Rochestown College set for return to glory
Coláiste Chríost Rí with 15 titles, North Monastery and St Fachtna’s, Skibbereen with three each while newer additions to the list also feature in Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh and De La Salle Macroom.
But a thumb down through the decades may provide a signpost for the future. The 1950 winners of the competition were also from Cork, and it won’t surprise shrewd judges if their name will be inscribed onto the cup again in the near future. Indeed, at the ceremony this week to honour St Francis College, Rochestown as the April winners of the Rebel Óg Monthly Awards, the chairman of the selection committee Mick Evans said that he would be “stunned” if the school fails to restore past glories.
