PPU

Loreto Past Pupils Union

Mrs Helen Lyons nee Kearney P.P.U. President 2010-2011

Hello and welcome to the Loreto School Fermoy Past Pupils Union website. My name is Helen Lyons, and in September 2009 I was honoured to be elected President of the PPU.

 

Like most things relating to the Loreto School Fermoy, the PPU is steeped in history and can trace its roots back as far as 1954 where our first President Mrs Coffey  was elected  first President. So it a great honour and privilege to wear the chain of office and to have a active part in the communications for the past pupils of all the years to find their classmates, and  make their reunion a memorable  event.

 

I first joined the PPU in 2001, when it was my special school  reunion (25yrs), and have been a member since, which I have enjoyed and shared with a great committee who have work together in organising the annual school reunion,

We have twelve members on our committee: Kathryn McCarthy Hon Tres, Terry Cleary, Maria Walsh, Aileen Pyne, Eileen Hayden, Siobhan Murray, Fionnuala O’Reilly, Margaret Pyne, Mary Begley, Bernadette Howard, & our Vice Pres Breda Campbell.

 

 

Our next Re Union will be on

Saturday 1st October 2011

The Special Class this Year is the Leaving Certificate of  1985-1986

Welcome all past pupils

E-mail   ppuloretofermoy@hotmail.com

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The Annual Reunion of Past Pupils is held in the School/convent and the date is the first Saturday in October.  Because of the increase in school numbers, it is only the Special Group, those who have twenty-five years, who are notified by post.

The Reunion is open to all.

The annual subscription covers the cost of the Union.

The Reunion is a great day out when old friendships are renewed.  All Past Pupils can savour the Hospitality of the school and the community to which they are so indebted.

Founded in 1954

The first committee was formed in1954 and from a report from the 1955 A.G.M. reveals that the committee was pleased and “felt cautiously optimistic that they had laid the solid foundations of a Union which would grow in strength and numbers,” and would “promote educational, cultural and social welfare of the past and present pupils of Loreto”.  Meetings would be held a few times a year, and at the Annual General Meeting in the convent, a reunion of past pupils would be hosted.

 

In spite of the enormous social, cultural and educational changes that have taken place in the intervening years, the inaugural President and Committee should feel proud that their guarded optimism has been well rewarded.

 

The Loreto Past Pupils Union is now in its 57^th year.  The hard work and dedication of the various committees has ensured its continuation.  Events such as social dinners and golf competitions, which involved the participation of past pupils, were a good source of income which benefitted the ongoing development of Loreto.

 

In the recent years the Past Pupils Union Committee members played a part in the Fund Raising project which resulted in the new sports complex and new classrooms.  It also helps at various award and scholarships, one of which is the creative writing prize to the different class years at the Annual School Awards evening.

 

The Loreto Past Pupils Union had its golden Anniversary in 2004, a year after the Convent’s 150^th celebrations.  Perhaps it will reach its own centenary in 2054!

Past Presidents of Loreto Past Pupils Union

 

1954-1956                 Mrs Coffey

1956-1958                 Miss R. Murphy

1958-1960                 Mrs Powell

1960                          Mrs Broadrick

1961-1962                 Mrs Houlihan

1963-1964                 Mrs B. McCarthy

1965-1969                 Mrs M.B. McCarthy

1969                          Mrs Pauline Baylor

1970                          Mrs O’Keeffe

1971-1972                 Mrs N Kelly

1963-1964                 Ms M.S. O’Brien

1965-1977                 Mrs Kitty Hammond

1977-1979                 Mrs Kathryn McCarthy

1979-1981                 Mrs Margaret Bermingham

1981-1982                 Ms Mary Crotty

1983-1985                 Mrs Ita Lynch

1985-1987                 Mrs Terry Cleary

1987-1989                 Sr. Martin Powell

1989-1991                 Mrs Catherine McSweeney

1991-1993                 Ms Mary B. O’Sullivan

1993-1995                 Mrs Betty Moore

1995-1997                 Ms Maria Walsh

1997-1999                 Mrs Catherine Clancy

1999-2001                 Mrs Aileen Pyne

2001-2003                 Ms Siobhan Murray

2003-2005                 Mrs Eileen Hayden

2005-2007                 Mrs Margaret Pyne

2007-2009                 Ms Fionnula O’Reilly

2009-2011                 Mrs Helen Lyons