St Patrick's Barnageeha, Antrim Road

[Mageeka]

Any of our posters attend St Patricks College, Barnageeha ?

[Christopher]

Bearnageeha was once home of the Langtry family. I presume this is the Langtry family that became connected through the marriage of one of their members with the daughter of Very Reverend William Corbet Le Breton, Dean of Jersey. This Mrs Langtry became better know as the actress Lillie Langtry.

[sammy toaster]

lillie langtry lived at porchester square, in london. itwas a council  tenement in the early seventies, but , the hype merchants transfomed the district when they latched on to lillie.

[brown hen]

i had the pleasure of going there in the70s many fond menories

[aussietrekker]

A bit of a worry, was Lillie.

[brown hen]

one could say "it was the best of times it was the worst of times"   it may have help if i had been brighter                       

[boxer1949]

here a photo of barnageeha class 1e 1960

[grendelkiller]

Mageeka
you mean BARNEY 

[Mageeka]

Mageeka
you mean BARNEY 

Aye grende
Sure i was just being polite, like all us Barney boys  

[Mageeka]

Some names that i remember guys
brendan Harrison, Liam Kearns, Junior Killen, Phil Murphy ,  Paul Maguire, Brian Mc Ilwee, Paul Cullen, Barney Burns, The Dornan twins and their brother Charlie, John Kelly
, Brian and joe Austin, Michael Dobbin, etc Dempsey from the Dock area

[grendelkiller]

left st malachys in 1984 after 7 arduous years      went to barney for 2 months  great    

[Belle Fast]

I was a dinner lady at Barney, my offical positon was assistant cook. I trained at College of Bis catering dept  doing City & Guilds food prep for 2 years and then a certificate in supervisory management. I was destined for big things(??), at one point I applied and passed the entrance exam for the British army, I had my test and interview out at Hollywood, plan was to join the caterin Corp. but my path changed course and I ended up in the schools for 12 years,worked in north Belfast & had the best of craic, managing a kitchen of 12 staff churning out 550 meals a day. When I came to Oz I worked in a nursing home in the kitchen but it didn't work well with having the kids so I gave that up . Still find cooking theraputic

[Gerd]

I was a Barney boy from 1959 till 1963.   I came over from Scotland for the fifthieth anniversary of it opening a few years ago.   Anyone else attend that night ?

Harry Enright was there and Jimmy Cricket (who is a former pupil) was performing !!!!

[shamrockuk]

All my brother's went there Gerd not sure which years tho
Family name of Downey...mabe you might know of some of them?

[Gerd]

I still meet up with lads I've managed to contact over the years.   Pat McClean, Frankie Metcalfe, Jackie Duffin, Peter Priviledge, Brian O'Reilly, Alex Smylie and Noel O'Kane .   Always trying to locate other old boys from our days there.   Cannot remember Downey but my memory isn't what it was after 44 years !!!!

Will ask the lads next time we have a get-together in the Beaten Docket facing the Europa hotel