HISTORY
EDUCATION
ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
ST. KEVIN'S EXTRAS
by Gail Hussey-Weir
​Created October 2025
This page contains bits and bobs of information and photos regarding St. Kevin's Boys' School, Bell Island, Newfoundland, 1938 - 1985. To read the history of St. Kevin's School, click the "Roman Catholic Schools" button at the bottom right of this page.
L-R below: T. Gear, E. Everton, W. Barry, A. Grant, ? English, 1949.
Below: St. Kevin's boys at new St. Pat's Theatre, 1949-50, courtesy of Michael Kennedy.





St. Kevin's Grade 5, 1950, courtesy of Gerald Purcell and Michael Kennedy.

​The boys in the photo below are identified in the article on the right.
Below: St. Kevin's Grade 4, 1949-50, courtesy of Michael Kennedy:
Below: St. Kevin's Grade 11, 1949-50, courtesy of Michael Kennedy:
St. Kevin's School Pin, c. 1950, courtesy of Norm Warren.
Below: St. Kevin's Class, c.1950, courtesy of Henry Crane:
Below: St. Kevin's, 1953-54, courtesy of Gerry Cole:
Below: Class of St. Kevin's Boys' School in the Drill Hall, early 1950s:
Below: Class at St. Kevin's, no date or grade given, courtesy of Jacqueline Murphy:
​Below: St. Kevin's Teachers, c. early 1950s, (Monsignor Bartlett died 1956), courtesy of Joannie Boland-Pearle:
Front L-R: Ed Everson, Arthur Grant (Vice-Principal), Vincent Barry (Principal), Tom Strapp, Ron Hammond.
Back L-R: Unknown, Tommy Gear, Monsignor George Bartlett, ? Kelly, Jerry Byrne.
Page from school yearbook, 1955-56, courtesy of Fred Newton:
25 Years of Sports and Athletic Achievements at St. Kevin's, 1965
The following list for St. Kevin's last Grade 11 class (1969) is not an official list. The list was made from memory 51 years later and may be incomplete. If you have a yearbook for St. Kevin's for 1969, please get in touch at: [email protected].
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Partial list of Class of 1969, St. Kevin's School:
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​Teacher Bernard Brazil. Students: Tommy Brazil, Brian Burke, Terry Butler, Peter Conway, Henry Crane, Tommy Dobbin, Tom Dunne, Cal Dwyer, Gerald Ezekiel, Barry Fitzgerald, Gerard Fitzgerald, Tom Fitzgerald, ?Dave Fowler?, ?David Hammond?, Lawrence Hammond, Steve Hawco, Brian Hedderson, Billy Jackman, Derm Jardine, Myles Kennedy, Syd Kennedy, Paul Kent, Joe Keough, Syl Lahey, Pat Leonard, Mike Metcalfe, Peter Murphy, Pete Nolan, Greg Power, Don Sweeney, Barry Tulk. (List courtesy of Brian Burke.)
St. Kevin's c. 1970s, courtesy of Gerald Purcell:
Below: Cover of St. Kevin's Yearbook 1975-76, courtesy of Scott Crane:






​Letter to the Editor of The Evening Telegram regarding the 1995 reunion of former students of St. Kevin's and Immaculate Conception schools.