In August 1982, Eileen Flynn was dismissed from her job as an English and history teacher at the Holy Faith Convent in JFK’s ancestral home town, New Ross, Co. Wexford. She was unmarried with a baby son and was living with the baby’s father, a separated man, Richie Roche. It was accepted by the nuns that she was a ‘gifted teacher’. The letter of summary dismissal referred to complaints from parents about her lifestyle and her open rejection of the ‘norms of behaviour’ and the ideals the school existed to promote.
