Monastery NS bids a fond farewell to Olga
Last Friday marked the end of an era at the Monastery National School with the retirement of Ms Olga Ncube who retired from her role as teacher after 25 years of dedicated service to generations of pupils in the Killarney area.
When Ms Ncube began her teaching journey in the Mon in 2002, she had already a wide teaching career having qualified in 1978 in her native Zimbabwe.
In 2017, she was the first teacher to take on the lead role in the school’s new Special Class called the ‘Butterfly Room’ which was a dedicated smaller class designed for students with complex special educational needs many of whom paid a special tribute to her at her retirement gathering in the school by way of video link.
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New murals complete calendar in Killorglin
Killorglin Chamber Alliance is celebrating the arrival of three new murals in the town as part of its Four Festivals Project, a public art initiative inspired by Killorglin’s continuing connection to the four Celtic seasonal festivals of Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasadh and Samhain.
The idea grew from two murals already familiar on the streets of Killorglin: the Biddy’s Day mural by K-minx, representing Imbolc and the arrival of spring, and the King Puck mural by Dan Leo, connected to Puck Fair and Lughnasadh.
With two points in the traditional seasonal calendar already represented through public art, the Killorglin Chamber Alliance Placemaking Subcommittee saw an opportunity to complete the seasonal story already beginning to emerge on the town’s walls.
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