The Barra Flynn Memorial Scholarship 2024

Tormeys Solicitors LLP, one of the longest established and largest legal firms in the Midlands, were delighted to announce the winners of the Barra Flynn Memorial Scholarship 2024 following a presentation at their offices recently.

By way of brief history of the scholarship, Tormeys Solicitors provide an annual scholarship to Leaving Certificate students from the Athlone, Moate, Ferbane, Ballymahon, Roscommon, Ballinasloe, and Tullamore school areas.

The fund is awarded to students who attain the highest Leaving Certificate points and who have chosen to pursue a legal pathway at a third-level institution.

This is the 32nd annual presentation of the scholarship, and while there are now a number of scholarships presented by corporate bodies in the Athlone area, Tormeys Solicitors are proud to have been the first to embrace this incentive to encourage young adults to study law.

The scholarship fund, in total, is valued at over €2,500, awarding prizes to first, second, and third-placed students. In 2000, to commemorate the Millennium, Tormeys Solicitors introduced the presentation of the perpetual trophy to the school with the highest cumulative points for law students within that year. The winner of the 2024 school prize was Athlone Community College.

For the first time in the scholarship’s history, joint first-place winners were recognized, with Aiveen Curley, formerly of Athlone Community College and now studying at Trinity College Dublin, and Brendan Murphy, also a former student of Athlone Community College, now studying at UCD, sharing this prestigious award.

Alexandra Kinahan, formerly of Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone, and now studying at UCD, took the final prize.

Tormeys Solicitors would like to thank all the applicants who participated in the scholarship and wish them all the best in their future endeavors.

On a separate note, Tormeys Solicitors were delighted to be awarded Employer of the Year at the recent Athlone Business Awards, and we would like to thank all our past, present, and future clients for their loyal and continued support. We look forward to many years of continued success.