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“Down Memory Lane”

New Mungret College Park and Playground: Opened August 2016. Pictures Contributed by: Anne Fitzgerald. Resident Artist

Dear Mungret Alumni, This year’s reunion will be on Friday, 2nd September at Castletroy.  The details are outlined in the enclosed/attached circular. Many thanks to Karl Roche and the PPU Committee for all their good work over the years, with the added mission in 2016 of finding a worthy alternative to Adare Manor. I greatly […]

Dear Member, Our President Michael Lynch invites you to our annual golf and dinner outing on Friday 2nd Sept 2016. This year’s event will be held at Castletroy Golf Club with dinner later at the Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick. The day will kick off with our golf competition commencing 11.30am to 1.30pm. A time sheet […]

The council are pleased to advise that this years outing has been moved to Castletroy, Limerick from Adare Manor which is undergoing renovations. The date is Friday the 2nd of Sept 2016 and we would appreciate if you could now pencil in this date in your diary.

Archaeologists are currently investigating a fulacht fiadh found near the college during work on the neighbourhood park.It brings to seven the number found in the vicinity of Mungret Monastery in recent years.

It is with great pleasure that we can now report that Limerick County Council have commenced work on the park directly on lands in front of the college. Attached are some photo’s showing the works and progress underway.

Provided by Nessan O’Donoghue Heritage Site: You will be glad to know that we have now uploaded all 850 graves around Mungret Abbey to the Historic Graves website. We divided them into three groups. Mungret Abbey Graveyards; Jesuit Cemetery and St.Nessan;’s Cemetery (the southern extension), To inspect them just google Historic Graves online and then […]

This year’s annual golf and dinner took place once again at the excellent Adare Manor Golf and Country Club in Limerick on Friday the 4th Sept. Under the able guidance of our president Ciaran Smyth and the council, the event started with the annual golf competition and were delighted to report a full time sheet […]

With thanks to Jim Finn (1960 – 1962), footage of the PPU 40 year Anniversary Dinner.