{"id":649367,"date":"2026-08-21T16:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649367\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:57:15","slug":"clear-the-head-cork-students-reveal-secrets-behind-eight-h1-leaving-cert-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649367\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Clear the head\u2019: Cork students reveal secrets behind eight H1 Leaving Cert results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Cork students<\/a> who each received eight H1 grades in this year\u2019s Leaving Cert<\/a> have credited their exam success to keeping on top of their studies and going for runs to \u201cclear the head\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ethan Wyse, from Douglas, and Peter Creagh, from Blackrock, each received top marks in eight subjects when they received their Leaving Cert results on Friday.<\/p>\n

Both attended Christian Brothers College in Cork, where eight students achieved the maximum 625 points.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m actually delighted. I’m shocked, of course. I’m really, really happy but I’m surprised,\u201d said Ethan.<\/p>\n

Alongside higher-level English, Irish and maths, he also studied applied maths, physics, chemistry and computer science.<\/p>\n

He hopes to go on to study general engineering at Trinity College Dublin.<\/p>\n

The first round of college place offers will be available to students next week when Round One offers are issued through the CAO.<\/p>\n

\"PeterPeter Creagh, Alessandro Siynardi, Luke MacMullan, Se\u00e1n McSweeney, Aaron Sidhu, Ethan Wyse and Daniel Fitzsimons, students at Christian Brothers College (CBC), Cork, celebrate their Leaving Cert results. Eight CBC students achieved the maximum 625 points, with one of the eight, Guan Lin, not pictured. Picture: Christian Brothers College in Cork<\/p>\n

\u2018Start early\u2019<\/p>\n

His advice to students is simple: start early.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally getting going at the start of fifth year, doing a little bit of study, and doing it often, is probably the most important thing.\u201d He also advised students to keep on top of their projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeeping on top of your projects, as well, because especially when there’s going to be more of them introduced for nearly everything in the coming years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t be leaving them to the final week, because we certainly had some really stressful periods a week or before project deadlines where you are just inundated with work.<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting the jump on them early, reading the briefs, is really important,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Keeping active was also important, he believes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found a lot of solace in running. I do athletics in Togher and I play tennis as well. I\u2019d go to the gym a bit too, to decompress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PeterPeter Creagh, Alessandro Siynardi, Mr David Lordon (Principal) Aaron Sidhu, Luke MacMullan, Ethan Wyse, Daniel Fitzsimons. Picture: Christian Brothers College in Cork<\/p>\n

\u2018I made sure to keep on top of things\u2019<\/p>\n

His classmate Peter Creagh was also thrilled with his eight H1s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrilled, massive relief really. I\u2019m delighted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He is hoping to study medicine at UCC, having opted to study French, German, biology, physics and chemistry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the run up to the exams, it was pretty intense alright but during the year, I made sure to keep on top of things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he tried to ensure he had covered everything taught in school each day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was going home, I\u2019d make sure I knew everything that was covered in school that day,\u201d he said of his study schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t let that build up. That\u2019s mostly what I did – I made sure it didn\u2019t get away from me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI went on a good few runs to clear my head, and I also went to the gym a fair bit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"PeterPeter Creagh, Aaron Sidhu, Alessandro Siynardi, Ethan Wise, Luke MacMullan, Daniel Fitzsimons.\u00a0Picture: Christian Brothers College in Cork<\/p>\n

Christian Brothers College Principal David Lordon congratulated the Leaving Cert Class of 2026 on their \u201coutstanding results\u201d, saying their achievements reflected the dedication and resilience shown throughout their time at the school.<\/p>\n

He also paid tribute to parents and staff for their support and wished students every success as they move on to third-level education and other future opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Cork students who each received eight H1 grades in this year\u2019s Leaving Cert have credited their exam…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[781,4488,9,10,14565,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,14330,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":["post-649367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-news","tag-irish-examiner-instagram","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-cao-offers","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-leaving-cert","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117134561414676052","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}