IRELAND
Irish Independent
Saturday October 20 2012
This evening, in Dublin’s Convention Centre, former pupils of Christian Brothers schools will come together to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Edmund Rice.
Advertised as “an evening with former President Mary McAleese and guests”, its theme is “to reunite, reconcile, give thanks and look to the future”.
For many, though, it’s impossible to forget the past.
Few names evoke such opposing reactions in Ireland as that of Edmund Rice.
Mention his name to grown men who attended a CBS, founded by the Kilkenny-born educator, and often a shadow will cloud their ageing faces.
Many recall the discipline, the fear, the corporal punishment and the physical and sexual abuse dished out to them and/or others.
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