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St Patrick's School was built in 1928 on the corner of Seventh and Poplar.

America's fastest-growing sport is taking off in Invercargill. Pickleball has piqued the interest of Southlanders of all ages and abilities. The...

This photograph of St Patrick’s Church and part of Forster Street was taken from the Galway/Clifden Railway Line overlooking James Mahon’s Field where the circuses used to be long ago. It was taken c1920.

On January 15, 1827 two Patrician Brothers, Paul O’Connor and James Walsh, took up residence in Lombard Street and set up the Monastery School. The attendance on that first day was 300 boys, many of whom had little interest in learning because they were poor and hungry. So the Brothers set up The Poor Boy’s Breakfast Institute in May 1830. It continued seven days a week, 365 days a year for many years after the founders' time. The breakfast consisted of porridge with molasses or treacle, and during the Famine, they fed 1,000 boys every day. The ‘Old Mon’ became a vital ...

The story of the Dominican Sisters in Jacksonville is one of remarkable dedication amid years of adversity.