THE TEACHINGS of the 12 apostles have been passed down through the generations, and so too has the wisdom of 12 retiring local educators.
Limerick INTO held a function in the Greenhills Hotel to celebrate the women, who, between them, have spent over 400 years in classrooms.
The 12 teachers honoured were Carol Uí Mhaoldomhnaigh and Marie Bean Uí Mhaoláin of An Modh Scoil; Catriona Vaughan, St Nessan’s NS; Diane Smith, St John’s Girls’ and Infant Boys’ NS; Frances Monaghan, Kathryn O’Connell and Esther Finn Gleeson, Holy Family School, Charleville; Mairéad Moloney, St Brigid’s NS; Marea O’Callaghan, Catherine McAuley School; Maria Doherty, Corpus Christi PS; Sheila Hayes, St. Joseph’s NS,…