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Pictorial history of St. Brendan’s College unveiled
On Wednesday, last week St. Brendan’s College played host to a wonderful occasion when current teacher, Michael Leahy and past teachers, Billy Condon and Denis O’Donoghue presented an archive of visual and written material, photographs, articles and jerseys to Ms. Lorna Larkin, Chairperson of our Board of Management.
Brid O’Donoghue Mary O’Donoghue and Eileen Kennelly at the presentation of the Archive Collection to Board of Management in a special ceremoney at St Brendan’s College Killarney on Wednesday. Mike Leahy Denis O’Donoghue and Billy Condon gathered and collated the Archive Collection. Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin
Mike Leahy (left) and (right) Denis O’Donoghue presenting the Archive Collection to the St Brendan’s Chairperson Board of Management Lorna Larkin and Principal Sean Coffey in a special ceremony at St Brendan’s College Killarney on Wednesday. Mike Leahy Denis O’Donoghue and Billy Condon gathered and collated the Archive Collection. Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin
Pat Lucid Haulie Clifford John O’Shea and Hugh Rudden Deputy Principal at the presentation of the Archive Collection to Board of Management in a special ceremoney at St Brendan’s College Killarney on Wednesday. Mike Leahy Denis O’Donoghue and Billy Condon gathered and collated the Archive Collection. Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin
Brid O’Donoghue Mary O’Donoghue and Eileen Kennelly at the presentation of the Archive Collection to Board of Management in a special ceremoney at St Brendan’s College Killarney on Wednesday. Mike Leahy Denis O’Donoghue and Billy Condon gathered and collated the Archive Collection. Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin
Mike Leahy (left) and (right) Denis O’Donoghue presenting the Archive Collection to the St Brendan’s Chairperson Board of Management Lorna Larkin and Principal Sean Coffey in a special ceremony at St Brendan’s College Killarney on Wednesday. Mike Leahy Denis O’Donoghue and Billy Condon gathered and collated the Archive Collection. Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin
Pat Lucid Haulie Clifford John O’Shea and Hugh Rudden Deputy Principal at the presentation of the Archive Collection to Board of Management in a special ceremoney at St Brendan’s College Killarney on Wednesday. Mike Leahy Denis O’Donoghue and Billy Condon gathered and collated the Archive Collection. Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin
Over a ten-year period Mike and Billy gathered, collated and catalogued a photographic collection of school images stretching back to the 19th century.
These images – in their hundreds – are a compendium of life in the College since its foundation.
Denis O’Donoghue began to research the past presidents of the school in the late 1990s.
This initial research led to a detailed document on the social history of the school from the 1850’s through to the 1970s.
They are a rich and valuable storehouse of the school’s traditions and storied past and a treasure throve for the curious past pupil, the historian or indeed our future students and teachers.
The school hopes to place the archive on permanent display in the near future.
The annual Dr Crokes GAA Club Golf Classic proved to be another major success last weekend, drawing 64 teams to Killarney’s Mahony’s Point course over two days of competition.
The Dromhall Hotel team of John Brosnan, Mike Dwyer, Shane Kelly, and Ger O’Meara took first place. Second place went to the O’Carroll Engineering team of Anthony O’Mahony, John O’Driscoll, Derek McAllister, and Michael O’Sullivan.
Third place went to the Quills team (Vincent Casey, Colm O’Brien, Evy O’Brien, and Donie Buckley), while Diarmuid O’Carroll Electrical (Mark O’Carroll, Brian McCarthy, Ben Kelliher, and Luke O’Shea) finished fourth.
Rounding out the top positions were Fexco in fifth (Andrew McCarthy, Ivo O’Sullivan, Ross Brosnan, and Niall O’Shea), Money Maximising Advisors in sixth (John Lenihan, Michael Lenihan, Des McCarthy, and Peter Bellew), and The Gleneagle Hotel in seventh (Patrick O’Donoghue, Mike McAuliffe, Margaret Gill, and T Buckley).
Raffle prize winners on the night were David Cotter (1st), Eugene Browne (2nd), Donal Brosnan (3rd), and Colm Murphy (4th).
The prize presentation took place at Charlie Foley’s Bar on Friday night, with sponsor Colm Foley handing over the honours. Dr Crokes expressed thanks to all who entered teams, sponsored tee boxes, and donated prizes, as well as Colin Finlay and the team at Killarney Golf Club for the superb condition of the course.
The whole town is backing Sarah
Killarney Valley AC star Sarah Leahy poses for a portrait during the Athletics Ireland European Championships team day at the Sport Ireland Institute in Dublin.
The entire town of Killarney will be behind their local sprinter as she takes to the track in Birmingham next Thursday for the European Track and Field Championships.
This marks Sarah’s first time competing at the European Championships and her third major international tournament representing Ireland, following appearances at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, and the World Relays in Botswana. Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile.
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