IN PICTURES: Memories of Christmas events around Portrush primary schools

By The Newsroom

Published 10th Dec 2025, 16:58 GMT

Schools are a hive of activity in the run up to Christmas!

Carol services, Nativity plays, Christmas exams, school concerts, festive fairs – it’s all go!

Here we take a look back through our photo archives at some events which took place in primary schools in Portrush some years ago.

See who you can recognise...

WE CARE...Children from St. Patrick's Primary School in Portrush with their contribution to the Christmas Shoebox appeal in 2007.

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WE CARE...Children from St. Patrick's Primary School in Portrush with their contribution to the Christmas Shoebox appeal in 2007. Photo: NI WORLD

CHRISTMAS TIME...Troy, Aoife, Caitlin, Daire, Rebekah and other pupils at St Patrick's Primary School in Portrush getting ready to go on stage for their Christmas concert in 2009.

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CHRISTMAS TIME...Troy, Aoife, Caitlin, Daire, Rebekah and other pupils at St Patrick's Primary School in Portrush getting ready to go on stage for their Christmas concert in 2009. Photo: NI WORLD

WORK OF ART...Valerie McIntyre paints Daire Bradley's face during the Christmas Bazaar at St. Patrick's Church Hall in Portrush in 2008.

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WORK OF ART...Valerie McIntyre paints Daire Bradley's face during the Christmas Bazaar at St. Patrick's Church Hall in Portrush in 2008. Photo: NI WORLD

Helpers in the kitchen at the St. Patrick's Church Portrush Christmas Bazaar in 2009.

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Helpers in the kitchen at the St. Patrick's Church Portrush Christmas Bazaar in 2009. Photo: NI WORLD