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The Summer was late in Ireland

How are you all keeping ? I am back with lots of news and I want to direct you to a new website where you will find an excellent article on latin school in 1989 edition. it is the leitrim guardian website ……..so check it out. Did you know that Barney Cully opened his new [...]

Good news

I met Fr Tom recently along with Fr Mark and Fr Daniel where all 3 rejoiced in their priesthood and prayed for priests. The Latter two had just returned from Knock where they prayed the Novena on the 130 th year of the Apparition and when you consider that Fr Tom is half that period [...]

Tommy O’Reilly

Saintly Healing Priest Looks Back Fr Tommy O’Reilly is very well known throughout these islands. Since his return to Ireland in 1979 from forty years’ ministry in the Diocese of Leeds, he has travelled the length and breadth of Ireland visiting sick people in hospitals or in their own homes. Many of these people have [...]

Dawn in Drumshanbo

The Door opened at 5am before the dawn chorus. It is a strange feeling to have the birds sing to you so early.What do they sing and why so early. I know that if they expected me to answer so in like manner……it was not forthcoming. I was one of 700 people in the garden [...]

God speed the plough

We would welcome a list of deceased past pupils for the Mass on May 11th at latin school. publish them on website or email them to me at john-flynn@live.ie    Some of you might like to add comments rather than a feature well its simple  just hit the word comments at the end of each piece [...]

Ploughing in Longford

You exiles abroad will be happy to know that Longford is holding its 75th Annual Ploughing championship in South Longford on Easter Sunday.Many of you have had a hand on the plough in the past and now continue to furrow the soil of mother Earth within the domain of your existence . Where that maybe [...]

GOOD NEWS

We continue in our efforts to bring the latin school more and more into your lives. We have now chosen to celebrate Mass On May 11th at 8.30pm in memory of deceased pupils and teachers. Fr Jim Sorohan who is a past Pupil and residing at the historical Ballinamuck in Co Longford  will be the  [...]

Home of the muses

some of you will have come accross my e mail and I know that many of you will want to contribute. James Macnerney has certainly given us fine example. Put words to your experience and take heart that we still have a community of moyne men. remember the school stamp with st mary’s apostolic school [...]

The Moyne Way – James MacNerney

February 1, 2009. James MacNerney’s article, for some electronic reason, could not be uploaded from Ireland. The website administrators in the US are pleased to accommodate a request from John Flynn – a regular correspondent – that it be uploaded here.  Most of all, we are profoundly grateful for James MacNerney’s article - a task today - a [...]

G.A.A is 125 years old

Many Moyne men are enthusiasts of this native game. In the early years G.A.A came to us through the  radio crystal and dry batteries from 1932 onwards and many of you will remember Micheal O Hehir and Sean Og O callaghan who still broadcasts the results on Sunday nights. The first All Ireland Final on [...]