The 5th May marks the Feast Day of Blessed Edmund Rice. Edmund was born in Westcourt, Callan, Co. Kilkenny in 1762 and here he spent his childhood as part of a happy, loving family. In later life he married and had a daughter, Mary. When he was widowed he devoted his life to the education of poor boys, firstly in Waterford City, and later throughout Ireland and the world.
