Coolmine community school

I can't even remember what year I graduated. About 5 years ago, Ms Quirke was my year head between 1st and 3rd year then Mr.Walsh for 5th and 6th, Mr.Sexton in TY.

I heard a few of the people I went to class with have gone back to teach, Bar Delaney and Ali Freeman were both in my year, I think Bar has a permanent/temp job there, Ali was subbing for a while.

www.markcoughlan.com <- Click About Mark, thats me, anyone recognise?

I was back there to see my sister graduate last year and Ms Quirke didn't realise who I was, I've grown my hair and have a bit a stubble and the likes these days.

Had Ms.Twomey for all 6 years for English, very good teacher.

I was hopeless at Maths but Mr.Flanagan was unreal, fantastic teacher. I somehow managed to pass ordinary level. Met him in the centre a few months back, jesus he's lost weight, tiny compared to what I remember of him. He's supposedly mad into his MMA.

Mr Walsh was another class teacher, hilarious, such a funny man, dryest sense of humour I've ever come across. Always enjoyed his classes - he used to leave to get tea and ask if anyone wanted a cuppa then bring back 3/4 cups of tea and a twix for whoever got their requests in first.

We did a "Guys and Dolls" play in TY, Mr.Tully and Ms.Kavanagh produced it. Absolute nightmare to do, I'm convinced we caused Ms.K to have a mental breakdown. Tully was hilarious, so serious but a great guy he had so health issues a few years ago but he's back now I think.

One of my best memories - We were in the school late at night, all 60 of us from TY practicing for Guys and Dolls. A group of the class were down in the Arts rooms painting the backdrops and the rest of us were in the Canteen on the stage. It was pitch black, real winter night. I don't know if they're still there now but there used to be loads of loose benches in the middle of the malls running the length between all the corridors. First we turned of all the lights in the malls and corridors except A, so you couldn't even see your hand in front of your face as you walked down the malls. Then we went to Tully and Kavanagh in the canteen and told them the people in the arts rooms needed them for something.

So K and Tully went off down through the dark to the arts rooms, we waited about thirty seconds then 5 of us snuck down through the malls and pulled all the benches out of position so they were just dotted randomly all over the malls, then we made our way, very carefully - still in the dark - back to A corridor and listened. I was really quiet in the school so you could hear Tully and K leaving the arts room from A corridor, next thing you could just hear them walking into the benches, walking a few more steps and walking into another bench, another bench, cursing and muttering that they knew exactly who had done this and they were going to kill them. K had a huge folder that she had everything about the play organised in, she dropped it and all the paper went everywhere.

Ah, we were nearly crying from laughing listening to them haplessly walking into benches in the dark. It was brilliant.

Zwillinge wrote: »

Pen, I think I know you. Bar Delaney is teaching?? I think I was in his geography class, with Mrs O'Hora? If it's the same Bar?

Yeah the same Barry, good bloke, I'd say he'll make a good teacher with a bit of experience.

You gonna gimme a name here, maybe I know you too?

I thought Halfo retired? He's some bloke, had him for some class in TY, did nothing all year but funny. He left his phone on the desk and left the class so one of us rang ourselves off his phone to get his number then used to text him randomly, those were the days. Sound bloke.

Synott was a hero, he'd loose the head - go totally red in the face, screaming at the class, then take whoever he was annoyed at outside and be like "c'mon, you're a really good person deep down, don't do this me. I'm sorry for shouting, can me just agree to get along?" everyone would be looking out the prefab window at him basically apologising. Brilliant, a big softie.

Mr.Delaney have him for business now!

Amazing teacher, Some scummers in the class now try to walk all over him, But he doesnt take ****! lol

Very good teacher though, Has his predictions of whats gonna come up and gives great notes.

Very hard tests though! lol