A History of the Christian Brothers by Roger McGough in Twenty-one Words
Posted on Friday, November 9, 2007This is my favourite Roger McGough poem:
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“It’s like hitting your head against a brick wall,” said Brother Ryan, as he hit my head against a brick wall. |
Stumble it!
November 9th, 2007
Too true, that’s certainly worth a chuckle. And I was looking at some self-referential jokes only the other day.
November 9th, 2007
Bock, I wonder if the IRFU could coax Brother Ryan out of retirement. Does Eddie O’Sullivan know anything about the C.B.S training methods i.e. school of hard knocks, to separate early the men from the boys. The Jesuits never had the stomach to blood their pupils properly and the result we saw during the World Cup. Maybe we should at least replace “Ireland’s Call” with Roger’s poem.
November 10th, 2007
Weird or what.
November 10th, 2007
Darwin: It certainly is worth a chuckle. I chuckled so much I remembered a post about a violent teacher from the early days of Bock, when nobody read this stuff.
I think I might just revive it and re-post it.
Mike: Shit! Looks like Munster might need his services as well.
Nora: Not so weird if you ever experienced these saintly men.
November 11th, 2007
Bock, a chroí, I was talking about CologneMike’s comment.
I know about the saintly men. Indeed I do. And I’ve met a few saintly women in my time, having attended a national school run by the Holy Faith Sisters. The women could be brutal too.
August 18th, 2008
Easy prey these days are the Brothers… but for them many a man would never have the chance of an education in this country.Easy to have short memories and deep pockets these days at the brothers expense!Most of them were honest hard working men who gave their all for nothing so that others might have something more valuable….education.Sure there were some bullies…what workplace doesnt have them today???? dont tar them all…they were great men and we owe them alot as a nation.Eaten bread is soon forgotten!
August 19th, 2008
Horseshit.
We owe them nothing.
These fuckers stood in the way of the State setting up a secular education system so that the catholic chrch could retain its power.
They’re a disgrace.