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Tom sitting around a table with Prince Charles - at the meeting Charles asked Tom whether there was anything happening in Northern Ireland,whereas Tom replied: "Not much but rumour has it that Ian Paisley is on the drink." Charles then replied that…

Tom and his wife Doreen surrounded by their grandchildren

Valerie,Kenneth and the their children

Since retiring I wanted to do some voluntary work so I am involved with Nala. And I have had some various pupils to date. I am also in the Artane Active and I do art with it. Thank God I have had a great life and a wonderful husband and children.…

Certificate for Education Policy and Social Analysis at the Waterford Institute of Technology awarded in 2002.

Margaret's certificate awarded by the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee for the Tutor Training Course in Adult Literacy 1997-1998.

A training certificate for courses in Introduction to Windows and Wordperfect awarded by CLEAR System Solutions in 1996.

This is a picture of Rosemary McCloskey with her old school friends, Joyce Ann McCafferty (nee Henry) and Louise Mitchell in Rosemary's kitchen

A photo of Margaret and her daughter and grandchildren at the beach in Bettystown.

I more or less worked whenever the opportunity presented itself and, when I did stop, it was like any other day, because there were always other activities and interest for me to pursue.