{"id":98263,"date":"2025-10-23T02:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/98263\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:22:09","slug":"loreto-letterkenny-mourns-sudden-loss-of-beloved-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/98263\/","title":{"rendered":"Loreto Letterkenny mourns sudden loss of beloved teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/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":98264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-98263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}