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1950-51:
THE WHOLE SCHOOL:
THE FIRST SCHOOL PHOTO
Back Row (L to R): A. Plunket,
C. Robson, M. McWeeney,
D. McFeely, P. Dempsey,
T. Eustace, D. Carton,
R. O’Loghlen, G. Devit,
K. Walsh, C. Mangan,
K. Hurson, D. Strahan, B. Kirby.
Third Row (L to R):
A. Donovan, D. Owens,
T. Bieler, D. Gallagher,
P. O’Conor, G. McEnroe,
G. Shanley, J. Feighery,
D. Feighery, D. Maugham,
B. Davy, I. Delany, M. Hunt,
O. Brady, J. Richardson.
Second Row (L to R): J. Delany,
M. O’Donovan, J. Liston,
Fr W. White SJ, Fr Charles
O’Conor SJ, Fr J. Murphy SJ,
Fr T. Hamilton SJ, B. Walsh,
L. Litle, J. Mulhern, D. Carroll.
Front Row (L to R): M. Woods,
F. Dowling, B. O’Loghlen,
G. Brady, R. O’Kelly, A. Clare,
J. Murphy, E. Darcy, J. Lennon,
D. Coyle, D. Robson, T. Webb,
W. Harnet.
Absent: G. Miley
LEFT: GONZAGA 2010,
MORE THAN 550
STUDENTS
Next to Fr White in importance in the early years was its irst Rector, Fr Charles O’Conor
(the O’Conor Don), who could trace his lineage back to one of the last high kings of Ireland.
Highly intelligent but not an intellectual, he was gracious, elegant, and holy with rather grand
mannerisms which went with a genuine humility and simplicity of life. He strove with much
success to imbue the school with a familial rather than an insituional ethos.
Fr Joe Veale, who came to Gonzaga in 1954, became an icon for many Gonzagans. As teacher
of English and Religion, he honed his pedagogical skills, sharpened his vision and developed his
philosophy of educaion. His commitment to excellence in thought and expression, his insistence
THE WHOLE SCHOOL:
THE FIRST SCHOOL PHOTO
Back Row (L to R): A. Plunket,
C. Robson, M. McWeeney,
D. McFeely, P. Dempsey,
T. Eustace, D. Carton,
R. O’Loghlen, G. Devit,
K. Walsh, C. Mangan,
K. Hurson, D. Strahan, B. Kirby.
Third Row (L to R):
A. Donovan, D. Owens,
T. Bieler, D. Gallagher,
P. O’Conor, G. McEnroe,
G. Shanley, J. Feighery,
D. Feighery, D. Maugham,
B. Davy, I. Delany, M. Hunt,
O. Brady, J. Richardson.
Second Row (L to R): J. Delany,
M. O’Donovan, J. Liston,
Fr W. White SJ, Fr Charles
O’Conor SJ, Fr J. Murphy SJ,
Fr T. Hamilton SJ, B. Walsh,
L. Litle, J. Mulhern, D. Carroll.
Front Row (L to R): M. Woods,
F. Dowling, B. O’Loghlen,
G. Brady, R. O’Kelly, A. Clare,
J. Murphy, E. Darcy, J. Lennon,
D. Coyle, D. Robson, T. Webb,
W. Harnet.
Absent: G. Miley
LEFT: GONZAGA 2010,
MORE THAN 550
STUDENTS
Next to Fr White in importance in the early years was its irst Rector, Fr Charles O’Conor
(the O’Conor Don), who could trace his lineage back to one of the last high kings of Ireland.
Highly intelligent but not an intellectual, he was gracious, elegant, and holy with rather grand
mannerisms which went with a genuine humility and simplicity of life. He strove with much
success to imbue the school with a familial rather than an insituional ethos.
Fr Joe Veale, who came to Gonzaga in 1954, became an icon for many Gonzagans. As teacher
of English and Religion, he honed his pedagogical skills, sharpened his vision and developed his
philosophy of educaion. His commitment to excellence in thought and expression, his insistence
