The children greeted by the President, Mrs McAleese, in the Castle Yard after her inauguration are from the following schools:
Armagh: St Catherine's College.
Antrim: St Dominic's High School, Falls Road, Belfast; Blythefield Primary, Sandy Row; Mercy Primary, Crumlin Road.
Carlow: Scoil an Mhaighdean Muire gan Smal, Ardattin.
Cavan: St Mogue's College, Bawnboy; St Bricin's Vocational School, Belturbet; Vocational School, Cavan; Vocational School, Virginia.
Clare: Colaiste Mhuire, Ennis.
Cork: Mayfield Community School, Mayfield.
Derry: St Mary's Secondary School, Creggan.
Donegal: Royal and Prior School, Raphoe.
Down: St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel.
Dublin: Youthreach Centres in North Great George's Street, Pleasant's Street, and Dominic Place; St Thomas Special School, Clonshaugh; Central Remedial Clinic School, Clontarf; Stratford College, Rathgar; Scoil Bhride, Raghnallach; Muslim National School, Roebuck Road.
Fermanagh: St Michael's School, Enniskillen.
Galway: St Patrick's College, Tuam.
Kerry: Causeway Comprehensive School, Causeway.
Kildare: Kilcullen Central National School, Kilcullen.
Kilkenny: Kilkenny Mixed National School, Comer Road, Kilkenny.
Laois: Clough National School, Foxrock, Ballacolla, Abbeyleix; Ballacolla National School, Ballacolla, Portlaoise.
Leitrim: Community School, Carrick-on-Shannon.
Limerick: Ard-Scoil Ris, North Circular Road, Limerick.
Longford: Granard Girls National School, Convent of Mercy, Granard; Scoil Muire gan Smal, Granard; Scoil Naomh Guasachta, Bunlahy, Ballinalee; Scoil Naomh Padraig, Muckerstaff, Coolarty; Killasonna National School, Granard.
Louth: Termonfeckin National School, Termonfeckin; Cartown National School, Drogheda.
Mayo: VEC schools in Ballina, Castlebar, Westport, Crossmolina, Belmullet, Achill, Lacken Cross and Rossport.
Meath: Rathbeggan National School, Dunshaughlin; Kells Parochial National School, Kells.
Monaghan: Largy College, Clones.
Offaly: Scoil Naisiunta Cartaigh Naofa, Rahan, Tullamore; Scoil Naomh Seosamh, Killina, Rahan.
Roscommon: Woodbrook National School, Woodbrook, Carrick-on-Shannon.
Sligo: Sligo Grammar School.
Tipperary: St Mary's Secondary School, Newport.
Tyrone: St Bridget's High School, Omagh.
Waterford: Ard-Scoil na nDeise, Dungarvan.
Westmeath: Presentation Girls National School, Mullingar; St Kenny's Boys National School, Kilpatrick, Mullingar; At Saints National School, Mullingar.
Wexford: Gorey Central National School.
Wicklow: Colaiste Raithin, Bre; Scoil Padraig Naofa, Clochar Loreto, Bray.
Various counties: Educate Together.