2026 DKIT Future Stars Award winners announced
Leinster Rugby players Diarmuid Mangan, Naoise Smyth and Josh Ericson were on hand to celebrate the annual Dundalk Institute of Technology Sports & Societies Future Stars Awards.
The event, founded by Ray McCabe, the Leinster Community Rugby Officer and Dundalk IT Rugby Development Officer, is carried on in partnership with Leinster Rugby. The event marks the tremendous work being done at the schools and clubs levels in the North East region, with players from across the area represented in both the Boys and Girls teams.
The Future Stars Awards are just one way of promoting the possibilities for players to secure scholarships towards education and a High Performance facility to assist in the pursuit of personal rugby development.
GIRLS WINNERS (School / Club)
15. Katie McDonald (Bush Post Primary School / Dundalk RFC)
14. Anna May Tracey (St Joseph’s Mercy Secondary School / Navan RFC)
13. Kate O’Molloy (Dundalk Grammar School / Balbriggan RFC)
12. Jessica Dempsey (Ratoath College / Ashbourne RFC)
11. Nicole Murray (St Vincent’s Secondary School / Dundalk RFC)
10. Sophie Malone (Dundalk Grammar School / Dundalk RFC)
9. Aoibhinn Reily (Bush Post Primary School / Dundalk RFC)
1. Lauren Shevlin (Ardee Community School / Dundalk RFC)
2. Rebecca Donegan (Ardee Community School / Ardee RFC)
3. Grace Cosgrove (Dundalk Grammar School / Dundalk RFC)
4. Annie Callaghan (Eureka Secondary School / Virginia RFC)
5. Ava Walsh (Ardee Community School / Ardee RFC)
6. Alex Wall (Dunshaughlin / Navan RFC)
7. Katie Anne Bobbett (Ashbourne CS / Ashbourne RFC)
8. Erin McFadden (Loreto Balbriggan / Balbriggan RFC)
BOYS WINNERS (School / Club)
15. Eddie Darcy (St Mary’s Diocesan School / Balbriggan RFC)
14. Adam Irwin (Ardee Community School / Ardee RFC)
13. Noah Murray (Drogheda Grammar School / Navan RFC)
12. Jack Giles (O’Carolan College, Nobber / Navan RFC)
11. Luke McCourt (De La Salle / Dundalk RFC)
10. Hugh O’Dwyer (Dundalk Grammar School / Boyne RFC)
9. Eoin Burke (St Patrick’s Classical School / Navan RFC)
1. Oisin Molloy (St Mary’s Diocesan School / Boyne RFC)
2. Liam Griffin (Bush Post Primary School / Carlingford/Armagh)
3. Aiden McGovern (St Mary’s Diocesan School / Boyne RFC)
4. Caoimhin Clarke (O’Carolan College, Nobber / North Meath RFC)
5. Elliott Nicholls (Bush Post Primary School / Carlingford/Armagh)
6. Ben O’Connell (Drogheda Grammar School)
7. Conor Goodwin (St Patrick’s Classical School / Navan RFC)
8. Jewon Adeyo (Drogheda Grammar School / Boyne RFC)
