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hunting, shooting and fishing, and in the upper lake where we saw a fine example
summer, cricket. of a glaciated valley. Thousands of years
He disliked the British government, and ago after the Ice Age great deposits of
he was responsible for the formation of earth and stone were strewn across the
the Home Rule Party at W estminster valley in the area now occupied by the
which discussed and debated Irish round tower. Eventually waters from the
problems at great length. He demanded mountain streams formed a large lake.
reform in Ireland. In 1878 many tenants in Gradually the Pollanass stream spread
Ireland were unable to pay rent to English alluvial deposits across the central area of
landlords, as a result of which many were the lake and created a division to form the
evicted, and replaced by those who could upper and lower lakes.
pay rent. The Irish National Land League Having enjoyed the tour of Glendaiough,
was set up in 1879 by Parnell to protect and after a great game of soccer (Mrs
farmers threatened with mass eviction. Crosbie had brought a football), we
Parnell made speeches urging tenants to boarded the coach and sang our way back
‘keep a firm grip of your homesteads.’ to Gonzaga after a wonderful day. Thanks
Parnell fought for the Irish tenant farmers to Mrs Crosbie our teacher and Mrs Egan
in spite of his having been described as who kindly helped.
proud, aloof, arrogant, silent and
passionate. He died suddenly from a heart Cilian White and Jonathan Spollen (Prep 3)
attack when he was only 45.
The house was built in 1777. It has a
central hall above which is a gallery in
which a band played at dances. To this
day in Avondale House one can see an JOSEPH
18th century cot in which Parnell slept as
a baby. His personal chair is in the This Easter, Prep 4 performed a brilliant
drawing room near to a harp which dates production of Joseph. We had seen the
from 1850. The lace curtains in the dining Prep 4 of 1992 performing it, and when
room are most attractive and date from Mr Ward asked us if we would like to do
the 17th century. it, the whole class was full of excitement
From the building we went straight to and we were all dying to start rehearsing
the nature trail where Mrs Crosbie straight away.
explained the lifecycle of the forest, while We used some of Andrew Lloyd-
Mrs Egan kept us under control...with the Webber’s songs, but the dialogue was
best of good humour! compiled by Mr Ward. We rehearsed for
We journeyed on our way to roughly two-and-a-half months. We all
Glendaiough. The Glen of The Two Lakes loved rehearsing because it was a great
and the most important monastic site in thrill doing the show and trying out new
Ireland. It has also been called the City of ideas, but also because we were missing
the Seven Churches and although thirteen class time.
centuries have passed since the death of When the show came near, Mr Ward
its founder, St Kevin, the monastery and decided to have a practice performance in
its surroundings still reflect the Golden front of Prep 3 to see if anyone was
Age era. After having visited the museum nervous in front of a crowd. It turned out
and viewed a video on Monasticism in that nobody was in any way nervous, and
Ireland the guide, Joe, gave us interesting the show went very well. When the big
talks as we visited each site on the day arrived everyone was pumped up and
grounds. Having received the historical looking forward to showing the effects of
information from Joe, we went to the our hard work.
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summer, cricket. of a glaciated valley. Thousands of years
He disliked the British government, and ago after the Ice Age great deposits of
he was responsible for the formation of earth and stone were strewn across the
the Home Rule Party at W estminster valley in the area now occupied by the
which discussed and debated Irish round tower. Eventually waters from the
problems at great length. He demanded mountain streams formed a large lake.
reform in Ireland. In 1878 many tenants in Gradually the Pollanass stream spread
Ireland were unable to pay rent to English alluvial deposits across the central area of
landlords, as a result of which many were the lake and created a division to form the
evicted, and replaced by those who could upper and lower lakes.
pay rent. The Irish National Land League Having enjoyed the tour of Glendaiough,
was set up in 1879 by Parnell to protect and after a great game of soccer (Mrs
farmers threatened with mass eviction. Crosbie had brought a football), we
Parnell made speeches urging tenants to boarded the coach and sang our way back
‘keep a firm grip of your homesteads.’ to Gonzaga after a wonderful day. Thanks
Parnell fought for the Irish tenant farmers to Mrs Crosbie our teacher and Mrs Egan
in spite of his having been described as who kindly helped.
proud, aloof, arrogant, silent and
passionate. He died suddenly from a heart Cilian White and Jonathan Spollen (Prep 3)
attack when he was only 45.
The house was built in 1777. It has a
central hall above which is a gallery in
which a band played at dances. To this
day in Avondale House one can see an JOSEPH
18th century cot in which Parnell slept as
a baby. His personal chair is in the This Easter, Prep 4 performed a brilliant
drawing room near to a harp which dates production of Joseph. We had seen the
from 1850. The lace curtains in the dining Prep 4 of 1992 performing it, and when
room are most attractive and date from Mr Ward asked us if we would like to do
the 17th century. it, the whole class was full of excitement
From the building we went straight to and we were all dying to start rehearsing
the nature trail where Mrs Crosbie straight away.
explained the lifecycle of the forest, while We used some of Andrew Lloyd-
Mrs Egan kept us under control...with the Webber’s songs, but the dialogue was
best of good humour! compiled by Mr Ward. We rehearsed for
We journeyed on our way to roughly two-and-a-half months. We all
Glendaiough. The Glen of The Two Lakes loved rehearsing because it was a great
and the most important monastic site in thrill doing the show and trying out new
Ireland. It has also been called the City of ideas, but also because we were missing
the Seven Churches and although thirteen class time.
centuries have passed since the death of When the show came near, Mr Ward
its founder, St Kevin, the monastery and decided to have a practice performance in
its surroundings still reflect the Golden front of Prep 3 to see if anyone was
Age era. After having visited the museum nervous in front of a crowd. It turned out
and viewed a video on Monasticism in that nobody was in any way nervous, and
Ireland the guide, Joe, gave us interesting the show went very well. When the big
talks as we visited each site on the day arrived everyone was pumped up and
grounds. Having received the historical looking forward to showing the effects of
information from Joe, we went to the our hard work.
106
