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Fr Stephen Redmond SJ
Currently (2014) the
longest surviving
member of Gonzaga’s
early staff, he was
delighted, if
characteristically
abashed, when
presented with this
photo (August 1960,
Michael Laffan) of
his younger self.
For the archive, he
generously wrote a
memoir of his days
teaching history,
English and RE in the school, and writes humorously of
his responsibility coaching rugby to prep boys. One well-
known member of the Fine Gael party has entered the
annals as the player absent from the pitch and found in the
ditch gathering flowers.
A gifted musician, he still winces at references to his
composition Glen na Smól which, sung by Anna
McGoldrick, was a finalist in the 1968 National Song
Contest. It is still available, on a CD entitled ‘The Spirit
of Ireland. He, and the song, are the subjects of an article
by Fr Paul Andrews SJ in The Messenger of January 2009
(perhaps a reprint?) entitled Questions of Conscience.
He has kindly donated to the archive a CD recording
of his own songs (sung by himself) and musical settings,
including a setting of The Pied Piper of Hamlyn.
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Currently (2014) the
longest surviving
member of Gonzaga’s
early staff, he was
delighted, if
characteristically
abashed, when
presented with this
photo (August 1960,
Michael Laffan) of
his younger self.
For the archive, he
generously wrote a
memoir of his days
teaching history,
English and RE in the school, and writes humorously of
his responsibility coaching rugby to prep boys. One well-
known member of the Fine Gael party has entered the
annals as the player absent from the pitch and found in the
ditch gathering flowers.
A gifted musician, he still winces at references to his
composition Glen na Smól which, sung by Anna
McGoldrick, was a finalist in the 1968 National Song
Contest. It is still available, on a CD entitled ‘The Spirit
of Ireland. He, and the song, are the subjects of an article
by Fr Paul Andrews SJ in The Messenger of January 2009
(perhaps a reprint?) entitled Questions of Conscience.
He has kindly donated to the archive a CD recording
of his own songs (sung by himself) and musical settings,
including a setting of The Pied Piper of Hamlyn.
77
