17 - The Rochestown Re-Echo, No. 1 (Journal of the Rochestown College Past Pupils Union)

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The Rochestown Re-Echo, No. 1 (Journal of the Rochestown College Past Pupils Union)

10 pp; typescript

The inaugural issue of ‘The Rochestown Re-Echo’ (No. 1, January 1959), a mimeographed journal published by Comhlucht Iarscoláirí Coláiste Bhaile an Róistigh (Rochestown College Past Pupils Union), Cork. The issue features institutional editorials, a spiritual New Year message from the Father Rector, and an account of the 1958 Past Pupils’ Re-Union Day outlining union debates, local entertainment, and film documentation of Capuchin historical events. Administrative records present include the 1959 ‘directories for the Union’s executive council and Dublin Branch, naming key officers like President Capt. A. Deasy and Dublin Chairman P. J. Walsh. The issue further contains obituaries for alumnus journalist Con O'Leary and Capuchin Fathers Ephrem, Gerald, and Michael (An tAthair Mícheál).

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