There was a camogie team in the school but the only association I had with a caman was when one of my friends, trying to knock down some apples, threw it too far into the air and it ended up flying through the window of the headmistress’s study.

Some of our teachers were excellent. We also had some who hadn’t a clue how to put over their subject. One such was the Mathematics teacher and I fear we were all disadvantaged by her lack of perception of our needs.