Poor old Walter had a Hiatus Hernia to beat all others. When he later became parish priest in Crossgar the ladies of the parish were very careful not to make him laugh in case he created unbearable hell in the confines of the confession box.
I had an older handicapped brother with the same problem. Before I went to school each day he would ask me to put on his tie. I could never hold my breath long enough no matter how I tried.
So what? Nothing wrong with poor taste.
Hello Brian,
I have come across your comments on the alumni site but I don't know when you went to the college. I was able to read your comments when I was in China. It's strange what keeps you going. I meant that Walter was very cold....I found Patch a different kettle of fish( excuse the pun) I came from Barnageeha and during a melee in the room between classes, I was 15 yrs old, Eamon Mc Allister grabbed me by the arm and suggested that we shouldn't be in the room because he had been in a spot of bother and couldn't afford to be in another. There was the suggestion that I should leave as well seeing as I was a new inmate. So about 6 of us jumped out of the window. .it had become a bit rough inside. Patch was not pleased and the whole class was punished. .for the altercation and also because a boy had jumped out of a window the previous year and had died. Everyone without exception except me was punished ,,,,as I was only new
?I thought Patch was great and everytime we passed one another we smiled.
Barney Mc Laverty in his book of short stories " Secrets" obviously didn't appreciate Hugo Lynch as he depicted a character who taught him ( he was a priest ) as a social, snob and only interested in students whose parents had money or influence. However when you read Hugo's obituary it tells you of a very lonely man with real feelings. Sometimes in the teacher / pupil relationship we are not aware of these points.