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DE LA SALLE TRAINING COLLEGE
WATERFORD 19-5-16 Dear Martin There has been
considerable delay in letters
over here owing to trouble
in the Country, hence delay
in returning form. I hope you are very well.
Wishing you success. Yours sincerely B. Ignatius
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Kindly return
to M.Kennedy
apt.21,
1284 Amsterdam Ave.,
N.Y. City Mr. Martin Kennedy
c/o J.Nolan
307 West 118th Street
New York City
U.S.A.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Office of the City Superintendent of Schools
Information Respecting Technical and
Professional Education To Superintendents and Principals: For the information of the Board of Examiners
you are respectfully requested to fill out one of
the following blanks regarding the applicant whose name appears on the reverse of
this sheet. WILLIAM H.MAXWELL
City Superintendent of Schools. I hereby certify that the statement made on the reverse
of this sheet by the applicant whose
name there appears is correct respecting work done by him (or her) under my supervision.
The
courses described were terminated by succeccful examinations, except as noted under
"Remarks". REMARKS
Name B.Ignatius P.Flood
Present (or former) title Principal
Institution De La Salle Training College, Waterford,
Ireland. N.B. Where college or university courses were counted toward the granting
of a recognized collegi-
ate degree, that fact should be so certified under "remarks."
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Martin Kennedy, who was born in Tullaroan, Co Kilkenny in 1891, had emigrated to New
York in 1915 and was teaching in Westchester, New York. This letter accompanied the
return of a form required by the New York City School system to outline applicants'
educational background. The envelope was opened and resealed by the censor. Martin
Kennedy left New York in December 1916, then spent six months teaching at Jefferson
College in Louisiana, then travelled through South America, spending three months
at the Eagle Ironworks in Peru, a year at the Chile Exploration Company, and then
several years teaching in Buenos Aires. He eventually wound up spending several decades
as a Spanish teacher in New York City. He died in 1983. The photograph is from 1928.