Killarney

By Michelle Crean
<h3>Part of a class project was to write a poem &#8211; but little did one pupil think that it would lead to her receiving a letter from the President!</h3>
Lydia Leader, along with her Fourth Class classmates all wrote poems to mark Poetry Day Ireland on April 28 under the direction of their class teacher Mr Mannix.
 Lydia Leader was selected as the winning poet from the class and the decision was made to send her poem &lsquo;Hope&rsquo; to poetry lover, President Michael D. Higgins.
 Lydia couldn&#8217;t believe it when she then received a letter from the President&rsquo;s office in &Aacute;ras an Uachtar&aacute;in.
 President Higgins expressed that he was grateful for Lydia&rsquo;s thoughtfulness and sent her his best wishes.
 &#8220;We are very proud of all our poets at Kilcummin NS,&#8221; Principal, Gillian Sheehan, told the Killarney Advertiser.
 &#8220;Well done and congratulations to Lydia on this wonderful feat! We are very proud of her and we have published her poem on our school website.&#8221;
 &#8220;It was a huge surprise,&#8221; Lydia added.
 &#8220;I didn&#8217;t expect to receive a letter from the President. I&#8217;m thrilled. I will keep this letter in a very safe place. I am so thankful to the President for his letter. It means so much to me.&#8221;

Lydia receives letter from President Higgins

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