A ‘Mon boy’ rallies to defence of Christian Brothers

I WAS a pupil at North Monastery CBS, Cork — a ‘Mon boy’ — from 1954 to 1964 and, like your columnist Matt Cooper (May 9), the Christian Brothers left their mark on me.

Mr Cooper’s observations are factually correct. I witnessed, and sometimes experienced, much of what he describes.

However, the meaning I attach to the brothers’ behaviour and their motives differs radically from his interpretation. There is another way to tell the story.