A contribution was made from the collection taken on the night to the Irish Cancer Society of Ireland.

Message from Patricia

Hello everyone,

Well, the 30 year Reunion is over. We all had a fabulous night.
I would like to thank a few people. Ruth Cummins for her devotion to finding everyone. John Byrne for his music of the 70's. Monica O Farrell for getting us Crowes Cellar Bar at no cost and Conor Mac Liam for all his work on the webiste and blog page.
With the money collected I bought Ruth a 'pamper day' in a spa in Wicklow. John Byrne hired the P.A. system at his own cost. I had hoped to buy a small present for Conor but he was unable to attend due to his wife, Susie's illness. So I have taken it on myself to send a small donation to The Irish Cancer Society from us, the Class of '77.
Let's hope that we will all meet soon again as we will all be celebrating the Golden age of 50 within the next 3 years.

Patricia Worth

Damian Ryan is away

Ruth, hi,

Not sure if he told you but Damian is away for the whole month (climbing Denali... again!) without access to the internet. I am sure he would have liked to send something - maybe when he gets back if it's not too late?

Have a good reunion!

Renia ("Mrs". Ryan and his secretary in his absence...)

Greetings from Steven

You've no idea how much I'd like to be there with you all. Attached are a couple of mug shots of me. The young and innocent photo was taken while I was at Sandymount. The other picture is of me with my cousin at a party last week in England. I'm the one on the left :)

Have a great reunion and say hi to all. My email address is available to anyone who wants it from Ruth.

Steven Willers

Crowe's Pub

It would appear that word has spread about the reunion and people are flocking to the venue early.

Sorry...

Ruth,

have a great reunion, sorry I can't make it . Say hello to everybody

Message sent from Ms. Pauline Bonner, in Donegal.

Sorry I will miss it

Hello Ruth and Patricia

Where does the time go? I have to say I cringed when I got your letter about our 30 year reunion - I can't believe it is that long since we all left Sandymount High. Unfortunately I won't be able to make the 'do' as I am living in England now but I hope you all have a wonderful time. No doubt it will be a very emotional evening and I will be sad to miss it. You have done a great job trying to get everybody together. I have had a look at Conor's website which is brilliant. Thanks Conor.
I hope life is treating you well. I still visit Dublin regularly as my Mother , 2 brothers and 1 sister still live there.
A brief summary of my life so far......I live in Southport , a seaside town in the north west of England. We moved here in 1997 having lived in Yorkshire before that. I am married to Steve and we have a daughter Hannah (4) who we adopted from China in 2003. I work as a teacher of the visually impaired in a school for students with severe learning difficulties. My specialism is multiple difficulties and visual impairment (MDVI) so the students I work with have many disabilities and it is challenging work but Iove it. I am part time at the moment but plan to go back full time in september when Hannah starts school. We are presently planning our first big trip as a family to Australia in July. My sister Edel lives there with partner and 2 sons so it will be great for the chlidren to meet up again as we haven't seen Edel since 2004. I'm not sure if I am looking forward to or dreading a long haul trip with a 4 year old but it will definitely be interesting.

I will raise a glass to you all on the 9th!

Best wishes

Lilian (Rafferty)

Sorry Can't be there

Hello Ruth


Do pass on my best wishes to everyone. It's been great to keep in touch

Enjoy saturday and thanks for the invitation

Seamus (Watson 1A)

Seamus had been hoping to attend but a member of his family is sick and he is unable to leave UK at moment.

Greetings from Australia

Attached is a photo of my family. My wife Dee and girl Aisling who is five. Also our little dog Toto. Say hello to all and wish we were there. Have a great night.Take care, John (Levins)

Music to set the Scene

8.00-8.30pm Odd and Awful records (eg: Mouldy Old Dough, Berni Flint):

8.30-9.00pmTV Themes (eg: Brady Bunch, Skippy):

9.00-11.00pmTop 30 and album trax (eg: Rollers, Bowie, David Essex):

Slow set 11-11.15pm:

Disco: 11.15pm-12.30am.

That running order is dependent on a) the mood on the night and b)whether the house PA is any use. The slow set is there for those who might be into it.

Sports Day

Maura Talbot and Ruth Cummins at Sports Day participating in a three-legged race.

Mr. Burke

Mr. Nolan

Mr. Nolan, also known as zip.

Mr. Lyng

Picture of Mr. Lyng, vice principal and geography teacher, taken in 1977.

The Sandymount Saga Interview

An interview with Mrs. Cannon in Superspoof. (Click on image to enlarge)

From Marie Byrne

Hi there,

Thanks for your email. Yes I was there in 1977 in omega 1. I'm living in London now so may not be able to go but I wouldn't mind the details anyway just in case. I havn't really noticed any familiar names from my time at Sandymount, have you had much luck in gathering people?

Marie

Rosemary Murphy

Sorry to be so late replying to you about the school reunion, unfortunately I will not be able to attend. Thank you for the invite.

Rosemarie Farrell.

A member or not a member of Class '77?

Hello Ruth,

I was in shs from 1972 until 1976,so I do not qualify as a member of the class of 77. As far as I remember I was in 1 Lambda. I was definitely in the prefabs when I started in shs. As I will be away in June I would not have been able to attend anyway,but thanks for the invite..................John Colohan

Sorry can't make it

Unfortunately I am unable to make it as I live in England and will also be on holidays for that date, but I do hope the night goes well.

Best wishes to all.

Dave Kane

Sorry not this time

Thank you for your incredible efforts to make contact with me. You really showed great persistence and dedication to the task and I must commend you accordingly. I really am impressed.

Unfortunately I am committed to a previous engagement on the night in question and I regret, accordingly, that I will not be in a position to attend on this occasion.

I wish you all a very happy reunion I am sure that there will be great hilarity on the evening.

Best wishes to you all and especially yourself and Patricia.

Ciarán Smyth