History

The story of the St. John of God School, known as "The Faythe" to many of the thousands of pupils who passed through it begins with the foundation of the Order of the Sisters of St. John of God in 187

Most people who have had connections with the Faythe School will know that there was an 'old' school and a ‘new' school. The old school was completely knocked down in 1944 and the new school was bui

The school did not acquire a secondary school until after the new building was erected. The monitress was no longer to be seen in the school so there was a problem as to what to do with the older girl

For about six weeks every year from the year 1926 all classes ere abandoned to concentrate on preparing for the arrival f the Diocesan Religious Inspector, known only as "The Priest". Whoever he was,

Eilish Keegan was an only child and did not begin school until she was five. She did not start school in Sr. Mary John's Class but with Sr. Berchmans. Almost immediately Sr. Berchmans realized the lit

The new school had a large "baby room". The infant boom predicted certainly began to happen. Sometimes as many as eighty crying, screaming, silent or eager little 3'12 to 4 year olds began school life

In 1951 Sr. Paulinus O'Gorman was happily teaching in a two teacher school in Kilmore Village when word came to her that she was moving to the Faythe. She arrived in the school to teach sixth class th

At all times one of the priests of the town was chaplain to the school. It was almost always a priest serving in Bride Street and some of them served only a very short time in the school before moving

Sr. Paulinus became Principal in 1962. Sr. Columbanus stayed on for a while to help and then moved to Kilmore and on to Newry in later years. . Sr. Paulinus was a gentle Principal with a huge responsi