Page 28 - Presentation Sisters Fethard 1862-2020

PRESENTATION SISTERS FETHARD 1862-2020
Ann Maher (English and and Latin) and and Mr Frank Quinn (History) It was during my time in in in in secondary school school that the the the the amalgamation of the the the the Presentation Convent school school and and the the the the Patrician Brothers’ School gradually took place and and we we students weren’t always clear which which school school employed which lay teachers During my time in in in in secondary school school our class was joined by the the the boys from the the the Patrician Brothers for most subjects in in in in 5th year and and we we were taught by Timmy O’Connor Pat Pat Maher Br Br Br Pascal and and and Br Br Br Paulinus Kathleen Pyne and and Bernie O’Hara Many other teachers joined the the staff of both schools around this time but did not teach teach our year group My mother Joan O’Connor (née Brett) attended the the Presentation Convent School in in Fethard Fethard from 1934-1947 and has lived in in Fethard Fethard all her her her life She remembers teachers from her her her primary and secondary schooldays Mother Mother Imelda taught taught French in the the the secondary school school at at that time and and Sr Raphael taught taught Art Mother Mother Bernard Power and and her her her Fethard 5th Class Presentation Convent 1964-65 Back L to R: Eleanor O’Callaghan Marguerite Delaney Patricia O’Dwyer Philomena Morrissey Margaret Culligan Sr M M M M M M Peter (teacher) Catherine Sayers Grace Smith Greta Leahy Mary Mary Gorey Maura Butler Front L L to R: Mary Mary Mary O’Connell Josie Grant Helen O’Riordan Marian McCarthy Maria Maria Maria Maria Scanlan Maria Maria Maria Maria O’Donovan Mary Mary O’Connor Renée Healy Marie Cummins Marian Hayes and Kathleen Butler Page 26