



Carmel Plant’s retirement

Mrs Mary Meade (nee Fitzgibbon)

Carmel Plant’s Retirement
Past teacher from the library days. Mrs Noreen O Connor (nee Sullivan) 2017

Minister for Education, Mary O’Rourke being presented with a copy of ‘An t-Oide by Mrs Hawkes on the occasion of her visit to the school to discuss the first extension to St Mary’s
1962 Weekly Echo. Picture of the boys and the girls of St Mary’s. How can we get the original photo?

1970 pic from 50th anniversary booklet

Sports in St Mary’s (50th anniversary booklet)

Organising committee of 50th reunion held Dec 1989 (DVD available)

St Mary’s building before it was knocked to make way for phase 2 of Coláiste Mhúire 2004


June 1979. Fr Cussen and Mrs Hawkes at the hall during exam time (Photo Caroline Hogan)

LC 1979 Patricia Reidy, Gillian Shier, Marian Ranahan, Caroline Hogan, Kathleen Madigan

Photo by Mary Mann (1940)

Where it all began



1967

Taken at the 70th reunion 2010

Brilliant poem written by Michael D Ryan (St Mary’s 1942)

June ‘68 Goretti Hayes, Eileen and a Noreen O’Brien

1970. Alice Murphy, Elizabeth Blackwell, Anne Fitzgerald, Teresa Dundon, Debbie O’ Shaughnessy, Kitty Flaherty, Margaret Ranahan, Anne Shier . Missing from photo, Mary Foley and Breda O’ Brien

LC 1970. Martin n Noel Hawkes, John Madigan, Michael Sheehan, Morty Wallace, Declan Sheahan

June 1968 Breda and Noirín O Brien


Mrs Hawkes (nee Duggan) graduation BComm 1942

The fight for continuing education in Askeaton

Polly O’Mahony (nee Jones) graduation

School tour at Shannon airport in early ’60’s





Boys volleyball teams

Volleyball team with Anita Hawkes and Carmel Plant (coaches)


Volleyball 1988/89
Fifth year ecology trip to Sherkin Island 1989
VPTP (vocational preparation and training course) graduation and school trip to Pilltown Ag College, Kilkenny. 1984-1985
Fund raising school disco
Mama Nora aka Mrs Hawkes with her class in Lushoto, Tanzania 1995