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The way we were: Burren Trip 1989
surprisingly beneficial. The fact that a sizeable chunk of the night was spent
swapping Transition tales stands as a tribute to its success.
Delphi was effective immersion therapy for those still suffering the ill-effects of
Fr Moylan’s walk. Most agree that there was a certain amount of self-discovery to
be found on the Mayo hills and everyone agrees that it was extremely wet. Our
illicit newspaper, 24 hour fast and countless other exploits added colour to the
year, but most praise is lavished on our trip to Roman Britain.
Occurring in September, this was our first taste of the Transition Year and few
were disappointed. Mr O'Sullivan and Fr Brennan did a fine job in controlling
such an eager bunch of classicists determined to re-enact all aspects of Roman life,
good and bad. Most are surprised at how much they actually learnt considering the
high-jinks indulged in throughout the five days. Hopefully the pattern will
continue in college!
The Leaving Cert, amongst other crimes, has succeeded in merging our fifth and
sixth years together in the minds of most of the graduates. Indeed the time went so
quickly that it feels as if it was only one year. This is as much due to the array of
activities offered by the school in our final two years as to the frantic workload of
the imminent exam.
The chosen few retell their experiences of acting in Muckross’ ‘An Seachran'
but the conversation soon moves onto a higher plane as the true meaning of Mr
Murphy’s Opera comes to light. It doesn’t take long to confirm that we still know
all the words to the songs and yet, sadly, can’t quite recall any quotations from
‘Othello’.
Yet life (for most) didn’t end with the opera. The Bothar cowboys got their steer
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surprisingly beneficial. The fact that a sizeable chunk of the night was spent
swapping Transition tales stands as a tribute to its success.
Delphi was effective immersion therapy for those still suffering the ill-effects of
Fr Moylan’s walk. Most agree that there was a certain amount of self-discovery to
be found on the Mayo hills and everyone agrees that it was extremely wet. Our
illicit newspaper, 24 hour fast and countless other exploits added colour to the
year, but most praise is lavished on our trip to Roman Britain.
Occurring in September, this was our first taste of the Transition Year and few
were disappointed. Mr O'Sullivan and Fr Brennan did a fine job in controlling
such an eager bunch of classicists determined to re-enact all aspects of Roman life,
good and bad. Most are surprised at how much they actually learnt considering the
high-jinks indulged in throughout the five days. Hopefully the pattern will
continue in college!
The Leaving Cert, amongst other crimes, has succeeded in merging our fifth and
sixth years together in the minds of most of the graduates. Indeed the time went so
quickly that it feels as if it was only one year. This is as much due to the array of
activities offered by the school in our final two years as to the frantic workload of
the imminent exam.
The chosen few retell their experiences of acting in Muckross’ ‘An Seachran'
but the conversation soon moves onto a higher plane as the true meaning of Mr
Murphy’s Opera comes to light. It doesn’t take long to confirm that we still know
all the words to the songs and yet, sadly, can’t quite recall any quotations from
‘Othello’.
Yet life (for most) didn’t end with the opera. The Bothar cowboys got their steer
14
