Diary

Diary of Events for 150th celebration year

Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland celebrate in St. Colman's College.

In early October 2008, ASTI President Pat Hurley returned to his alma mater, St Colman’s College in Fermoy, to celebrate two significant birthdays –100 years of the ASTI and 150 years of St Colman’s. In launching the ASTI Centenary Calendar of Events in the school, Pat Hurley said: “St. Colman’s and the ASTI are celebrating significant milestones – 150 years and 100 years of making a positive contribution to Irish
education. St Colman’s played a seminal role in the early years of the ASTI and teachers from the College were among the founding members of the organisation. The first President of the ASTI, PJ Kennedy was a teacher at the school”.

Successful photographic exhibition

in St. Colman's College

The Band of the Southern Command entertains the crowds at St. Colman's exhibition

The 150 year old walls of St. Colman's reverberated to the sounds of brass bands while being adorned with a very popular exhibition of old and historic photographs held as the first event of the 150th anniversary celebration year.

This exhibition, which took place in the school on Sunday Oct 5, 2008 featured the collection of the late Fr. Bertie Troy who taught at St. Colman's and who captured on film school life, sporting events as well as the ever changing surroundings of his time.

The Band of the Southern Command and the Fermoy Concert Band entertained the huge crowds who availed of the opportunity to ramble back down memory lane.

St. Colman's Allstars v Cork Exhibition Match

Pics: Trevor Franks

The 150th anniversary exhibition hurling game featuring St Colman's All-Stars versus Cork was a huge success with an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 crowd attending including a television crew from RTE. The match was played in Pairc Mhic Ghearailt, Fermoy on Sunday afternoon November 23rd and the crowds who braved the inclement weather witnessed a unique game celebrating the great hurling tradition of the College since it's inception.

St. Colman's introduced all 30 players on their panel at various stages of the match all donning a special commemorative green & white hoop jersey. This was the style of the old jersey before changing to all green in the 1960's. The referee was inter-county ref Willie Barrett of Tipperary, a man who has been in charge of several Harty Cup games involving St Colman's over the years, and the music of the Castlelyons Pipe band entertained.

For the record, Cork won the game but by just one point and they must have felt satisfied with their overall display against such a talented St Colman's side who kept up the pressure right to the last minute.

The St. Colman's College All-star team included amongst their panel Mark Landers (Killeagh) captain of the 1999 All-Ireland winning Cork team, as well as Cork Inter-County Stars Fergal McCormack (Mallow) Timmy McCarthy (Castlelyons) Neil Ronan (Ballyhea) Brian Murphy (Bride Rovers); From Waterford Eoin Murphy (Shamrocks) & James Murray (Tallow) & From Limerick Andrew O'Shaughnessy (Kilmallock) & Maurice O'Brien (Garryspillane) as well as a host of other former students who have distinguished themselves at club, college and intercounty level.

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