Mary Immaculate Secondary School has had another fantastic Stripe Young Scientist and
Technology exhibition in Dublin. The north Clare took three awards back to Clare. This was
the 37 th year in a row that the school has participated in this prestigious event.
Koen Verbruggen, Director of Geological Survey Ireland, presented the Geological Survey
Ireland Award to Béibhinn O’Loughlin for the project - An Initial Analysis of 320 Million-Year-
Old Micro Coprolites from Doolin. In her research she found Coprolites in both shale
deposits in Doolin and similar ones near Lisdoonvarna. This was the second time she won
this award. She also was awarded a Highly Commended in the Intermediate Individual
Chemical, Mathematical and Physical sciences.
Dr Matt Crowe, Chair of the National Water Forum, presented the National Water Forum
Award to Oisín Jackson for the project;TURCAST: Forecasting Turlough Depths Through
Machine Learning and Data Analysis. This was the sixth year Oisín competed in the
competition with the first two being online due to Covid. He won an award at every
exhibition.
The school had 11 more projects. All the students presented their projects to the judges very
well and were fantastic ambassadors for our school and county Clare.
The mentoring teachers were John Sims, Maggie Garrihy and Molly Crilly. A big thanks to a
number of parents who attended the exhibition to help the teachers and students throughout
the event.