Last school bell for retiring Newbridge principal
Principal Caitlin and Joe O'Connor iPrincipals Retiring from Scoil Mhuire Junior Newbridge and Joe O Connor Principal St Patricks NS Newbridge and their Sons Niall and Eoin Photos Jimmy Fullam
A Newbridge school community came together recently to pay tribute to retiring principal Caitlin O’Connor.
Ms O’Connor retired as principal from Scoil Mhuire Junior, Newbridge bringing a 40 year career to an end. Caitlin has been principal since 2018 having formally been principal in Two Mile House. Her teaching career started in Dublin in 1984 and brought her to the United States in 1987 and then back to the Emerald Isle to schools in Wicklow and Kildare. Locally, Ms O’Connor worked in Athgarvan National School before Two Mile House and Scoil Mhuire Junior.
A service to mark the retirement was led by local PP Fr Ruairí Ó Domhnaill.
It was something of a family affair with Ms O’Connor retiring alongside her husband Joe who retired as principal from St Patricks School in Newbridge on the same day. The Scoil Mhuire Junior community want to wish Caitlin and Joe all the very best in their next chapter.
