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Fr Jack Hutchinson SJ
Fr Jack Hutchinson’s period as a teacher of Irish
in Gonzaga may have been short at his own wish
– his love of Irish perhaps met with an attitude to
the language that prevailed in the early Gonzaga.
He was much appreciated, however, by those
who did not share this attitude and was
responsible for the earliest intensive language
experience for students – trips to Ballinahowan in
the Connemara Gaeltacht (picture above.) Fr
O’Conor’s letter to parents advertising the trip is
attached. The last image is of a diary kept by the
students chronicling their stay.
Both documents are the gift of Leonard Little
(Class of ’58)
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Fr Jack Hutchinson’s period as a teacher of Irish
in Gonzaga may have been short at his own wish
– his love of Irish perhaps met with an attitude to
the language that prevailed in the early Gonzaga.
He was much appreciated, however, by those
who did not share this attitude and was
responsible for the earliest intensive language
experience for students – trips to Ballinahowan in
the Connemara Gaeltacht (picture above.) Fr
O’Conor’s letter to parents advertising the trip is
attached. The last image is of a diary kept by the
students chronicling their stay.
Both documents are the gift of Leonard Little
(Class of ’58)
61
