As part of the 'Decade of Centenaries' and to commemorate three of our distinguished past pupils, North Monastery CBS, Cork is looking to raise money to fund a sculpture of the three who took part in the War of Independence in Cork City. 
Tomás MacCurtain, Terrence MacSwiney and Donal Óg O'Callaghan were not only past pupils of the Mon but were also Lords Mayor of Cork City in 1920 during the War of Independence. It is quite extraordinary that three past pupils would not only hold the office of Ard-Mhéara but hold the office all in the one year.

The sculpture titled 'Everything Old is New Again' was designed by one of our present pupils as part of a competition we ran in our school in November 2019, with the final design been drawn up by well known artist/sculptor Sean MacCarthy. We will be holding a commemoration to unveil the sculpture on the 20th March 2020 on the anniversary of Tomás MacCurtain.

We would greatly appreciate any and all contributions to make this happen. At the moment the sculpture is in the process of being realised due to some very generous donations made to our school commemoration fund. With a few more donations, we will be able to make this happen. We are appealing to any person who has an interest in Art, Sculpture, Design, History, Local History, Culture and Commemorating the past pupils of North Monastery CBS who were the forefathers of this great city, to get on board with this project. Thank you so much to all our contributors so far. Your generosity has been amazing!