The visit of President Mary McAleese
December 11th, 2007 by S Hanna
President McAleese visits Edmund Rice College
Monday 10th December 2007
The President of Ireland Mary McAleese today visited Edmund Rice College to mark the North Belfast school’s 30th Anniversary. President McAleese was accompanied by her husband Martin as she watched an extract from the school’s Christmas show, ‘Stooge’, and met with members of the wider school community.
In a message to the college the President said “It is recognised that your school has made an immense contribution to the education of young people in the Glengormley and Greater North Belfast area. Your trustees, the Irish Christian Brothers, can be proud that you have continued their traditions of promoting excellence in sport, music, drama and academic achievement. I wish you well in your future endeavours.”
Edmund Rice principal Kevin Gough said of the visit “It is a great honour, not only for the college, but for the wider North Belfast community that the President took the time to congratulate us on our anniversary. Her kind words are a tribute to the hard work of all those connected to the college over the past 30 years and to the achievement of all the boys we have had the privilege to educate over this time”.
