Its doors may have closed to pupils 40 years ago but a Dublin school’s roll books are opening a window into the hidden past of the lives of inner city children.

Sinéad Callanan, a student of Castletroy College in Limerick, was a prizewinner in the all-island Decade of Centenaries schools essay competition for this study of Na Fianna Éireann

It was Paul McCartney who fretted over whether he’d still be loved at 64 but the fans of Phil Lynott proved their hero need never have wondered the same as they turned out in droves to welcome the return of his statue in time for what would have been his 64th birthday.