Young Historian Awards

Discover the history on your doorstep

Guidance for students

Guidance, video and suggestions for students participating in the Young Historian programme, including guidance on selecting a topic, how to approach sources, and how to conduct an interview.

There is a guide and links to a range of sources - online and in Leitrim County Library.

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Guidance for Teachers

Some specific guidance for teachers on the programme and process, and on how to run the programme with TY classes.

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2023 Winners

Over the past three years, well over one hundred projects have been submitted by students at Ballinamore, Carrigallen, Lough Allen, Drumshanbo, and Mohill. Awards were presented in May to the winners.

Read about the 2023 and some past entries here, including family histories like Riain MacManus' story of Terence Hugh Keegan, and Teodora Usatii's story of her grandfather and grandmother, as well as stories of as varied as the 1981 hunger strikes and the mythology of Conall Cearnach.

Read also Brianna Faughnan's story ofJimmy Gralton, Neil Sweeney on Soloheadbeg, Ríona Costello on the Cavan-Leitrim Railway, and Grace Donlon on Frank Donlon.

About Young Historian

The Young Historian programme began in 2021 with two Transition Year classes in County Leitrim. It aims to encourage young people to engage with their personal and local history and to develop the skills of history.

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