Belcamp College, Malahide Road.

Missent · 18-01-2014 11:15am

Link to JWJ family papers of Belcamp here.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=F255o

(Apologies - see link doesn't work - but it showed that papers were held in Trinity College, Dublin.)

ianreynolds14 · 02-04-2014 9:05pm

Hi All,

My dad attended Belcamp from 1963-1966, just reading through this he remembers a lot of the older teachers such as Archie, Bilco, Smiler, Big Din, Muscles, Guck, and billy mulligan.

Was reading through and was looking for anyone who remembers them or attended during that time??

Would love to catch up up and chat about it

Thanks

micraX · 28-07-2014 1:27pm

An gal gréine wrote: »

Virgin soil too. It was only ever football fields for the last 50 years and more.

Eddie Finnegan and sons from navan had it taken last year off nama. They are one of the biggest potato growers in tge country. Fair play to them for getting them ou, dodgy ground. Weath growing where the football field was this year.

davycc · 05-08-2014 3:55am

micraX wrote: »

Eddie Finnegan and sons from navan had it taken last year off nama. They are one of the biggest potato growers in tge country. Fair play to them for getting them ou, dodgy ground. Weath growing where the football field was this year.

Yea I had a look through the gates at malahide road end last year and was suprised to see just about every green area right up to the burnt out school walls had been ploughed up and under seed:eek:

PS I just sent you a Message

freshbreeze · 22-02-2015 4:55pm

burrenman wrote: »

Thaes names bring back a lot of memories. Does anyone remember Father John Archibald. Used to teach latin before becoming the headmaster

Sure do.He thought me Spanish.Always remember him saying to us"you have time for football,you have time for basketball.you have time for TV" very quietly and the shouting"but you have NO TIME TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK"That was before he became headmaster.72 /74

freshbreeze · 22-02-2015 4:58pm

davycc wrote: »

Yea I had a look through the gates at malahide road end last year and was suprised to see just about every green area right up to the burnt out school walls had been ploughed up and under seed:eek:

PS I just sent you a Message

How sad.Pass by a lot but never stoped to look in.Is there and way one could take a walk around i wonder?

micraX · 22-02-2015 6:48pm

freshbreeze wrote: »

How sad.Pass by a lot but never stoped to look in.Is there and way one could take a walk around i wonder?

It's hard to know, dodgy people could be hanging around. They where last week when I was going to try get in

freshbreeze · 22-02-2015 7:44pm

Thanks for your reply.If you can find another way let me know,perhaps we could go together
Louis

micraX · 22-02-2015 7:54pm

freshbreeze wrote: »

Thanks for your reply.If you can find another way let me know,perhaps we could go together
Louis

I think I'm going to wait till Foley is harvesting on the summer, go in with one of the lads in a tractor.

still queueing · 07-05-2016 6:42pm

Anyone recognise the priest in the middle picture ?
The WWW there is no hiding anymore, Notre Dame, Australia. 2009

http://www.nd.edu.au/news/fremantle/commencement_ceremony.shtml

Here's Biddy .. amazing truly amazing http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/vincent-is-first-irish-priest-to-get-vatican-award-30614182.html

davycc · 07-05-2016 6:48pm

still queueing wrote: »

Anyone recognise the priest in the middle picture ?
The WWW there is no hiding anymore, Notre Dame, Australia. 2009

http://www.nd.edu.au/news/fremantle/commencement_ceremony.shtml

i dont recognoise anybody in that pic sorry but i do believe my old english teacher/principal Fr Brian Maher is in australia some parish

still queueing · 07-05-2016 6:54pm

davycc wrote: »

i dont recognoise anybody in that pic sorry but i do believe my old english teacher/principal Fr Brian Maher is in australia some parish

Fr John Archibold OMI was the principal of Belcamp for as long as I and my brother were there.. he was class of '80 me '82. Before your time I guess.

davycc · 07-05-2016 7:03pm

yea before my time i was there 93-98 .. Archibold sounds familiar but i never met him in person as far as i recall... Fr Maher from enniscorthy was in charge by my day

An gal gréine · 09-05-2016 2:33pm

Yeah, that's Archie all right. Hasn't changed much over the years.

tigger28 · 09-05-2016 11:57pm

He looks great for his age as he thought me Latin and Spanish from 1966 and married me in 1976.I will be in Perth WA in early 2017 must try look him up.
Fr Mulligan is looking well also although a few years back now.

Jellybaby1 · 14-05-2016 3:48pm

As there are some historians on this thread, could someone perhaps confirm that this is the same Belcamp that belonged to the family of Henry Grattan M.P.? As far as I can see no-one seems to have mentioned the name as yet and I wondered if it is in fact the same Belcamp. If it is, then the history of the building is a much longer one than some might realise.

davycc · 14-05-2016 3:53pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

As there are some historians on this thread, could someone perhaps confirm that this is the same Belcamp that belonged to the family of Henry Grattan M.P.? As far as I can see no-one seems to have mentioned the name as yet and I wondered if it is in fact the same Belcamp. If it is, then the history of the building is a much longer one than some might realise.

yes the oldest central building in the school was his former home

so much history in the place shame to see it a gutted shell

Allyall · 14-05-2016 3:54pm

Is it still to be torn down?

Jellybaby1 · 14-05-2016 4:02pm

davycc wrote: »

yes the oldest central building in the school was his former home so much history in the place shame to see it a gutted shell

The HOUSE is gutted? I must have misread the posts, thought it was still intact. I don't suppose anyone appealed against it?

davycc · 14-05-2016 4:16pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

The HOUSE is gutted? I must have misread the posts, thought it was still intact. I don't suppose anyone appealed against it?

the outer walls were still there last i seen , when i meant gutted i meant the fire damage which saw the some inner walls/floors and roofs to cave in..

and all because of some copper wire thieving bastards setting the place alight in sustained arson attacks

Jellybaby1 · 14-05-2016 4:25pm

When I see all the plaques around the city commemorating this person or that person, I wonder why this is happening at Belcamp? I often thought of travelling there to see the place but thought it was in private hands. There is a jinormous statue to the man outside Trinity, so why isn't the Grattan home turned into a historic building to be visited by thousands of tourists paying a tenner a go? After all, he did want Ireland to be independent albeit it within a 'commonwealth' but had he been successful, perhaps full independence may have come even earlier.

line console zero · 14-05-2016 4:35pm

It's a shame the state it's been let into. If it was in Britain it would be part of the national trust as a park and visitors centre.

I think the reason the government takes no interest in it is because it's virtually connected to Belcamp/Darndale which is seen as dumping ground for the welfare class by councils. Sad but true.

Allyall · 14-05-2016 4:38pm

line console zero wrote: »

It's a shame the state it's been let into. If it was in Britain it would be part of the national trust as a park and visitors centre.

I think the reason the government takes no interest in it is because it's virtually connected to Belcamp/Darndale which is seen as dumping ground for the welfare class by councils. Sad but true.

I'd hazard a guess at something more sinister.
Previous owner was give a lot of planning permission around that area, in places that never had it.
Probably gave in to that one when glimpses of disgruntled folk became apparent, and the bubble had burst. I wouldn't be in the least bit surpised if same person was somehow aware of the fires.

line console zero · 14-05-2016 4:51pm

Well this too, it looks like an obvious insurance job by a certain property tycoon.

davycc · 14-05-2016 4:53pm

line console zero wrote: »

It's a shame the state it's been let into. If it was in Britain it would be part of the national trust as a park and visitors centre.

I think the reason the government takes no interest in it is because it's virtually connected to Belcamp/Darndale which is seen as dumping ground for the welfare class by councils. Sad but true.

ah here you cant pant them all like that !
most of the people of darndale/belcamp are decent hard working folks..

there is a small minority of trouble makers.

neither changes the fact that school should have been protected better and a museum created from grattons former home .. i blame gannon for not adequately protecting it when he bought it from the OMI , i blame NAMA for turning a blind eye to our public money funded investment that they had no intention of maintaining it.

line console zero · 14-05-2016 4:56pm

davycc wrote: »

line console zero wrote: »

It's a shame the state it's been let into. If it was in Britain it would be part of the national trust as a park and visitors centre.

I think the reason the government takes no interest in it is because it's virtually connected to Belcamp/Darndale which is seen as dumping ground for the welfare class by councils. Sad but true.

ah here you cant pant them all like that !
most of the people of darndale/belcamp are decent hard working folks..

there is a small minority of trouble makers.

neither changes the fact that school should have been protected better and a museum created from grattons former home .. i blame gannon for not adequately protecting it when he bought it from the OMI , i blame NAMA for turning a blind eye to our public money funded investment that they had no intention of maintaining it.

I think you misunderstood. This is how the council views the area in my opinion. Not me. I am born and reared in the area.

davycc · 14-05-2016 4:58pm

line console zero wrote: »

Well this too, it looks like an obvious insurance job by a certain property tycoon.

well it happened in dublin city plenty of times when protected buildings went on fire shortly after dodgy developers had bought them.. one way of getting around the planning permission restrictions:(..

davycc · 14-05-2016 5:15pm

line console zero wrote: »

I think you misunderstood. This is how the council views the area in my opinion. Not me. I am born and reared in the area.

apologies misunderstood you

im a Darndalien myself

davycc · 14-05-2016 5:19pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

When I see all the plaques around the city commemorating this person or that person, I wonder why this is happening at Belcamp? I often thought of travelling there to see the place but thought it was in private hands. There is a jinormous statue to the man outside Trinity, so why isn't the Grattan home turned into a historic building to be visited by thousands of tourists paying a tenner a go? After all, he did want Ireland to be independent albeit it within a 'commonwealth' but had he been successful, perhaps full independence may have come even earlier.

i hear your point perhaps we might be able to arrange a visit in june ?
i think i saw a poster mention visiting when the crops were cut this summer on the previous page

Allyall · 14-05-2016 5:19pm

davycc wrote: »

apologies misunderstood you im a Darndalien myself

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Belcamp College, Malahide Road.

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