45th Reunion

Another landmark year was passed in recent weeks when the Rhetoric 1978 reunited in Clongowes for a tour,  mass and dinner which started in the Boys Chapel with Michael Shei

The gathering coincided with the 50th anniversary of the 1973 boys who went on to enjoy hospitality in the Castle and dinner to mark their special occasion.  

The day started with a tour of the school moving from the former theatre, now the James Joyce Libray, through what was the top open dorm for Third Line in our day, now kitted out with comfy seats, pool tables and table soccer. 

Many of the old  single cubes now joined so as to facilitate 2 or 3 boys into a more. Communal atmosphere. Then the new sports facilities with pool, gym and weights room firming part of a new workd to us old boys, as is the all weather pitch stood where once we would have scaled walls to raid the orchard

The name of playing field behind the gym commemorates one of schools great teachers of our tuner, Vinny Murray. A kind man of great teaching ability in realms of economics and PE and who went on to m scale great heights  as a rugby coach. Notwithstanding his Westmeath roots in soccer and GAA 

In a mass celebrated by the evergreen ‘Mocky‘ we were joined by formerThird Line prefect in 1973, John O’Keeffe SJ and a headmaster in his day, Liam O’Connell SJ.  as well as former Deputy Headmaster Martin Nugent.

The photographs in the Serpentine Gallery recorded the presence too of others teachers of our time Brendan Cullen, Margaret Doyle, Patrick Finan and Hugon Simm. 

With no room available in Castle Wogan Brown for the young 78ers we relocated to the Westgrove Hotel in Clane for pre and post prandials and a superb dinner.  

Yet again these Reunions prove that the joint time together in Clongowes still retains unique bonds even forty five years laterwhen the Rhetoric 1978 reunited in Clongowes for a tour,  mass and dinner which started in the Boys Chapel with Michael Sheil

The gathering coincided with the 50th anniversary of the 1973 boys who went on to enjoy hospitality in the Castle and dinner to mark their special occasion.  

The day started with a tour of the school moving from the former theatre, now the James Joyce Libray, through what was the top open dorm for Third Line in our day, now kitted out with comfy seats, pool tables and table soccer. 

Many of the old  single cubes now joined so as to facilitate 2 or 3 boys into a more. Communal atmosphere. Then the new sports facilities with pool, gym and weights room firming part of a new workd to us old boys, as is the all weather pitch stood where once we would have scaled walls to raid the orchard

The name of playing field behind the gym commemorates one of schools great teachers of our tuner, Vinny Murray. A kind man of great teaching ability in realms of economics and PE and who went on to m scale great heights  as a rugby coach. Notwithstanding his Westmeath roots in soccer and GAA 

In a mass celebrated by the evergreen ‘Mocky‘ we were joined by formerThird Line prefect in 1973, John O’Keeffe SJ and a headmaster in his day, Liam O’Connell SJ.  as well as former Deputy Headmaster Martin Nugent.

The photographs in the Serpentine Gallery recorded the presence too of others teachers of our time Brendan Cullen, Margaret Doyle, Patrick Finan and Hugon Simm. 

With no room available in Castle Wogan Brown for the young 78ers we relocated to the Westgrove Hotel in Clane for pre and post prandials and a superb dinner.  

Yet again these Reunions prove that the joint time together in Clongowes still retains unique bonds even forty five years later