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Cecilia says goodbye to old school
04.02.08
MOVILLE-based Senator
Cecilia Keaveney says she has "mixed emotions" that
her old primary school will be demolished in the
coming days.
Formerly known as St. Bridget's, the old building
will be razed to the ground to make way for a new
state-of-the-art primary school in the Foyleside
town. |
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The new development st
Scoil Eoghain was sanctioned last week by the
Minister for Education who has also given the green
light for a modern new national school in Clonmany.
Senator Keaveney said when built, the new-look Scoil
Eoghan will perfectly complement Moville Community
College for the boys and girls of the town. |
“A lot of people will
have mixed emotions to see the St Bridget’s school
building tossed," she said.
"I must say that, while my first year was in the old
convent building, my long primary education all
happened in St Bridget’s. It was a new building then
that served our needs well. There are many memories
of people such as Sister Margaret, who has since
died and many others who are very much alive."
Senator Keaveney said the town's new school will be
a "new building of its time" and will serve new
generations in Moville well.
"I look forward to work being completed but I'm sure
nostalgia will not be confined to me alone in this
instance. It isn’t everyone who can say they got
their Government to demolish their school, but in
this instance I will be sad to see it go. "I would
like to wish everyone well in the building of the
new state of the art facility," she added.
Meanwhile, Cllr. Denis McGonagle welcomed the
development for Clonmany and said the board of
management and parents' committee at the school
deserved praise for keeping the pressure on the
Department for several years.
"Everyone involved have given of their best and I'm
glad to see that the Minister has acknowledged the
fact that the school is deserving of the project,"
he said. |
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