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St. Vincent De Paul Officials: A. Kelly, B. Doherty, Fr. J. Moylan SJ, S. O'Connor, S. Higgins.
During the year a number of members end of a major headache for our
attended conferences both in Trinity Committee of Killian Morris, Ciaran
College and Kerdiffstown House. Fr Twomey, John Heffernan (S5), Andrew
Moylan, our chaplain, attended the Maree, David Kennedy, and H ugh
National Hospital Visitation Seminar McGovern (S5A) who were presided
after Easter. Before the Summer recess over by Barry Doherty (S5A). Fr J.
we had distributed our funds to Brennan, SJ gave the group the benefit
various different needs. of experience of many Limerick
pushes without ever being didactic
B. Doherty (Pres.) about it.
The Elephant unwrapped by Mr
Lally looked delighted at the prospect
THE FIFTH YEAR of the journey and was a fine tribute to
PROJECT Killian Morris and his assistants. We
appeciated also the help of Br Barry,
S.J and a special word of thanks to Mrs
Sponsored push of a "pink" Elephant
from Dublin to Limerick, and a K. Evans, our indefatigable School
"Boot" around the Dublin area, for Secretary for all her typing, etc.
Goal, Gorta, Simon, and the Anna Thus it was with a reluctant
Lijfey Project. optimism that twenty four novice
elephant-keepers set off for Limerick,
At eleven o'clock on the morning of as the more prudent Fifth Years
Monday 6 April actor Mick Lally pushed a stalwart boot from last year's
(alias 'Miley' Byrne from Glenroe, project around Dublin. At first the
gave the first push to Clarabelle, the collecting was frenzied and lucrative,
now legendary Pink Elephant. He then as, in spite of a quiet second-half to
sensibly left us to our own devices, the day we gathered over £1,000 for
with 120 miles to go. This marked the Goal and Gorta, shattering all records!
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During the year a number of members end of a major headache for our
attended conferences both in Trinity Committee of Killian Morris, Ciaran
College and Kerdiffstown House. Fr Twomey, John Heffernan (S5), Andrew
Moylan, our chaplain, attended the Maree, David Kennedy, and H ugh
National Hospital Visitation Seminar McGovern (S5A) who were presided
after Easter. Before the Summer recess over by Barry Doherty (S5A). Fr J.
we had distributed our funds to Brennan, SJ gave the group the benefit
various different needs. of experience of many Limerick
pushes without ever being didactic
B. Doherty (Pres.) about it.
The Elephant unwrapped by Mr
Lally looked delighted at the prospect
THE FIFTH YEAR of the journey and was a fine tribute to
PROJECT Killian Morris and his assistants. We
appeciated also the help of Br Barry,
S.J and a special word of thanks to Mrs
Sponsored push of a "pink" Elephant
from Dublin to Limerick, and a K. Evans, our indefatigable School
"Boot" around the Dublin area, for Secretary for all her typing, etc.
Goal, Gorta, Simon, and the Anna Thus it was with a reluctant
Lijfey Project. optimism that twenty four novice
elephant-keepers set off for Limerick,
At eleven o'clock on the morning of as the more prudent Fifth Years
Monday 6 April actor Mick Lally pushed a stalwart boot from last year's
(alias 'Miley' Byrne from Glenroe, project around Dublin. At first the
gave the first push to Clarabelle, the collecting was frenzied and lucrative,
now legendary Pink Elephant. He then as, in spite of a quiet second-half to
sensibly left us to our own devices, the day we gathered over £1,000 for
with 120 miles to go. This marked the Goal and Gorta, shattering all records!
53
