Caroline ( Butler ) Grogan: You may remember me as Caroline Butler and not Caroline Grogan.  As you can see from the name change I got married back in 2004 -- on the lovely island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean .  It was lovely. 

I met my husband in a pub in town where he worked nearly 8 years ago now and we are very happy and all is well, thank God.  I have worked for the Sisters of Charity in the Home for the Blind on Merrion Road for the last 6 years and loving it.  When I left St. Laurence's I went on to Sallynoggin College  and completed a full-time course in Hotel Catering and Management.  I worked in a few hotels & restaurants around Dublin and then I switched jobs and careers to Nursing and the Caring Professions.  I have studied in St. James Hospital through my present job and love all this new learning, even at the tender age of 30.

It has been nearly 13 years this year since I left St. Laurence's.  I am still great friends with Cathy O’Donoghue and Sinead (Fitzpatrick) Plunkett which is great.  We all have very fond memories of our time is St. Laurence's and that has a  great deal to do with the staff and how they all treated us with care and love, even if we didn't see it all that well at the time (ha-ha).

I have great memories of all those days after school practicing my shot-put and discus with Mr. Heaney and Miranda Cowap and Bro. Fred would drive us to all our games and I remember being bounced around in that mini bus.  We had so much fun.  I was also wondering: do I still hold any records from my athletic days and school sports days?....I'm sure they are long gone but have to ask. 

My folks are still in good form and keeping well -- still living in Shankill, only Marie and Alan live at home but we visit a lot.  Sometimes it’s like we never left.

I’ve lived in Finglas for the last 3 years and still hope to move to the countryside and take up my dream of breeding dogs.  Well who knows, maybe I will.....

It is good to stay in touch and can I say a big “Hello” to all past pupils and teachers and the Bros., of course. [April '06]

Anne ( Devlin ) Bennett: I have just spent a lovely hour reading through all the past pupil comments.

After leaving St Laurence College I did a secretarial course and then started working for AIB where I've been for the past 10 years. I met Thomas in 1998 moved to Ashbourne, Co. Meath and married in 2003. I have two beautiful boys Calum (nearly 3) and Joe (14mths). In January last year we moved back to Killiney. I can't tell you how great it is to be back beside my family. Trekking across that M50 was torture.

Now that I'm back this side of the city it is great to see a few familiar faces about the place. I play badminton for St Bridget's, Glenageary only to discover that Mr. Moran is also a member.

I have so many fond memories of my time in St Laurence College, I think one of the reasons I repeated my Leaving Cert was because I wasn't ready to let go. What I'd give to go back for a day (just a day). I'd love to hear from any of my old school friends and if there was ever talk of a reunion I'd love to be involved.

If ever the school is looking for volunteers or helpers, please keep me in mind, I'd love to be able to give something back.

Thanks for the memories [Jan '07]

Sinead Fitzpatrick Plunkett: I repeated my leaving in ’94. I’ve a few qualifications in the bag. I work for myself/husband now doing a bit of everything! I lived in Australia and travelled for a couple of years before I got hitched in ’01 to David and now we have a cracking little girl.

I see Caroline and Cathy and Glenn Perry a lot. I love bumping into old school friends (catching up with the gos). Recently I met Angela Wynne, Peter Hayes, Jason Moy and spoke to Jennifer Hammond about a reunion.  We all live 10 minutes away from each other, except Jennifer who lives in Wales . I met Linda and Suzanne Byrne at my 30th last year, they were interested in a reunion also.

Good luck Dermot for September. I’m sure you’ll make Siobhan very happy. See you all at the reunion. [June 07]