it all started when a small group began to organise a 40 year reunion of the Leaving Cert Class of 1970.

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Brother Oliver Deane (1928 – 2021) A lovely Eulogy below By Brother Kevin McEvoy on the occasion of Br Oliver funeral

Brother Oliver Deane (1928 – 2021) “Nothing can come between us and the love of Christ.” (Romans, 8:35) We gather here today to celebrate the life of Brother Oliver Deane, born on 3rd May 1928 and who shed his ‘mortal coil’ on Saturday, 1st May, the feast of St Joseph The Worker, so appropriate for …

Brother Peter…. historian

Br. Peter was born in 1901 in an all Irish speaking family . Both his parents died and he had to leave secondary school to mind the family farm. In 1924 he saw an ad in the Kerryman newspaper about the De La Salle order and he rest, as they say, is history! HE got …

Br. Carthach

This beautifully scripted poem was written by Donal O'Liathan , a teacher in Iosagain, to celebrate the 100th birthday of Br. Carthach, a beloved legend in the school who , with his faithful dog, his bicycle and shotgun roamed the backroads and hills of Ballyvourney during his free time.

Dr. John Twomey (1956 -1960)

Like my three nephews, the Twomey Triplets, I too was a boarder and from Ballyvourney, starting there in October 1956, as the college was doing some renovations and opened late that particular year. The only time I became ill was soon after my arrival. Dr Dan Twomey (my own Uncle) attended me and was uncharacteristically …

Donncha Ó Donnchadha (1959/63).

Donncha was a boarder even though he lived only four miles away. The preparatory college was ending and a new phase beginning when the college would become an ordinary boarding school. He loved handball and describes the first All Ireland senior title won by Iosagain boys, the three day retreat and keeping "nix" (watching out). …

Reflections on a life less ordinary

By: Brigadier General Denis Murphy (Retd) It is now more than half a century since I first passed through the gates of Coláiste Íosagáin in Baile Mhúirne. Recalling events and personalities from the mid 1960’s is a challenging exercise; some remain fresh, whilst others, have long faded with the passing years. Coláiste Íosagáin was not …

Br. Gabriel remembers…. the triplets among other things!

Chaitheas Seal I mBaile Bhúirne Chaitheas bliain amháin (1978/9 ag múineadh i mBaile Bhúirne. Bhí an Bráthair Tomás Mac Síthigh ina uachtarán agus Micheál Ó Súilleabháin i gceannas na peile sinsir. I dtús na scoilbhliana sin bhí 251 scoláire ag freastal ar Choláiste Íosagáin – 153 scoláire cónaithe, 42 buachaillí lae agus 56 cailíní. Bhíos …

Triplets !

Triplets! An “Triur” – Twomey Triplets 1973-1979The bells, the bells! A bell to get up, a bell to go to mass, a bell for breakfast, a bell to start class, a bell to end class, a bell to start study, on and on all day every day. The different bells had to be learnt and …

Br. Micheál and the Camán

We need a bit of help please! Someone brought a hurley to Br. Micheal in Castletown, possibly as a gift , replacing a hurley that was "stolen?" in Ballyvourney., maybe fifty years ago? We would love to know the story .... can you help us ? Br. Kevin has sent us the photo but we …