Tuesday, 30 June 2015

WWI AND ST PATRICK’S CONVENT SCHOOL

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The First St Patrick’s Convent School was opened in 1856 and it served the educational requirements of the parish extremely well.   However...
Tuesday, 23 June 2015

MEMORIES FROM THE 1979 YEARBOOK

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These pictures are all from the 1979 yearbook.  I am indebted to my niece, Paula Florey, for lending me her copy & entrusting its safe ...
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Monday, 15 June 2015

ST PATRICK'S DEANERY

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This post has been prompted by an email and a photograph which we received several months ago from Enid O’Brien.    The photo is of St Pa...
Tuesday, 9 June 2015

THE GREAT FIRE OF 1846

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One hundred and sixty-nine years ago today, on 9 th June 1846, a fire broke out when a glue pot boiled over in a cabinetmaker's worksh...
Tuesday, 2 June 2015

CLASSMATES TOGETHER AGAIN!

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The St Patrick's Girls are at it again - getting together, sharing memories and generally just enjoying the company of girlhood friends...
Sunday, 24 May 2015

FIRST COMMUNION 1916, CONFIRMATION 1943

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Still on the topic of First Communion and Confirmation, we have a Confirmation photo from the early 1940s and a First Communion & Confi...
Saturday, 16 May 2015

MAY RIBBONS AND FIRST COMMUNIONS

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It is May again and, as the old hymn says, "the month of Our Mother".  In days gone by, everyone at St Patrick's Convent Scho...
Saturday, 9 May 2015

17th ANNUAL KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL

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Did you know that the Presentation Sisters were the first teachers in Newfoundland to introduce music into  schools on a daily basis?  Well...
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