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The End of an Era
Demolition Work at St Patrick’s College, Cavan.
Over the years many young men from the Drumkeeran area would have attended secondary
school as boarding students in St Patrick’s College, Cavan.
They would have been very
familiar with the ‘New Wing’, which consisted of the Basements, the Study Hall, the
Science Labs, the Classrooms and the Dormitories.
It was built in the early 1940’s
at a cost of £44,772.
The new St Patrick’s College, with the old College in the background
Now,looking through the photographs on this page, they will hardly believe their
eyes.
That same ‘New Wing’, which so dominated their lives in the College, has been
demolished.
In its place a new St Patrick’s College has been built
on what used to
be called the ‘Inter Pitch’ and ‘The Half’.
The new College opened in September 2012 and almost immediately
the demolition work
commenced on the ‘New Wing’.
The ‘Old Wing’, the original St Patrick’s College,
is now the Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral
Centre.
The following photographs, taken by Fr Donal Kilduff, show the demolition work at various stages.
The rear of the ‘New Wing’, viewed from the Back Avenue
The early stages of the demolition work
The lower level of windows we see here are the old Study Hall windows
One of the final parts to be demolished.
Here we see the end wall of Top Dormitory
and, behind it, the old washrooms.
The walls where the New Wing joined the Old Wing