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Dev and the Rev!

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  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    See also - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000740419/HierarchyTree catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000740416/HierarchyTree catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000740422/HierarchyTree catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000740424/HierarchyTree A school opening ?
  • Ilia Alshanetsky said:
    fantastic
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Based on some of beachcomber australia's "see alsos", I think this is Scoil Mhuire in Derrybeg, Gweedore. There's a recording from the opening of the school on Youtube, which gives the date 4th April 1959 for the official opening by then Taoiseach Éamon de Valera.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Sharon Corbet That has got to be it !
  • Carol Maddock said:
    Sharon Corbet beachcomber australia Yep! Saturday, 4 April 1959...
    Gaeltacht Secondary School Opened And Blessed Historic Occasion In Derrybeg Ard Scoil Mhuire, Derrybeg, the first secondary school to qualify for a grant under the new scheme of Roinn na Gaeltachta to promote secondary school training in Irish speaking areas, was formally opened on Saturday by An Taoiseach, Mr. Eamon de Valera. The ceremony was attended by a large gathering of clergy and laity from the parishes of Gweedore, Annagry and Cloghaneely who came to mark an event of great significance in the development of Gaeltacht amenities. The school was blessed by his Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. McNeely, Bishop of Raphoe. The splendidly equipped college, was built and furnished at a cost of £11,000 and in honour of the occasion the building and grounds were decorated with bunting and flags. An Taoiseach, who was accompanied by his A.D.C, Lieut. Col. Sean Brennan, on arrival inspected a guard of honour of Gardai under Inspector J. Sheehan. Chief Supt. M. Walsh, Letterkenny, was represented by Supt. C. V. Convery, Milford...
    (Donegal Democrat, 10 April 1959)

Halfway House at Gweedore in Co. Donegal

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