“The Maynooth Union was founded on the 27th of June, 1895, at a meeting held during the Centenary Celebration of Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth. The object of the Union is to foster a spirit of mutual sympathy between the College and its past students and friends. For this purpose there will be an annual reunion at Maynooth. Old friends will thus be brought together and memories of College days revived and questions of interest will be discussed” Constitution of Maynooth Union, June 23rd 1896.
2024 Maynooth Union
Monday 10th June
The College will host a Jubilee Dinner for the following classes - 1964 (Diamond), 1974 (Golden) and (1999) Silver
17:00 Drinks Reception (Pugin Hall)
17:30 Group photograph
18.00 Jubilee Dinner - Ticket required from Union Office (01 - 708 3958)
Union Day
Tuesday 11th June
Special Invitation to the following classes:
1954, 1959, 1964 (Diamond), 1969, 1974 (Golden), 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 (Silver), 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
9.30 onwards - Union Desk – Union Day ticket collection (President’s Arch)
9:45 onwards - Tea/Coffee available in meeting rooms in St. Mary’s . (These rooms will be open all day for class gatherings)
10.15 - Optional: 30-minute guided tour of the Russell Library or John-Paul II Library
12.00 - Concelebrated Mass: College Chapel
13.00 - Lunch: Pugin Hall
15.00 - Optional- 30-mins guided tour of the Russell Library or John-Paul II Library
14:15-16:15 - College Museum will be open
15:40 - Tea/Coffee (outside Renehan Hall)
16:00 - Renehan Hall: Union Keynote Speaker – John Feehan MRIA Bringing the creation spirituality of Laudato si’ down to earth at parish level
18:00 - Pugin Hall: Union Banquet Dinner (ticket required from Union Office)
Union Day Subscription information
• Union Day Early Bird price if booked on/before 17th May - €110.
• Union Day rate if booked after 17th May - €125.
• Registration open from 28th February on seminary.maynoothcollege.ie
Notes:
• John Feehan was a senior lecturer School of Agriculture and Food Science at UCD. He is well known for his award-winning television work on the natural and cultural heritage of the Irish landscape. His many books include the definitive textbook on Ireland's peatlands, the widely acclaimed Farming in Ireland: History, Heritage and Environment, The Wildflowers of Offaly as well as several books on the geology, environmental heritage and history of the Midlands. He has been described as ‘one of Ireland’s top ecologists and communicators of nature’.
• On-campus parking – free parking/no ticket required
• Any on-campus accommodation needs are booked separately through Maynooth Campus Accommodation - 01 708 3511 / mccareservations@spcm.ie Accommodation and Continental Breakfast - €33.80pppn for College Room, €38.80pppn for ensuite accommodation.
