This excellent and admirably conducted institution is rapidly progressing in public estimation, and we have no doubt that ere long it will rank among the first Roman Catholic Colleges in Ireland. The annual public examinations were held in the last week of June and the correct answering, the intelligence, the religious, scientific & classic knowledge displayed by the young pupils, elicited the warmest approbations and general admirations of all those who were present. A list of the gentlemen who obtained premiums and distinctions appears in our advertising columns.
Under the patronage and immediate inspection of his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. M'Hale, Archbishop of Tuam
At a Public Examination held on the 23d, 24th, 25th and 26th days of June, 1840, the following gentlemen obtained Premiums and Distinctions-
Dogmatic and Moral Theology- 1st Premium-M'Ginnis and Scully, Tuam; 2d
do. Hughes and Gibbons, Tuam; 3d do. Heslin, Ardagh and O'Beirne, Elphin,
next in merit-Flood, Meath; Burke, Tuam; Dunne, Meth; Geraghty, Elphin;
Morris, Tuam.
Sacred Scriptures- 1st Premium, M'Guiness and Scully, Tuam; 2d do.
Hughes, Tuam and O'Beirne, Elphin and Flood, Meath; 3d do. Dunne, Meath;
Heslin, Ardagh; Gormly, Elphin; next in merit-Fitzsimons, Meath; Gibbons,
Tuam; Geraghty, Elphin; Browne, Achonry; Morris and Burke, Tuam; and
M'Murray, Kilmore.
Logic and Metaphysics- 1st Premium, O'Brien and Burke, Tuam; next in
merit-O'Flaherty and Walsh, Tuam; and Smyth, Kilmore.
Tacitus and Livy- 1st Premium, Waldron and Fitzgerald T, Tuam; 2nd-
Healy, Elphin; Green and Fitzgerald J, Tuam; next in merit-King, Tuam;
M'Dermott, Elphin; Whelan and Cavanaugh, Tuam.
Juvenal and Pe????- 1st Premium, Waldron, Green, King, Fitzgerald J,
Tuam; 2nd do, Kiernan, Meath; Healy, Elphin; Whelan, Burke T., Fitzgerald T,
Tuam; next in merit-Gibbons, M'Girr, Cavenagh, Costello, Tuam.
Cicero's Orations- 1st Premium, Green, Fitzgerald J, Waldron, Tuam; 2d
do., King, Tuam; Healy, Elphin; Fitzgerald J, Tuam; Kirenan, Meath; next in
merit-Cavanagh and M'Girr, Tuam.
Horace's Satires, Epistles and Art of Poetry- 1st Premium, Kilgannon
and Burke, J., Tuam; next in merit-Burke Thomas, Gibbons, O'Reily, Tuam;
Carr and Lowe, Elphin.
Latin Compostion- 1st Premium, Waldron and Green, Tuam; Kiernan, Meath; 2d do., Fitzgerald J., King and Whelan, Tuam; next in merit- Healy, Elphin; Burke T, Tuam; M'Dermott, Elphin.
Virgil- 1st Premium, Moylan, Dublin; next in merit-Kelly, Killaloe;
Corlis, New Orleans; Tully, M'Cormac and Hopkins, Tuam.
Sallust- 1st Premium, Moylan, Dublin; Corlis, New Orleans; Prendergast,
Tuam; next in merit-Kelly, Killaloe; Hopkins and M'Cormac, Tuam.
Caesar- 1st Premium, Corcoran and Kirwan, Tuam; next in merit-Brenan,
Costello, Kyle and Moran, Tuam.
Swaines Sentences- 1st Premium, Kelly Jasper, Tuam; next in
merit-Hartnett and Moran, Tuam.
Latin Exercises- 1st Class-1st Premium, Corcoran P., and Kirwan, Tuam;
next in merit-Brennan, Kyle and Costello, Tuam.
Second Class-1st Premium-Moylan, Dublin; Corlis, New Orleans; next in
merit-Kelly, Killaloe; Tully and Hopkins, Tuam.
Prosody-1st Premium, Kelly Jasper, Tuam, next in merit-Hartnett, Moran,
Kyle Thomas, Tuam.
Greek- Euripides- 1st Premium, Waldron, green and King, Tuam; 2d do.,
Whelan, Tuam; Healy, Ephin; Fitzgerald J, Tuam; next in merit-Kiernan,
Meath; M'Dermott, Elphin; Cavanagh and M'Girr, Tuam.
Latin Grammar- 1st Premium, Kelly Jasper, Tuam; next in merit-Hartnett,
Moran, Kyle Thomas, Tuam.
Homer- 1st Premium, King, Waldron, Green, Fitzgerald J, Tuam; 2d do,
Kirenan, Meath; Healy, Elphin; M'Dermott, Elphin; Gibbons, Cavanagh &
M'Girr, Tuam.
Longinus- 1st Premium, Green, Fitzgerald J, Tuam. 2d do, King, Tuam;
Kirenan, Meath; Healy, Elphin; Whelan, Tuam; next in merit-M'Girr, Tuam.
Demosthenes - 1st Premium, Wadron and Green, Tuam; Healy, Elphin; 2d
do, Fitzgerald J, Tuam; Kirwan, Meath; King and Fitzgerald V, Tuam; next in
merit-Whelan, Tuam; M'Dermott, Elphin; Cavanagh and Gibbons, Tuam.
Xenophon- 1st Premium, Kilgannon; Burke, Thomas, Burke Joseph, Tuam;
next in merit-Carty, Elphin; Costello and Hynes, Tuam.
Lucian-1st Premium, O'Reily, Tuam; and Lowe, Elphin; next in
merit-Hession, Tuam.
Greek Exercises- 1st Premium, Waldron, Green, King, Fitzgerald J; 2d
do, Kiernan, Healy, Whelan; next in merit-M'Dermott, M'Girr, Cavanagh,
Fitzgerald T.
Testament and Greek Grammar- 1st Premium, Corlis, New Orleans; Moylan, Dublin; next in merit-Hopkins and Prendergast, Tuam.
French-Telemachus - 1st Premium, King, O'Brien, Burke J, Tuam; 2d do.
Fitzgerald V, Whelan Tuam; Healy, Elphin; next in merit-Cavanagh and
Waldron, Tuam; Kiernan, Meath; and Green, Tuam.
Sciences-Globes and Natural Philosophy-1st Premium, O'Mealy, Tuam; 2d
do. Browne, Achonry; Cummins, Green, Burke M, Cavanagh, Fitzgerald J,
O'Riely and O'Brien, Tuam; 3d do, Costello, Keary and Hession, Tuam; Corlis,
New Orleans.
Algebra - 1st Premium, Whelan and O'Brien, Tuam; 2d do. Kiiernan, Meath;
Fitzgerald J, Tuam; 3d do, Cavanagh, Tuam; Tormey, Meath; Ingoldsby,
Clogher; Walsh, Tuam; Healy, Elphin; King, Tuam.
Geometry - 1st Premium, Whelan and Green, Tuam; Kiernan, Meath;
O'Brien, Tuam; 2d do. Cavanagh and Cullinan M, Tuam; Burke J, Costello J,
Tuam; Ingolsby, Clogher; Tormey, Meath, O'Riely, Tuam, Kelly, Killaloe.
English Composition - 1st Premium, O'Brien and Burke J, Tuam; 2d do.,
O'Reily, Tuam; next in merit- Healy, Elphin; Waldron and Fitzgerald, Tuam;
Lowe, Elphin.
Elocution - 1st Class-1st Premium, O'Reily, Tuam; 2d do, Burke J and
O'Flaherty, Tuam; Carr, Elphin; next in merit-Tormey, Meath; O'Brien, Tully
and Kilgannon, Tuam; Moylan, Dublin; 2d class- 1st Premium Costello, Tuam;
2d do, Kirwan and Brennan, Tuam; next in merit-Moran, Daly, James, Keary and Kelly Jasper, Tuam.
Ecclesiastical History- 1st Premium, M'Gennis, Scully and M'Gough,
Tuam, 2d do, Fitzgerald J, Whelan, Tuam; Ingoldsby, Clogher; next in
merit-Cavanagh, Burke Thomas, O'Reily, Kilgannon and Waldron, Tuam; Tormey, Meath; Costello, Tuam and Moylan, Dublin.
Sacred and Profane History - 1st Premium, Burke J, and O'Flaherty,
Tuam; Healy, Elphin; 2d do, Fitzgerald J, Whelan, Tuam; Ingoldsby, Clogher;
next in merit, Burke Thomas, O'Reily, Kilgannon and Waldron, Tuam; Tormey,
Meath; Costello, Tuam;and Moylan Dublin.
English Grammar - 1st Class-1st Premium, Burke J, Tuam; Tormey, Meath;
Green Tuam; 2d do. Waldron Tuam; Smyth, Kilmore; and Healy, Elphin ;next in merit-O'Reily Tuam; Fitzgerald, Tuam; Carr, Elphin and Ingoldsby, Clogher;
2d class-Costello and Hession , Tuam; 2d do, Hartnett, Cullinan, Moran
Kirwan, Tuam; Corlis, New Orleans; Keary, M'Cormac, Kelly Jasper, Kyle J,
Tuam.
Geography - 1st Class-1st Premium, Hughes, Waldron, O'Brien, M'Gough,
Tuam; Flood, Meath; 2d do, M'Guiness, Morris, Scully, Costello, Green, Tuam; next in merit-Healy, Elphin; Browne, Achonry; Whelan, Cavanagh, Hynes, Tuam. 2d Class-1st Premium, Keary, Costello, Hession, Tuam; 2d do, Moran,
Cullinan I, Tuam; next in merit- Corlis, New Orleans; Kelly Jasper, Kyle Joseph Brenan, M'Cormac, Tuam.
Mensuration- 1st Premium, Cullinan M, Tuam.
Arithmetic - 1st Premium-Cullinan M, Tuam; 2d do, Costello, Hession and
Keary, Tuam; next in merit-Cullinan, T. Kirwan, Hopkins and M'Cormac, Tuam.
Writing - 1st Premium Murray and Hopkins, Tuam; 2d do, Kirwan, Brennan,
M'Cormac, Tuam.
Spelling - 1st Premium-Costello, Cullinan and Kirwan, Tuam; 2d do,
M'Cormac and Hession, Tuam; Corlis, New Orleans, Kyle J. Brennan, Hopkins, Tuam.
Catechism- 1st Premium-Corcoran, Tuam; Moylan, Dublin; Corlis, New
Orleans; 2d do. Hartnett, Tully, Kirwan, Tuam; 3d do, Hession, M'Cormac,
Tuam; next in merit-Hopkins, Kelly Jasper, M'hale, Costello, Kyle Joseph and
Daly James, Tuam.
WILLIAM CULLINAN,President July 4th, 1840
Vacation will end on the 15th of August.