What secondary or vocational school in Wexford did you attend ?

Number 10 Shirt · 09-09-2011 10:55pm #1

FCJ Bunclody is my alma mater. Academically it is a very good school though I never really liked the atmosphere up there. It was a bit edgy and claustropobic I felt.

patff · 10-09-2011 12:14am

Christian Brothers in Wexford in the 80's. Didn't enjoy it at all...........some of those guys were creepy to say the least.

Elmidena · 10-09-2011 12:16am

Coláiste Bríde Enniscorthy.....so glad to be out of that hellhole! Most teachers were ok....students not a hope....

sallysaucer101 · 10-09-2011 9:41am

Presentation, Wexford. Didn't hate it but didn't love it either.

The principal at the time was a WAGON!!

Ledger · 10-09-2011 10:28am

Good Counsel in New Ross.

It's grand if you're into sport, all the facilities you would want, I however was not into sport......

TheChevron · 10-09-2011 2:22pm

Number 10 Shirt wrote: »

FCJ Bunclody is my alma mater. Academically it is a very good school though I never really liked the atmosphere up there. It was a bit edgy and claustropobic I felt.

Alma mater.... is that what they taught you to say up there.

St Mary's CBS Enniscorthy was the school I attended.

Aoifey! · 10-09-2011 6:14pm

St.Mary's Secondary School, New Ross. The majority of the teachers were grand, the principal when I was there, Mr.O'Sullivan, was very fair and someone you could talk to. I think they've gotten a new principal this year though.

Shotgun_TEXAS · 10-09-2011 11:10pm

FCJ Bunclody as well. Was Run like a high security prison in the end anyway.

ChloeElla · 11-09-2011 12:04pm

I've just finished in Coláiste Bríde, Enniscorthy. I'll be honest and say I loved it, the majority of teachers are brilliant.

Mahatma coat · 11-09-2011 1:40pm

another Counsel boy here.

back in the draconian days of Cossie

Dilbert75 · 11-09-2011 9:23pm

Mahatma coat wrote: »

another Counsel boy here.

back in the draconian days of Cossie

Ditto...

Number 10 Shirt · 14-09-2011 11:40pm

Shotgun_TEXAS wrote: »

FCJ Bunclody as well. Was Run like a high security prison in the end anyway.

Who was the principal when you were there ? Sr Madeleine was head honcho right throughout my time at the FCJ. Alot of people disliked her but I thought she was ok.

Bearhunter · 15-09-2011 12:59am

St Mary's CBS, Enniscorthy. In the days of Sunshine, Jammy, Rags, Rodney et al...I still wake up sweating some Sunday nights, worrying that I have to be in school in the morning.

Juniorhurler · 15-09-2011 10:52am

The zoo that is Gorey Community School.

nordine · 15-09-2011 11:52am

Bearhunter wrote: »

St Mary's CBS, Enniscorthy. In the days of Sunshine, Jammy, Rags, Rodney et al...I still wake up sweating some Sunday nights, worrying that I have to be in school in the morning.

I had all them.

jpb1974 · 15-09-2011 12:15pm

St Mary's CBS, Enniscorthy. In the days of Sunshine, Jammy, Rags, Rodney et al...I still wake up sweating some Sunday nights, worrying that I have to be in school in the morning.

Ditto... back in the day when Brother Loftus was at the helm and Bilco was still giving kids the odd wallop!

Cantona's Collars · 15-09-2011 10:57pm

jpb1974 wrote: »

Ditto... back in the day when Brother Loftus was at the helm and Bilco was still giving kids the odd wallop!

Bet you can't say Master Carty without doing his voice.:D:D:D

Jaysus,it's 20 years ago that I did my leaving cert in that place.I remember when Rita Fitzgerald took over as principal-she was a right bitch (and that was just the staff's view)

jordata · 16-09-2011 1:13am

I went to Rosbercon - the Holy Faith, Our Lady of Lourdes they call it these days I think. 25 years ago now so I'm sure lots has changed - at least I hope it has as it was hardly all mod cons in those days. Happy memories of fun times with the girls though and some of the teachers were ok too.

Bearhunter · 16-09-2011 7:50am

zerks wrote: »

Bet you can't say Master Carty without doing his voice.:D:D:D QUOTE]

We used to try to get him to say "Irish citizen"... it came out something like "I-with thittithen..." And then he'd ask were we making a laugh of him when we dissolved into smothered titters.

TheChevron · 16-09-2011 11:03am

zerks wrote: »

Bet you can't say Master Carty without doing his voice.:D:D:D

brian plank · 16-09-2011 9:53pm

jordata wrote: »

Happy memories of fun times with the girls though and some of the teachers were ok too.

:eek: lesboooos!!!!! :P

on topic, vocational college in new ross. some brilliant teachers especially considering the amount of scumbags that went/go there.

Dilbert75 · 19-09-2011 9:53pm

jordata wrote: »

I went to Rosbercon - the Holy Faith, Our Lady of Lourdes they call it these days I think

AKA the Virgin Megastore, I seem to remember it being called... Never did get to verify that though...:rolleyes:

McLoughlin · 19-09-2011 10:37pm

In wexford town the Loreto was known as the virgin megastore and the Presentation was known as the pregnant nation.

Aoifey! · 25-09-2011 4:03pm

Dilbert75 wrote: »

AKA the Virgin Megastore, I seem to remember it being called... Never did get to verify that though...:rolleyes:

Virgins on the hill seems to be the new one

Dilbert75 · 28-09-2011 10:10am

Y'see I'm actually old enough to remember the Virgin Megastore (the shop, that is, not the school) - it'd mean nothing to most people these days.:o

Phoenix Lights · 13-11-2020 10:23pm

I attended the FCJ in Bunclody and it's been twenty years since I left the place. Mixed feelings about the school tbh. There were a lot of really good teachers during my time there like Mr Connaughton (RIP), Mr O'Neill, Ms Frend, Mr O' Sullivan, Miss Keating to name a few.
I can only speak for myself when I say that I never really liked the atmosphere up in the FCJ, a bit cliquish and too much 'agro' for want of a better word.

the kelt · 14-11-2020 9:10am

Bearhunter wrote: »

St Mary's CBS, Enniscorthy. In the days of Sunshine, Jammy, Rags, Rodney et al...I still wake up sweating some Sunday nights, worrying that I have to be in school in the morning.

Don’t forget mr deegan frightening the sh1te out of ye as a first year but turned out to be alright after that.

And mr Britton, aul Granny Gartland and Beaker spitting as he spoke if you happened to be sitting in the front row!

Uncle Pierre · 17-11-2020 9:29pm

Am another former FCJ Bunclody student myself, having attended there in the 1980s.

Other posters have said they found it a bit clique-ish, and that may be true if they're referring to a sort of "From Bunclody" / "Not from Bunclody" vibe. I was from one of the outlying villages myself, and never really one of the "in" crowd from the town itself. But overall, I've got good memories of the place.

I see some teachers mentioned above...I'll mention some nicknames, to see if they ring any bells: Disco, Moses, Smackers, Goggles, Bórd Bainne, Hitler, and the one and only Ma, whose surname always followed the "Ma" whenever she was referred to. Anyone who was there around the same time will know who I'm talking about.

By the way, have often found it curious how we're still defined so much by school sometimes, even though we only go there for a relatively short time. For example, I spent just five years in the place and have been out of it for 31, but I still find myself sometimes explaining "he was in my year in school" or saying that somebody "would have been two years behind me in school". Same for anyone else?

Phoenix Lights · 18-11-2020 12:36am

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

Am another former FCJ Bunclody student myself, having attended there in the 1980s.

Other posters have said they found it a bit clique-ish, and that may be true if they're referring to a sort of "From Bunclody" / "Not from Bunclody" vibe. I was from one of the outlying villages myself, and never really one of the "in" crowd from the town itself. But overall, I've got good memories of the place.

I see some teachers mentioned above...I'll mention some nicknames, to see if they ring any bells: Disco, Moses, Smackers, Goggles, Bórd Bainne, Hitler, and the one and only Ma, whose surname always followed the "Ma" whenever she was referred to. Anyone who was there around the same time will know who I'm talking about.

By the way, have often found it curious how we're still defined so much by school sometimes, even though we only go there for a relatively short time. For example, I spent just five years in the place and have been out of it for 31, but I still find myself sometimes explaining "he was in my year in school" or saying that somebody "would have been two years behind me in school". Same for anyone else?

Two of the nicknames you mentioned ring a bell! Mrs MacMullan was called 'smackers' and 'disco' is Mr Kelly I think? (Joe Kelly who taught history).

Uncle Pierre · 18-11-2020 12:21pm

You're right on both counts. Sure who could forget Disco Joe?

RedXIV · 18-11-2020 12:26pm

Juniorhurler wrote: »

The zoo that is Gorey Community School.

Another GCS head. I had a blast there. Def some of the best years of my life and looking forward to seeing the kids go there someday hopefully.

I remember thinking when I went to college that GCS had set me up for it perfectly, mind you, that's because it was a giant secondary school and a small college

What secondary or vocational school in Wexford did you attend ?

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