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Acknowledgements
Since this project was irst proposed to me by Fr Joe Brennan SJ and Kevin Whirdy,
I have been greatly encouraged by their help and guidance. My sincere thanks to
them both.
I want especially to acknowledge the support and advice given to me by Triona McKee
and Paula Nolan, Manager and Designer respecively of Messenger Publicaions.
Irene Hickey’s assistance in tracing contributors and idenifying photographs has
been invaluable, as has the research done by Siobhan McNamara. Both of them
have readily diverted their atenion From other pressing tasks to be of help.
The pressures put on the school’s IT department are huge and extend far beyond
the school day and the academic year. I cannot suiciently express my thanks to
its sole representaive, Suzanne O’Hare, for making archive materials electronically
available, and for providing instant assistance at one late moment of near
catastrophe.
There are many staf contribuions in the volume, including the photographic
contribuions made by Mark Earley, Daniel Lynch, Siobhan Keogh and Fiachra
Etchingham. The willingness of colleagues to collaborate with the project has been
a great support to me. It is testament to the professional enthusiasm of the staf as
a whole and the loyalty that is felt towards the College.
Finally, in the course of soliciing copy or informaion From the Past, I have met with
nothing but courtesy and good will, and in many cases renewed old Friendships.
The willingness of the vast majority to speak or write about their school with
afecion and pride speaks for itself. I wish to thank in paricular David Fassbender
for collaing and explaining a considerable number of photos; and Charles Lysaght
for allowing me to reprint a previous memoir, as well as providing many insights.
Since this project was irst proposed to me by Fr Joe Brennan SJ and Kevin Whirdy,
I have been greatly encouraged by their help and guidance. My sincere thanks to
them both.
I want especially to acknowledge the support and advice given to me by Triona McKee
and Paula Nolan, Manager and Designer respecively of Messenger Publicaions.
Irene Hickey’s assistance in tracing contributors and idenifying photographs has
been invaluable, as has the research done by Siobhan McNamara. Both of them
have readily diverted their atenion From other pressing tasks to be of help.
The pressures put on the school’s IT department are huge and extend far beyond
the school day and the academic year. I cannot suiciently express my thanks to
its sole representaive, Suzanne O’Hare, for making archive materials electronically
available, and for providing instant assistance at one late moment of near
catastrophe.
There are many staf contribuions in the volume, including the photographic
contribuions made by Mark Earley, Daniel Lynch, Siobhan Keogh and Fiachra
Etchingham. The willingness of colleagues to collaborate with the project has been
a great support to me. It is testament to the professional enthusiasm of the staf as
a whole and the loyalty that is felt towards the College.
Finally, in the course of soliciing copy or informaion From the Past, I have met with
nothing but courtesy and good will, and in many cases renewed old Friendships.
The willingness of the vast majority to speak or write about their school with
afecion and pride speaks for itself. I wish to thank in paricular David Fassbender
for collaing and explaining a considerable number of photos; and Charles Lysaght
for allowing me to reprint a previous memoir, as well as providing many insights.
