Caitlin O’Connor retired this week as principal from Scoil Mhuire Junior, Newbridge, bringing a 40 year career to an end. Diane Acheson, Caitlin O'Connor, Rachel Headley 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, Caitlin worked in Athgarvan National School before Two Mile House and Scoil Mhuire Junior. READ NEXT: PICTURES: An afternoon of seasonal fashion and flavour at The K Club in Kildare It’s a family affair with Caitlin 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. Photos by Martin Connelly.placeholder image
Caitlin O’Connor retired this week as principal from Scoil Mhuire Junior, Newbridge, bringing a 40 year career to an end. Diane Acheson, Caitlin O'Connor, Rachel Headley 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, Caitlin worked in Athgarvan National School before Two Mile House and Scoil Mhuire Junior. READ NEXT: PICTURES: An afternoon of seasonal fashion and flavour at The K Club in Kildare It’s a family affair with Caitlin 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. Photos by Martin Connelly.

PICTURES: Principal Caitlin O'Connor retires from Scoil Mhuire Junior school in Newbridge

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