As the pupils and staff of St Patrick's Convent Schools left the building in June of 1999, they witnessed not only the closing of the school. They witnessed the close of an era. For over one hundred years St Patrick's Convent Schools had held such an important place in the Parish of St Patrick's as well as in the whole community of Riverhead, i.e. St John's West. With the locking of the doors on that June Day in 1999, St Patrick's Convent Schools ceased to exist, save in the hearts and memories of its former pupils. To commemorate our School, I am going to post pictures that I have received over the years . I will post several times each month from now until the end of June. If you have any that you would like included please send them to me at mcallistersmith@gmail.com and I will add them to our collection. Here is the first batch. Happy browsing.
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| The First School |
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| An early picture of Sisters and pupils of St Patrick's Convent School |
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Mother M Bernard Kirwan PBVM, Foundress of
the Presentation Foundation in Newfoundland |
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| The old St Patrick's Convent |
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Mother M DeSales Walsh, Born Tralee, Ireland 1866, died Presentation Motherhouse 1968.
Former teacher at St Patrick's Convent and twice Mother General of the Presentation
Sisters in Newfoundland. |
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| From an Irish Stamp depicting Nano Nagle, Foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation, PBVMs |
