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Nurses 50th anniversary reunion 6.JPG | Photographer:
Joe O'Shaughnessy |  | Caption:
Nurses who commenced training in the Regional Hospital Galway on May the 5th, 1967 revisited UHG to celebrate the occasion of their 50th anniversary.
The celebrations commenced with a meeting in the former Nurses’ Home, followed by mass in the Hospital Oratory. Mass was celebrated by Fr. Pat O’Donohue, son of class member Francie.
Five deceased members were remembered and Elaine Carty who is on the staff of UCHG represented her late mother, Nora Furey.
A most enjoyable evening followed with dinner in the Ardilaun Hotel.
Pictured at the reunion were, seated from left: Marie Dowling Sheehan, Annaghdown, Sr Bernadette Keohane, Loughrea, Rita O'Connell Kelly, Ahascragh, Noreen Francis McNamara, Athenry, Mary Kilcommins Niland, Kilcolgan, Mary McGreevy Ross, Foxrock, Dublin, Rosaleen Jennings Caulfield, Athenry, and Sr Noel Duggan, Mercy, Galway. Standing: Ann Brislane O'Connell, Toomevara, Julie King Ryan, Athenry, Mary Hawkins Duffy, Salthill, Kathleen McDonnell White, Edinburgh (formerly of Roscommon), Mary Finnegan Brennan, Ashbourne, Catherine O'Shea Lyons, Castlegregory, Co Kerry, Breeda Waldron McNicholas, Balla, Co. Mayo, Frances Mulrooney O'Donohue, Lisdoonvarna, Theresa Reddington Hannon, Galway city, Bridie O'Malley Naughton, Inverin, and Elaine Carty, daughter of the late Nora Furey Carty, Ahascragh. Absent from the photograph are Pauline McNamara, Ennis, Co. Clare, and Maureen McGill, Houston / Donegal.
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