40 years on, a great night out
MEMORIES of homework, school plays and classroom jokes came flooding back for 30 former Coláiste Bríde students recently as they celebrated their 40 year reunion in the Riverside Park Hotel.
Students who attended the school in 1976 joined together for a meal and much-needed catch-up thanks to six former students who rounded up the troops. Though a lot has happened in the last four decades – from babies to house moves and everything in between – former student and organiser Anna Murphy said nothing had changed.
‘We all gelled as if we had never left school at all. When we met in the Riverside, we fell back to where we were 40 years ago,’ said Anna, who organised the event with five other former students who she still remains friends with. ‘We really haven’t changed a bit.’
The ladies came together to enjoy a sit-down meal, but according to Anna, not a lot of sitting down was done!
‘It was like speed dating. After the first course, everyone was moving around to speak with somebody else,’ she laughed.
‘ The meal was delicious and the staff couldn’t do enough for us.’
The reunion follows on from the 20th reunion in 1996, which was also organised by Anna and co. The ladies had a tough job trying to find people but were delighted that 30 could make it on the night.
‘We had names and addresses but people had moved away and things. Through word of mouth, Facebook and the Enniscorthy newsletter, we managed to get 30 which we were really happy with,’ said Anna.
The ladies came from as near as Enniscorthy and as far away as Ennis to meet their old friends.
‘It was an absolutely brilliant night from start to finish,’ said Anna, who said they hope to have another in ten years time.