ Billy Murphy
Francis Gleeson
Conor Whooley
1978
Maurice McQuillan
Seamus McGinley
Maurice McQuillan
1979
Mark Moran
Mark Moran
Stephen Burkart
1980
David Bolger
John Reid
Tom Flynn
1981
Liam Flynn
Maurice Collins
Maurice Collins
1982
Ian Slattery
P.J. Haugh
Ian Slattery
1983
Anthony McCarthy
Iain Morley
Iain Morley
1984
Padraig Madigan
Francis Farrell
John Riordan
1985
Seamus Maher
Neil Hanrahan
Richard Gallagher
1986
Conor Brosnan/Rory Layden
Mark Heslin
Mark Heslin
1987
Harry Blackmore
Brian Coleman
Gerry O’Mahony
1988
John Hennessy
Dylan Dalton
John MacGoey
1989
Kevin O’Connell
Aidan O’Connell
Ronan Quirke
1990
Patrick Maguire
Patrick Leahy
Gavin Burke
1991
Thomas Purcell
Michelle Maher
Thomas Purcell
1992
Fionn Hurley
Dermot McMorrow
Helen Howley
1993
Thomas Horgan
Robert MacGoey
Oran O’Donohue
1994
James Kennedy
Cian Toomey
Leah Farrell
1995
Eimear Burke
Patrick MacGoey
Shane Dwyer
1996
J.P. Crowley
Aonghus Fitgibbon
Josef O’Keeffe
1997
Robert Bourke
P.J. Flynn
P.J. Flynn
1998
Angela Quinlan
Angela Quinlan
Brigid Halley
1999
John Dalton
John Prendergast
John Prendergast
2000
Brendan Crowley
Mark Hanly
James Maloney
2001
Brenda O’Donoghue
Micheal Griffin
Sarah Jane Hallinan
2002
Maeve O’Sullivan
Diarmaid Ó Conchubhair
Sheila M. Ryan
2003
Tom Barry
Emma Coffey
Gráinne O’Sullivan
2004
Emma-Jane Morrissey
Tiernan Fitzgibbon
Peter Molony
2005
Cathy
O'Donoghue
Seán
Óg Fitzgerald
Tiernan
Fitzgibbon
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