Archive (12 life histories found)

That was an unforgettable summer. I stayed at Teach Shighle Bhili, Toin na Bhaile, with Cissie O'Donnell RIP, and her son Vincent (who later became head master of the primary school in Frosses in Co Donegal)and another eight or so students. We had…

A picture of Rosemary McCloskey who won a gold Gael Linn medal alongside her friend Liam Andrews who won a silver medal. The medals were presented in International Hotel, Belfast

After I retired from active flying, I became involved with a company in San Francisco that were producing an interactive DVD to teach aviation English. ICAO had become concerned that the level of English from pilots who were not native speakers was…

There were about twenty of us - excited St. Louis girls meeting at the ferry on the first leg of our journey to spend a month in France. We even had to get new blue blazers with Kilkeel crest to match the others. We had not yet acquired the…

A picture of Mary with her school friends taken on their trip to France. This picture was of the group which went to Lourdes from July during the French holiday

A picture of Mary with her school friends taken on their trip to France. During this trip they stayed in Cours Bautain, where the St Louis order was founded and they went up into the Pyrenees to Pont d'Espagne and Pic du Jer. It was a memorable…

Mary Dynan with her school friends on pilgrimage to Lourdes during their French holiday in 1952.

A picture of Mary with her school friends taken on their trip to France. During this trip they stayed in Cours Bautain, where the St Louis order was founded and they had French lessons in the morning and went to the swimming pool in the afternoon, or…

Mary Dynan spent the summer of 1952 in France with a group from her secondary school and from St Louis, Monaghan. During this trip they stayed in Cours Bautain, where the St Louis order was founded. Twice a week they went into Paris and explored…

Mary Dynan in Rannafast in 1951.