Archive (34 life histories found)

I left when I got supply work towards the middle of October as there is seldom anyone looking for supply teachers in September. I got some good positions and some schools kept booking me. I registered with several agencies who found work for me and I…

My next job was a teaching post in BunScoil Bheann Mhadagain in Wyndham Street. This was another tough assignment and I left it after having been accused of hitting a child in my second year there.I had had enough of this Irish medium and to be…

The college started and I had been suffering badly with a back problem ever since I had left home. It was getting worse and so bad was it that I was getting Voltarel injections from the sister in St Anne's hospital in Avondale. Harare. They sent the…

While teaching the postulants in Nharira Mission, I became very friendly with them, particularly Simon Mutsenhure. Looking back I can see why I was in Zimbabwe, as part of God's plan. Simon entered the Franciscans and got as far as the novitiate with…

The teachers whom I recall were Miss Bernadette Higgins, Miss Una McGuinness, Miss Eileen Murphy, Miss Rosaleen McPhillips, Miss Peggy Loughran, Miss Kitty Byrne, Miss Tessa McManus, Mrs McMullan, Miss Patsy Malone who ruled with a rod of iron and…

This certificate was awarded to Rosemary McCloskey in 1989 upon completion of a course in social care.

Rosemary McCloskey's Diploma in the Advanced Study of Education awarded by Queens University Belfast

Rosemary McCloskey's Bachelor of Education certificate awarded by Queen's University Belfast

I am proud of my children, how they have grown into well balanced and civic minded individuals. I value them more than they will ever realise. They have got on with their lives and are now settled with their own family. They developed a really…

After primary school I did a commercial course in the vocational school in Ballsbridge. I completed many short courses, such as dress designing, knitting, arts and crafts and others. Forever it seemed I yearned for further education and an…