More
photos from Peter McComisky:
(source:
Peter McComisky)
Guests, staff and students, after the opening of Blacklion (September 1st
1955)
Fr Superior — Jack Murphy —
(mid-photo) is standing next to the Prime Minister, Jack
Costello (who is wearing a grey suit).
The lady just above the Prime Minister is probably the late Annie
Greene* who was a secretary at the College.
Dr
Nessan McCann (Belcoo GP) is there and along side him on his right is
his late wife Gloria McCann.
Bro Paddy WF is just beside the middle
window/ door. The late Caith Fenelon
is near the front of photo along with late Fr Mattew
Dolan then PP at Killinagh.
Fr Dick Cantwell WF (glasses) is on the
extreme left and behind him, by the window, is Gerry Wynne's father.
*Patricia Hawkins de Medina writes (June 2007) :
"The lady just above (behind) the Prime Minister is my mother (not Annie Greene).?
In the doorway is my father, by the side of the man in glasses."
(Dr William Hawkins, who was Medical Officer at Blacklion for the whole duration).
• Olivia O'Dolan from
Belcoo has identified most of the above.
If you can spot some other faces,
please email me with their names.
* Ava Connelly writes (Sept. 2022)
"Behind
and between Father Superior Jack Murphy and the Prime Minister is my uncle
(and godfather) Father Patrick Martin, who was my mother's brother.
Thank you for
this fantastic album of photographs which I am enjoying very much tracing
my
uncle's journey.
Great to see him and Eugene MacBride who I was in contact
with a number of years ago.
(source: Peter McComisky)
The Priory, 1973 : " Forlorn, but not forgotten".
It's a classic - someone paved over the quad and added a flat-topped
extension.
It goes so well with the Victorian brickwork, don't you think? A special
offer from Everest, followed by a visit from
the boys with the black stuff?
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(source: Peter McComisky)
The Priory 1973. An almost unrecognisable view of the Father's House (left)
? Dormitories to the right.
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(source:
Peter McComisky)
Philosophy students at Blacklion, 1954 - 55 (left to right):
Back: Aylward Shorter, James (?) Lee, James O'Toole, B Henze, Peter Wetz,
B Leedal, Carey ?, Kevin Hynes, Liam Ludden,
Gerald Wynne, Patrick Martin, ? Whelan, John Mulligan, Fiacra Fahey
Front: John Lynch, Vincent Callaghan, Patrick O'Sullivan, Peter McComisky,
Michael Fitzgerald, John Doherty, JohnConlon, M Singleton, S Browne,
Edward Wildsmith, Thomas Price
