Hi There

Teachers I remember from my time in primary Mr McKiterick (who also taught my father)

My father also went to Vincents. 

Just came across this website today - 25/4/10. I attended St. Vincent´s Secondary Glasnevin from 1955 (the centenary year) to 1960. I remember Bros. Nolan, Burke, Connaughton, O´Farrell, Farrell, Carroll , O´Shea , Quinlan, Carew, Beer, and the head Br. Bruic. There was another Head later, but I can´t remember his name. Also lay teachers: O´Leary (2), Joyce, Buckley, Riordan, Horgan and Hayes. The main building (gone now) was very old and delapidated. Some classes were held in the Assembly Hall, and some in prefab buildings. Overall I enjoyed the schooldays, in the "B" class, where subjects were taught in English, and where for some strange reason we  didn´t do Science (that was for the "A" class) , but instead we learned Object and Mechanical drawing!

St. Vincents C.B.S Reply

Have just come across St.Vincents past pupils letters. I was a boarder from 1951-1957 from which I have many memories some happy. I recognize so many names both pupils, brothers and lay teachers.  Some have no photographs but I have the 956 centenary record which contains photographs of all pupils and teachers at that time.  Remember the drill display with the great Artane Boys Band. Someone mentioned Reggie Kelly who is my cousin- there were actually 3 Kelly brothers in the school.  No one mentioned Nurse ORourke, Albert the carpenter, the tailoress (cant remember her name) and of course Billy Coffy the night watchman with his little knobbly stick. The Brother whose nickname was WHISTH was actually Brother OShea. There is so much more

Signed: Noel Walsh (student of 1951-1957, aka Redser!!!!)

Hi Rob Shouldice and Barry Murphy, two names I remember from my time in St. Vincents. I´ve just discovered this site and seeing all the names mentioned has brought back memories. Classmates such as Joey Boylan and Ollie D´arcy. I think Rob and I had a bit of fisticuffs behind the swimming pool on one accasion. If I´m not mistaken Barry was a very fine swimmer. I played football,swam competed in lifesaving and played water polo for the school over the years and on one or two occasions I did a little school work aswell. I´m fairly sure Ollie went via the Dublin Fire Brigade into The Gardai. I see some people have copies of the old year books that would certainly be nice to have now. I recall my year never even had a Debs Ball.

Fergus byrne class of ´80 

Hi everyone, I was  in St. Vincents in the 1960s and remember a lot of the names mentioned in the above posts.I   remember Brendan Askin very well. Brenno, as you were called back then. You were a few yrs. ahead of me. My nickname was  Magser. You will remember Austin (occo)Brady, Joe and Martin Nagle,David Conway and his brother Willie to mention just a few.You were quite the artist and a great soccer player, but no one mentioned your interest in playing your made up drums. They were made from all and sundry including tea chests and the old steel chairs with wire hangers on them for cymbals. Manys the time I sang Quick Joey Small during one of your impromto sessions. What about after tea when the dreaded Bro. Cahill would dole out the leftovers from the brothers tea. 5th. yr. boys take one item and run were his words. Ha ha, looking back there were some fun  good times, but most of my memories are bad.I met Jimmy Rathbone, and Joe O Reilly not so long ago (dont know if you remember them) and Kenneth Nagle spent a weekend here in my house. He is Joe Nagles brother and they are from Limerick. They have another brother called Fonzy. I will send you an e-mail and maybe we can have a chat. Too many memories to put them all down here, but if anyone remembers me or wants to contact me, then feel more than welcome.  Wishing you all the best.

  Kevin Maguire.

look forward to hearing from you

Tommy Mooney

Hi Syl Tucker,

H, my name is Ronald Kelly, brother of Brendan and Reggie.  I went to St. Vincents as a boarder between 1946 and 1952. I was  also in the Scholarship class in 1947 under Brother Ryle. Does anyone remember me or my brothers or Harry O´Brien?   I would love to hear from anyone who went to St. Vincents at that time. 

I was a boarder at St Vincents from around 1962to 1972. I recognise some of the pupils and teachers names from all those years ago. Looking back, I realise that I have had no contact with either the school or the vast majority of my school friends from the time I left in 1972. The most abiding memory, remains the brutality and cruelty of the feared Bro Cahill, who came from somewhere in Cork.   However, teachers such as Mr Bob Eager and others  made the time spent there more pallatable.   I now live in  Sydney (for the past 25 yrs) and hope to hear from some of the people from that period of  time in my life.

Tommy Mooney

I would like to hear (087 2405415) from anybody who was a Boarder in St. Vincents and who made a claim to the Residential Institution Redress Board

It´s quite a while since I´ve visited this site, and I am please to see it has rather come alive.  Lots of bitter/sweet memories reading through the postings.

Eamonn Moore - have sent you a PM with my email address.  I think we had a contact quite some time ago when you told me about Matt Martin´s death. RIP.  Problem is, I have no idea when you asked for the addy. 

I learnt that Ed Brady (Eamon Brdaigh) RIP passed away about 2001 too.  Shay McLoughlin too. 

While I was still living in Dublin I used to meet Noel Duffy lunch times occasionally.  We were working in the same area. But that petered out.  Jobs got more demanding and luch breaks became too short. 

I´ve been running through my mind the names of classmates:

John Kelleher,     Jim Carr,    Brian Martin,   Bob Martin,   Reggie Kelly,    Tommy Gallagher,    Ken Newman,

Tommy Kiernan,   Ned Sherlock,     Donnacha Moore,     Pat Kenny,     Terry McCarthy.  Brendan Devlin, The two Devlin brothers from Cabra - Martin and Sean (John),   John Paul Lennon

Someone mentioned ´Whisht´ - a strange man.  It didn´t do to get on the wrong side of him.  Fortunately I seemed to be able to do no wrong in his eyes.  But I think the boarders had a hard time of it with him.

I also recall Bro Egan - Barber.  He got his name from Egans, the hairdressers near the White Spot.

If anyone has photos of that year (61) I´d appreciate a scanned copy.  My email is available on PM

Meandering thoughts, but not a bad way to end the weekend.

David Monks

HI Joe, and All.

I have a few more name to add to the list.

Pat Kenny (No.  Not him!  LOL). Tom Gallagher  who lived in Leinster street, I think, near Ken Newman, Matt Donoghue (originally from Derry),  Tommy Kiernan, Joe Lynam, of course!  Andy Conlon, Sean Kelly, and Brendan Devlin.  He introduced me to the Dublin Gliding Club, back in the early 1970s

Had a minor moment of nostalgia when I was in Dublin back in September of this year (2011 - this thread doesn´t give the year, which is confusing to say the least).  I have been doing research on the family.  The past generations are all buried in Glasnevin, so I parked the car out side, just a little away from the ´new´ secondary school.  It´s sad that the old buiding is gone.  Anyone remember the topper and the lower?

I hope to get back to Dublin in February next, or thereabouts.  Anyone of my year care to meet up?

David Monks

I am particularly sorry to hear about Declan Horgan.  For all the edge on his personality he was absolutely brilliant as a Latin teacher.  He was fond of handing out lines.  I remember having to do ´Pueri turpes in hoc ludo sunt´ x 100