Several hundred people attended Abbeyfeale Vocational School commemoration events which ran over the weekend. A book ‘Ceiliúradh nu mBlianta‘ documenting the 60 year history of the school was launched on Thursday night. Michael Moriarty of the Irish Vocational Education Association launched the eighty page publication to a packed room of students, staff and parents from the past and present. This had been preceded by the unveiling of a plaque at the front of the school by Cllr. Mary Jackman, Chairperson, County Limerick VEC. An exhibition of memorabilia, photographs and roll books from all the six decades saw huge numbers visit the school over three days. This exhibition also had on display some of the older practical equipment used in the classrooms of the 50s and 60s. A lot of the visitors used the opportunity to revisit their student life for the last time as the school will close this summer. There was also celebrations outside of the school grounds as the School held a special mass for members of its community both past and present in the local Church of the Assumption in Abbeyfeale on Friday. Copies of ‘Ceiliúradh na mBlianta’ are available to buy now from the school or from some local shops for 5 euro.
