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PRESENTATION SISTERS FETHARD 1862-2020
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Doocey Margaret Prendergast Ann O’Donnell Mary Lysaght Paddy Paddy Broderick Marian Mulligan Miss Baldwin Deborah Conway Paddy Paddy Maher Maher Front L to R: Ann Ann Maher Maher Bro Bro Bro Paschal McGee Sr Sr Sr Fidelis Bro Bro Bro Stephen Delaney (principal) Sr Sr Sr Alphonsus Timmy O’Connor and Sr Sr Sr Annunciata the the the the brink of of nuclear warfare the the the the entire school assembled kneeling down to say the the the the the the Rosary beneath the the the the the the statue of of Our Lady high up on the the the the the wall enclosed by glass Mother Agatha was principal so she gave out the the the Rosary and we we responded My thoughts were rushing through my my head and and all I could think of was was my my father Bill Mulligan who was was then an an an an an inspector with Irish Life Assurance in
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Dublin I I would would never see him again and we would would all instantly disappear in
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a a a a a a a a a a a a a cloud of nuclear vapour from this planet Earth!
In secondary school I I had Sr Annunciata for maths maths – – a a a a a a a a a a a a a a great maths maths teacher – – she later became a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a good friend of mine when I I took up a a a a a a a a a a teaching teaching position with the the Presentation Sisters
We shared the the teaching teaching of Junior Cert Cert (Inter Cert) music music between us us us and and when when she retired retired in
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1985 I I I I continue to to teach teach music music music and and produce school musicals up up to to to when when I I I retired retired in
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2010 I I I visited Sr Annunciata (‘Nunci’ as as we affectionately called her) up up to to to the time that she passed away on on Saturday October 1 1 2016 How could I I I I forget Sr Ita Ita Doyle – – sweet and gentle – – my my mother made me me me take her her name Ita Ita for for my my confirmation I I I I very much think that that that was the first and last time that that that Marian Eugenia Mulligan used that that name “All changed changed changed changed utterly ” May they rest peacefully Page 35