Boden’s Colm Basquel among Leinster GAA bursary awardees

Leinster GAA have broken the 700 mark in its annual bursary award scheme.

At a ceremony at Áras Laighean Leinster GAA Chairman John Horan awarded the funding to the 37 students from 11 counties who have been selected in the 2015 programme.

Included among the recipients were nine Dubs - Colm Basquel, Eugene McGrath, Conor McDonnell, Darragh Gogan, Patrick Spellacy, Fionn Maguire, Michael Hughes, Cian Ó Dalaigh, Katie Murphy.

Ballyboden St Enda's forward Colm Basquel will line out for the Firhouse Road club against Portlaoise in Sunday’s AIB Leinster senior club football championship final in Tullamore.

The funding, which is made in conjunction with support from Croke Park, will see €750 awarded to each student in a special bursary payment.

And this year’s awards has seen Leinster break the 700 mark for the number of bursaries that have been awarded to students in the province since this scheme was inaugurated by the then Leinster GAA Chairman Nickey Brennan in 2002.

LEINSTER GAA BURSARY AWARDS 2015

DUBLIN: Colm Basquel, Eugene McGrath, Conor McDonnell, Darragh Gogan, Patrick Spellacy, Fionn Maguire, Michael Hughes, Cian Ó Dalaigh, Katie Murphy

WESTMEATH: Darragh Lyons, Alan Coffey, Alan Fitzpatrick, Darren O’Connell, Valentinaw Sizgchas, Odhran Daly

OFFALY: Barry McNamara, Padraic Guinan

CARLOW: Michael Boyhan, Dean Hayden, Paddy Byrne

KILKENNY: Aoife Murphy, Peter Butler, Shane Parsons

LAOIS: Aine Haberlin

WICKLOW: Aaron Nugent

LOUTH: Robert Quigley

MEATH: Fiachra Mac An tSaoi, PJ McGrane, James Kelly, Niall Lyons, Robert Lynch, Robert White

KILDARE: Mikaela McKenna

WEXFORD: Peter Sutton, Seamus Carroll, Gearóid Cullen, Ian Mitchell