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BY MAIREAD HOLLAND
IT was a momentous occasion for Dean Maguirc College this week when the local school welcomed the ‘famous five’ Conway siblings through its doors for the first time.
Tuesday was also, of course, a morning of major excitement for Austin, Eoghan, Karla, Shannon and Ursula – all aged 11 – as they joined the 104 other Year 8 pupils at the Carrickmore college.
Starting big school can sometimes present a scary prospect but perhaps it’s not so daunting when you have four brothers and sisters of the same age for moral support.
The Conway siblings from Drum Road in Cookstown – who share a birthday of May 22, 2009 – had previously attended the small rural primary school of St Mary’s in Dunamore.
So starting a secondary school with 562 pupils was always going to be a bit of a change.
And it will undoubtedly have been an emotional day for parents, Nuala and Austin Conway, as they waved their children off on the next stage of their educational journey.
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