Winners of the Mary Elmes Prize
Founded in 2019, the Mary Elmes Prize in Holocaust Studies helps TY students develop their creative and analytical skills while honing their knowledge of the Holocaust, human rights and civic values. Students complete entries for submission into one of four categories:
Art
History
Literature
Music
A panel of subject experts, including descendants of Mary Elmes, judge and award prizes to the top three entries in each category. All winning entries to the Mary Elmes Prize may be found below.
““...the world is most dangerous when it is blind.”
Students are encouraged to submit a wide variety of submissions drawing on the themes of citizenship, courage and empathy suggested by the life of Mary Elmes.
These may include historical essays on events or people who resisted or lost their lives to the Holocaust, whether famous or little-known; artistic or musical pieces of any genre or form; or creative literature putting the reader in the heart of a story of bravery and adversity during the horrific events of the Holocaust.
There are no strict guidelines or requirements for submission. Students are encouraged to be as creative as possible when creating their submissions.
Amaia Casey
2021 Art 2nd place
2023
+ Art
1st place
Kishaylin Reddy
Stratford College, Dublin
2nd place
Molly Morgan
Clifden Community School, Galway
3rd place
Amelia McNamara
Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, Limerick
+ History
1st place
Ciara Morton
The High School, Dublin
+ Literature
1st place
Jennifer Blakeney
Jesus and Mary Secondary School, Sligo
2nd place
Charlotte Flegg
The High School, Dublin
3rd Place
Alanna Lavery
Presentation Secondary School Listowel, Kerry
+ Music
1st place
Cian Joyce
Clifden Community School, Galway
2nd place
Stephen O’Reilly, Dublin
Stratford College
3rd place
St. Mary’s Secondary School, Nenagh
Excerpt from Hidden to Safety
Kishaylin Reddy
2023 Art Winner
La Libératrice
Cian Joyce
2023 Music Winner
2022
+ Art
1st place
Grace Wolfe
Clifden Community School, Co. Galway
2nd place
Tamami Gill
The High School, Dublin
3rd place
Aisling Duffy
The High School
+ Literature
1st place
Kelly Donnellan
Villiers School, Co. Limerick
2nd place
Jake O’Loughlin
The High School
3rd place
Josh Taylor
Stratford College
+ History
1st place
Orla O’Donovan
Mount Mercy College Cork
2nd place
Eugene Lazowski - Fighting without guns
Johanna Schaffer
Clifden Community School, Co. Galway
3rd place
Georgio Perlasca - A righteous former Fascist
Lynetta Wang
Dominican College, Muckross Park, Dublin 4
+ Music
1st place
Maria Rymaszewska
Malahide Community School, Malahide
2nd place
St. Columba’s College, Dublin 16
3rd place
St. Mary’s Secondary School, Nenagh
Mary Elmes (Portrait)
Grace Wolfe
2022 Art Winner
2021
+ Art
1st place
Aoife Sheridan
Holy Rosary College, Co. Galway
2nd place
Amaia Casey
Dominican College. Dublin
3rd place
Mary Elmes: “The Irish Oskar Schindler”
Jessica Needham
The High School
+ Literature
1st place
Zara McFerran
Villiers School, Co. Limeric
2nd place
Róisín Farrell
Tullamore College
3rd place
Matthew Drury
St. Nathy’s College, Co. Roscommon
+ History
1st place
Witold Pilecki – The Forgotten Polish Patriot
Peter O’Neill
Holy Rosary College, Co. Galway
2nd place
Anna Hayes
Villiers School, Limerick
3rd place
Erica Magee
Dominican College, Muckross Park, Dublin 4
+ Music
1st place
Ilona Mkritchyan
St Raphaela’s Secondary School, Stillorgan
2nd place
Molly Boote
Clifden Community School, Co. Galway
3rd place
Sam Hutchinson
High School, Rathgar
Portrait of Mary Elmes
Aoife Sheridan
2021 Art Winner
Hope
Ilona Mkritchyan
2021 Music Winner
2020
+ Art
1st place
Aisling Matthews
St. Louis Secondary School, Dundalk
2nd place
Alison Doyle
Mercy College Chapelhill, Sligo, Co. Sligo
+ Literature
1st place
One Summer’s Night in Oświęcim
Genevieve Flynn
Villiers School, Limerick
2nd place
Clodagh Kelly
Villiers School, Limerick
+ History
1st place
Dragos Cazan
Stratford College, Dublin
2nd place
Thomas Rushe
St Brigid’s College, Loughrea, Co. Galway
+ Music
1st place
Seán Tuohy
Ashton School, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
2nd place
Tadhg Byrne
Gorey Community School, Co. Wexford
‘Life’
Seán Tuohy
2020 Music Winner