West Tyrone Feis 2025
West Tyrone Feis is held each year in St. Joseph’s Hall in Omagh. It provides a wonderful opportunity for your child to learn, practice and perform on a stage for an audience, helping build their skills in public speaking and enhancing their confidence. You can visit their website to gain further information about the festival.
Please note that it is up to each parent to ensure they can transport their child to and from the event in St. Joseph’s Hall.
Poetry
The poetry section of the West Tyrone Feis will take place from 28th April until 2nd May.
Specific dates for each event will be released closer to the time.
SECTION A PRIMARY
Event 102 Year 1 Girls Poem "Charity Chadder" bu Charles Causley
Event 103 Year 1 Boys Poem "Caspar the Cat" by Valerie McCarthy
Event 104 Year 2 Girls Poem "Dorothy Porridge" by Richard Edwards
Event 105 Year 2 Boys Poem "I Like Cabbage" by John Kitching
Event 106 Year 3 Girls Poem "My Sister's Eating Porridge" by John Colwell
Event 107 Year 3 Boys Poem "Plasticine" by Wendy Cope
Event 108 Year 4 Girls Poem "A Garden" by Leila Berg
Event 109 Year 4 Boys Poem "Over the Park" by Charles Thomson
Event 110 Year 5 Girls Poem "Snow-Lady by Mary Jeffries
Event 111 Year 5 Boys Poem " Polar Bear" by Spike Milligan
Event 112 Year 6 Girls Poem "Granny Goat" by Brian Moses
Event 113 Year 6 Boys Poem "Spaceship Shop" by Bernard Young
Event 114 Year 7 Girls Poem "Magic Horse" by John Foster
Event 115 Year 7 Boys Poem "Four O'Clock Friday" by John Foster
Solo Singing
Solo singing takes place from Monday 5th May- Friday 9th May.
Specific dates for each event will be released closer to the time.
Songs must be sung in the original key, as in the specified publication.
Event 508 Year 1 Girls and Boys Solo
Spring Song- German folk song. (2 verses)
Event 509 Year 2 Girls and Boys Solo
The Little Elf- Clifford Crawley (2 verses)
Event 510 Year 3 Girls and Boys Solo
Jenny Wren- Arthur Baynon/ Rodney Bennett
Event 511 Year 4 Girls and Boys Solo
Adventure- Havelock Nelson (2 verses)
Event 512 Year 5 Girls Solo
Omens of Spring- W.H Anderson (2 verses)
Event 513 Year 5 Boys Solo
Omens of Spring- W.H Anderson (2 verses)
Event 514 Year 6 Girls Solo
Early One Morning (3 verses.)
Event 515 Year 6 Boys Solo
Early One Morning (3 verses)
Event 516 Year 7 Girls Solo
Down by the Salley Gardens (Set to the traditional air by Herbert Hughes arr. P.K Clifford.)
Event 517 Year 7 Boys Solo
Down by the Salley Gardens (Set to the traditional air by Herbert Hughes arr. P.K Clifford.)
Art
Entries must be complete for 9th May. The art is complete in class and all children are eligible to enter but you must indicate this on your entry form.
Work in this section should be imaginative, self-expressive, original or innovative. The Adjudicator will look particularly for creativity. Art entries can be 2 Dimensional or 3 Dimensional and should not exceed A2 size, otherwise there are no restrictions. Competition details and themes for this year are listed below. To view last years prize winners click here.
Event 203 Boys Year 1 Something or Someone I Love
Event 204 Girls Year 1 Something or Someone I Love
Event 205 Boys Year 2 Transport
Event 206 Girls Year 2 Transport
Event 207 Boys Year 3 Once Upon A Time
Event 208 Girls Year 3 Once Upon A Time
Event 209 Boys Year 4 My Favourite Holiday/Season
Event 210 Girls Year 4 My Favourite Holiday/Season
Event 211 Boys Year 5 Space
Event 212 Girls Year 5 Space
Event 213 Boys Year 6 My School
Event 214 Girls Year 6 My School
Event 215 Boys Year 7 Hot Air Balloons
Event 216 Girls Year 7 Hot Air Balloons
Irish Medium
ROINN NA GAEILGE
Dé Céadaoin 14 & Déardaoin 15 Bealtaine 2025
Wednesday 14th & Thursday 15th May 2025
All events in this section must be spoken in the Irish Language.
The Primary school competitions will be split into 2 competitions:
Comórtas xxxb is for those pupils who are learning Irish in an English medium school.
Poems can be viewed at West Tyrone Feis - Poems 2025