Mungret College 50th Anniversary Event
Dear Colleagues, Who would have believed that it is 50 years since the closing of the college. In order to celebrate this anniversary, your Union is putting together...
Memorabilia
The Mungret PPU is always compiling novelty items and memorabilia for display in this section. If you you feel you have some thing that will invoke a great memory from your school days please get in contact with our webmaster so that we can arrange to have it put on the website.
Munster Schools team v Connaught 1967. Recognise the Mungret Men? Back row far left: Tony Lowry Back Row right: three from the end: Padraig Connolly. Front row right: second from end : Karl Roche
Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty a.k.a. The Vatican Pimpernel (1898-1963). Educated in Mungret 1919-1922
A view of Mungret in the 1920’s – Photo provided by John Power
A view of Mungret in the 1920’s – Photo provided by John Power
A Snowy Mungret College in the ‘Beast From the East/Storm Emma’ snow of February/March 2018.
Mungret College, Limerick – Sports Day from the 1960s
Filmed by Frank Wall Snr. (Past Pupil).
Contributed by Michael Wall (Past Pupil).
Mungret College 2nds 1968-69
From the desk of John G Brosnan 1968-1970
The Portico in Mungret College from Tervoe
Lord Emly’s house in Tervoe , demolished in the 1950’s. The portico seen here was moved to Mungret College, where it stands to this day.
AGM Agenda 1973
College Closure
A Collection of Mungret Union Annual Dinner Tickets
College Calendar 1973-74
Proof that the Union has a policy of chasing membership fees.
Menus from 1963 and 1964 in Cruises Hotel, Limerick
Kindly contributed by Willie Hearn (Deceased) – 1964-1968.
Photo of the 1917 Mungret Agricultural Class
The Second Club XV Rugby Team – 1930
This photograph was taken by Seamus Kelly (Mungret 1958 – 1963) outside Mungret College prior to departure by bus to Musgrave Park for Junior Cup replay vs Midleton CBS, Feb. 27th 1963. Mungret lost 3 –0.
Front: (left to right): Evaristus O’Neill, Robert Tait, Pat Finn, Richard O’Callaghan, Henry Ward, John Donnelly, John O’Sullivan, David Flannelly, Karl Langan.
Back: Brendan Carmody, ( – ), Fintan Murphy, Philip Ryan, Joe Mullins, Eddie Irwin, Robert Barry, ( – ), ( – ), Peter Hanratty.
The Final College Dinner Invitation from 1974
A faithful PDF scan of the original Final College Dinner brochure, Union subscription acknowledgement signed by Fr Coffey, founding member of the PPU and also a Copy of 2004 , 30th anniversary dinner brochure.
New Swimming Pool for Mungret College
Past pupil, Karl Roche dug up this wonderful article from the Limerick Leader covering the opening of our swimming pool.
Click on the image for an enlarged version and the article.
Mungret Prospectus
Recently unearthered by Brian Ward while clearing out his house, this wonderful original Mungret Prospectus offers an insight in the college in the early 1960s. Mungret Prospectus
This photograph was taken by Seamus Kelly (Mungret 1958 – 1963) outside Mungret College prior to departure by bus to Musgrave Park for Junior Cup replay vs Midleton CBS, Feb. 27th 1963. Mungret lost 3 –0.
Front: (left to right): Evaristus O’Neill, Robert Tait, Pat Finn, Richard O’Callaghan, Henry Ward, John Donnelly, John O’Sullivan, David Flannelly, Karl Langan.
Back: Brendan Carmody, ( – ), Fintan Murphy, Philip Ryan, Joe Mullins, Eddie Irwin, Robert Barry, ( – ), ( – ), Peter Hanratty.
Trouble Again?
Everything better in the good auld days? Well, the price certainly was!