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member of the Royal Dublin Society; a Institute for Social Work, Tavistock Place, know it was a fix”) and making the
past Provincial President of the London. She returned to Ireland in 1982 to promotional ad on the set of Cold Case in
Catenian Association; a member of teach, first at Waterford Institute of LA in 2007. “Chuir mé suim san
Cork and Woburn Golf Clubs; captain Technology and then in 1992 at the aisteoireacht sa Chumann D agus níor fhág
of a KHS UK Golf Charity day; and will University of Limerick (doing her PhD part- sí mo chroí ariamh. pete2312@eircom.net.
play with the past captain of the Ryder time). Initially appointed as Course Say hello!”
Cup, Bernard Gallacher. Director in Women’s Studies, she became
Professor of Sociology and Social Policy in MICHEÁL Ó MEALLAIGH
MUIRCHEARTACH (MURT) Ó 1997 and Dean of the College of
BA ’72, HDipEd ’73
SÉAGHDHA BSc ’69
Humanities and Social Sciences in 2000.
Micheál Ó Meallaigh nó Mick Melly mar a
Murt worked as a computer programmer in FELIX M LARKIN BA ’71, b’fhearr aithne air i UCD. Deá-bhliain i
Aer Lingus before spending two years as a
MA ’72
Earlsfort Terrace sular díbríodh Arts go
Jesuit novice. He then taught maths at Belfield i 1970. Níos mó ama caite leis an
second level for six years and in 1979 began Felix Larkin has been a public servant in Cumann Dramaíochta agus an Damer ná
a 23-year career in IT. He joined Dublin for the past 35 years, most recently ag léachtanna agus thug aghaidh i ndiaidh
Westinghouse in Shannon as a software with the National Treasury Management na céime ar Mhericeá ar thóir clú agus cáil
engineer, switching later to management. Agency where he is now head of retail ar Broadway. Fuair níos mó cáil Off
He subsequently became European debt. He has a continuing interest in late Broadway ag dáileadh dí ar lucht óil Nua
management information systems manager 19th- and early 20th-century Irish history, Eabhrach. D’fhill le pósadh, i séipéal
for Molex in Shannon and eventually and has recently edited Librarians, Poets mBelfield, ar chailín a mbuailfí leithí ag
international IT director for Quantum in and Scholars: a Festschrift for Dónall Ó stad an bhus taobh amuigh den séipéal.
Dundalk. He is now lecturing part-time in Luanaigh (2007, Four Courts Press). This Thug faoi meán na teilifíse i ndiaidh deich
Dundalk Institute of Technology and is volume honours Ó Luanaigh, who retired mbliana i bhfeighil óstán i bPort Nua i dTír
married with four adult children. from the National Library of Ireland in Chonaill agus tá mar eagarthóir
2006 after 43 years’ service, and was coimisiúnaithe le TG4 ó bunaíocht an
published in conjunction with the National cainéal. Dóibh siúd a chaill ceangal leis –
[
Library of Ireland Society, an association of micheal.o.meallaigh@tg4.ie.
Friends of the National Library.
1970s
] GERALDINE LEE O’SULLIVAN
BA ’72, HDipEd ’73
After leaving UCD, Geraldine became a
career guidance counsellor and teacher in
St Fintan’s High School in Sutton. Later, she
moved to Brussels (twice) with her family
and taught in the European School in
Uccle. While there Geraldine studied for a
Master’s in Human Resources with Boston
University. When they returned to Ireland
she added an MSc in Counselling
Psychology from Trinity College Dublin to
her qualifications. Geraldine now works as
PEADAR COX BA ’72,
a counselling psychologist in Dublin
PATRICIA (PAT) O’CONNOR,
HDipEd ’73
Institute of Technology, Aungier Street.
BSocSc ’70, MSocSc ’80
Patricia was born in Cork and grew up in Peadar took up acting 10 years ago and MATT REVILLE BA ’72, HDipEd
Dublin where she studied Social Science has been playing dastardly Daniel in Ros
’73, BComm ’78
and graduated with first-class honours at na Rún since 2001. As Daniel is on the run
19 years of age. She worked as a at present, Peadar is writing for the series. Matt has been a primary school teacher
researcher at the Economic Social and Peadar’s highlights include an IFTA for “more years than he cares to
Research Institute in Bedford, the Royal nomination for Best Actor in a TV Drama remember”. About six years ago he moved
Holloway College and the National 2003 (“beaten by James Nesbitt but I into learning support and he gets
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