Cup adds extra sparkle to Danielle’s big day

Amy Browne from Knochnagoshel

Inter county hurler Dr Fionán Mackessy who graduated and his partner Katie Doyle from Fenit

Undergraduate of the year award winner Aislinn Hare (left) and Social Care Ireland award recipient Natalia Dembicka

Wiktoria Porebska, Sam D’Allessandry and Kate McNamara

Dr Sally O’Rourke-Griffin

Niamh Broderick, Listry and Shannon McCarthy

Claudia O’Reilly from Tralee

Shona Shanahan, from Tralee, (centre) with classmates

Ava Quinn, Sinead Murphy, Kate Healy, Gráinne Healy and Kate Doyle

Rita Ibeh from Tralee celebrates her graduation

Sinead Murphy and Patrick McGrath

Stepanie Sayers and Daniel O’Carroll from Duagh

Kieran Howley and his mum Kay from Castlegregory

Sisters Lucy and Amy Roberson

Ariceyda Hillard and TJ O’Donoghue

A VIP guest was afforded a special welcome at the Munster Technological University graduation ceremony this Friday.

The Brendan Martin Cup took pride of place on the podium – and it was in safe keeping.

Escorting the precious silverware on the occasion was none other than Danielle O’Leary from Rathmore who was one of the star performers in Kerry’s All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship success.

Danielle was one of 600 students to graduate at the gala ceremony and, needless to say, the Brendan Martin Cup was in big demand for selfies on the day.

Another GAA star to graduate was Dr Fionán Mackessy who previous lined out for the Kerry senior hurling team and is currently considering transferring to Kilkenny where he is working.

The graduations, held in the MTU Kerry Sports Academy, saw close on 600 students from diverse disciplines across the schools of business, computing and humanities, science, technology, engineering, maths, health and social care receiving their awards.

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