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Post by Matt McNamara on Jan 16, 2005 19:07:34 GMT
Hi My name is Matthew McNamara (Blackie). I went to the Curragh Camp Boys School from Sept 1971 to July 1979. The principal or (Headmaster) as we used to call at the time was Mr Fitzgerald (Fitzy) Does anybody remember his leather strap ?? My first teacher was Mrs Murphy. A great woman on the piano! My other Teachers were: Mrs Ryall Mrs Costello (Communion Class) Mr Costello (Bushy) Mr Doolan Mr Deely Mr Byrne (Confirmation Class) My first few years were in the old school on O’Higgins Road and then in 77-78 we moved to the new school behind the Gym. I left the Boys School in 1979 and went to the New Vocational School in Newbridge. Anyhow if anybody knows me or went to school at the same time, feel free to e-mail me. School Days On The Curragh www.curragh.info/articles/schooldays.htmMatt McNamara
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Post by maney on Jan 17, 2005 23:09:31 GMT
why go to newbridge and not the tech bushy would not like that smoking his woodbines keep up the good work regards eamon (maney) Mahon Mcdonagh tce
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Post by Matt McNamara on Jan 18, 2005 12:19:39 GMT
Hi Eamon I moved to Newbridge from O'Higgins Tce in March 1978 and I continued to go to the Curragh Boys School until I left in July 1979. So for a year and a half I was on my bike cycling to the Curragh every morning in the Summer and on the Bus in the Winter. So the New School opened in September of that year and only a short step from my home Newbridge, so I went there. The rest of my family went to the Curragh Post-Primary. PS: I never knew there was any Leeds supporters in the Curragh Matthew (Blackie Mc)
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Post by Martin Christie on Aug 18, 2008 23:02:49 GMT
i loved running around @ play time, running down and jumping legs first hands grabing the bars swinging tru the bars
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Post by kenkinsella on Aug 19, 2008 18:01:51 GMT
Remember it well, how we didn't break ourselves up swinging through those bars, i'll never know. I also rem, on the odd day sitting out in the big shed when i stayed in for lunch, particularly the cold ones! And who could forget those toilets .....Never made it to the big boys toilets up in the corner (i think???) of the play ground we moved to the new school before i had the luxury.
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Post by Richard Reade on Nov 7, 2008 15:53:36 GMT
Just reading this thread gives me goosebumps, I remember so well all the names of the teachers and the terror of the dreaded leather strap - I can remember as though it were yesterday the games at break and (as I lived in O Higgins Rd.) running home at lunch time for my dinner and listening the the Kennedys of Castleross while I scoffed down my dinner. I did not get to finish as I left in 5th Class when we moved to Kilcullen but I remember with fondness Miss O'Brien and Miss Costelloe and there were two Burns (Joe and Donal) teaching there as well
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Post by kenkinsella on Nov 15, 2008 20:58:57 GMT
Hi all, I've always wondered about this. In the old school I rem playing at break times and we would use one of either sides of the school as a jail (where there were retracting cage like shutters). What were they for or what were the rooms they enclosed for?
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Post by rtreade on Nov 17, 2008 9:49:55 GMT
I remember the two rooms you are talking about, I think they were just porches, as I lived beside the school I often remember after school climbing over the walls and back over the railing to get into the porch we used to play a game which consisted of 5 people one in the middle and one in each corner of the porch it was kind of like human piggy in the middle you had to switch with any other corner by putting out your hand and then you grabbed the other corner persons hand and swung each other into place. The person in the middle had to try get to a corner before you - happy innocent times !
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Post by tommyhetherington on Nov 17, 2008 19:31:30 GMT
Just remembered the rooms was lost when Ken mentioned them I'm sure they were storerooms keep going RT your jogging the brain cells.
Tommy H
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Post by rtreade on Nov 18, 2008 13:56:39 GMT
Janey Tommy I could go on for years about the games played in the School Yard, I remember when it rained and you would go out into the big shed (how did everybody fit in it I have no idea), but I can remember looking on in awe at the 6th Classers who used to be always standing up on a big bench that ran the length of the shed. I can remember they used to be all standing on this bench and stamping their feet (which made a great crescendo of sound) I cant remember what they chanted but I can remember looking on and dreaming that one day that would be me and my classmates doing that ! Another game I remember (must have been hevily influenced by Journey to the Centre of the Earth) where all the 5th and 6th Classers were Morlocks and would chase the rest of the school all around the yard. Yeah there was life and entertainment before the playstation !
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Post by patrick gannon on Dec 29, 2008 21:32:22 GMT
mat...i was in third class when we moved to the new school and i remember alphy moran from pierce bringing in a cane for mr costello and he getting the first wack from it,(in the new school)..i think that was the year mr costello died from the fags..we did a guard of honour across from the church for his funeral. keven donavan was knock down and killed by a cie bus just across from orchard park that year too..i remember too the old church building accross from o'higgans tce going up i flames i don't know which year that was ,but if was before new orchard park was built..
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Post by Richard Dunne on Aug 25, 2009 16:03:33 GMT
Do you remeber ghosty when you saved my brother when he was being dragged behind a car through Orchard park?
I only spent 6 months in de old school. Who remembers mrs. Hannon from baby-infants she was fine.
Does anyone have any memories of playing gaelic for the school?
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Post by patrick gannon on Aug 28, 2009 18:53:57 GMT
that i do richard... frightening to think what might of happened if the car got to the main road...hope alls well with your family regards paddy
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Post by Darren McGarr on Sept 16, 2009 13:06:01 GMT
I used to go to St Patricks primary school until I moved to newbridge in 1983. My teachers were Mrs Ryan, Mrs Costello and Mr Fitzgerald. Often saw Mr Fitzgerald and Mrs Costello around newbridge and had chats with them. Nice people outside of the school but Mr Fitzgerald ruled the classroom with an iron fist! Many of the gang I went to school with ended up in Secondary school anyways in the PBS. My 3 big brothers - Mark, Colm and Robert all went to st pats too. We used to live in Vergers house between the PA's and the MP's but last time I was in the curragh the house wasbeing used as office space. Have many fond memories from growing up on the curragh. Have been in London now for over 7 years, not quite the same! lol
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Post by dermeade on Sept 17, 2009 15:24:28 GMT
I went to the boys school until june'85. The teachers I recall having were Ms. Hannon, Ms O'Reilly, Ms. Costello, Fitzy, Mick Deely, Mr Byrne or Burns?. We had a pretty good football team at under 11. I remember playing Two mile house in a final in the county grounds and it felt like the whole of the camp used to come to watch our games. We played in the Republic of Ireland Jerseys and trained indoors in our slippers with Burnsy and Doolin.
Used to have leagues during lunchtime. We had some tasty footballers around then.
I remember one day Ciaran Fitzgearld (Irish captain mid eighties) was playing rugby on the pitch beside the school and we were let out of class to watch and get autographs. I think it was the triple crown year.
Great school and great memories.
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