Page 129 - Gonzaga at 60

129

GONZAGA AT SIXTY: A WORK IN PROGRESS

rugby score. The senior boys helped in the Forum, run successively by Rosemary O’Brien and Left: A page from Fr
subsequently Caroline Staunton following the reirement of Rev. Joe Brennan, who founded it Joe Veale’s minutes.
Top right: Rosemary
in 1975; the seniors were mentored by University students to the extent that it was someimes O’Brien conducting and,
diicult for the organisers of Leinster debates to ind adjudicaion panels not ailiated with bottom right, Caroline
Gonzaga in some way. This head of steam coninued for several years and may have ebbed a litle Staunton directing;
they successively ran
over the last while, but I irmly believe it will return. I would love to see a return to the regularly the Forum following
held intramural debates of many years ago (with provisos noted above); it is my greatest regret as I the retirement of Fr Joe
Brennan
pass on the presidency of An Chómhdháil that I was remiss in the restoraion of house debates. The
Veale Trophy, irst awarded in 2007 to the best debaing team of the year, augurs well.