{"id":139505,"date":"2025-10-23T02:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/139505\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:03:11","slug":"loreto-letterkenny-mourns-sudden-loss-of-beloved-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/139505\/","title":{"rendered":"Loreto Letterkenny mourns sudden loss of beloved teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Heartbroken staff of Loreto Secondary School, Letterkenny have paid tribute to a cherished teacher, colleague and friend, Mr. Seamus Quinn, following his sudden passing this week at the age of 63.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Quinn, who was reported missing since Tuesday, was sadly confirmed deceased today.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Derry, Seamus, a beloved father of five, taught Spanish at Loreto Letterkenny.<\/p>\n<p>He has been remembered as a passionate teacher who brought fun to both the staffroom and the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>A tribute from the school said: \u201cMany students and staff will have fond memories of him throughout the years, including his playing music in the classroom, his participation in the staff\/student soccer games and his memorable outfits for Halloween. He was also the highlight of annual Christmas carol service with his unforgettable rendition of The Little Drummer Boy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeamus was an exceptional teacher and a really supportive colleague to all. He was a man who had time for everyone and will be dearly missed. He leaves behind a legacy of academic excellence and kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school community shared its condolences to Mr Quinn\u2019s wife Jacqueline and their children Seamus, M\u00edche\u00e1l, C\u00e1itl\u00edn, Rois\u00edn and Diarmuid.<\/p>\n<p>Loreto Letterkenny mourns sudden loss of beloved teacher was last modified:  October 22nd, 2025 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heartbroken staff of Loreto Secondary School, Letterkenny have paid tribute to a cherished teacher, colleague and friend, Mr.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-139505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-main-news","19":"tag-mainnews","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}