Fort Augustus Abbey School

Old Boys Association

Fort Augustus Old Boys Association

The Old Boys Association serves to keep the spirit alive of The Fort Augustus Old Boys; the former pupils – boys and girls – who served at the Abbey School in Fort Augustus. Since the School closed in the 90s (and subsequently the Abbey itself), the Old Boys Association has maintained to provide a network amongst Old Boys and to organise an annual dinner for Old Boys and their partners. This website assists to maintain this contact and support. Please bear in mind that this website is run by Old Boys from the school who have nothing to do with the monastery, school nor Benedictine Order.

More information about the Old Boys Association and how to join and support us can be found here.

ABBEY BOYS – Kindle edition

Abbey Boys, the book about the Abbey School from 1876 until its closure in 1993, has been republished as a kindle eBook. The text remains the same but now has 150 photos added including many sports teams photos from as far back as 1923. The Sports Colours list has been updated and two additional appendices provided; Girls at Fort Augustus and a list of OBs who took up vocation in the priesthood. Kindle eBooks can be read on smartphones, tablets and computers using the Kindle app as well as being available on an Amazon Kindle itself. Abbey Boys can be downloaded from the Amazon website or just search Fort Abbey Boys under Books. It is priced at £9.99.

Nigel Guthrie OB RIP

The FAOBA has been informed of the death of Nigel Guthrie on Monday 29 August 2022. Nigel attended Carlekemp from 1947 to 1953 and was a regular attendee of the Old Boys dinners. Nigel enjoyed reminiscing with his fellow OBs. We pass our sympathy to his wife and family.

Nigel’s funeral will take place on Friday 16 September starting with a mass at St Joseph’s Church, Tollcross, Glasgow 9.30am and moving onto Daldowie crematorium to which any Old Boy is most welcome.

RIP

2022 Newsletter

The 2022 newsletter is now available on this website (in Newsletters)

New Photo Gallery

A photo gallery is starting to be built up again using photos from the old photo gallery. These can be found in the photo gallery section in the top menu. As before, we welcome any photos relevant to the Abbey School and comments or names of the sports players. Please send to corbieweb@gmail.com