SEAN FINEGAN
BSc 2008, BArch 2011
SEAN FINEGAN
As Foil, Arms & Hog, the comedy trio of an architect, a scientist and an engineer who met at UCD, Sean Finegan the c...
Creators
CONOR MC KENNA
BSc Genetics 2008
CONOR MC KENNA
As Foil, Arms & Hog, the comedy trio of an architect, a scientist and an engineer who met at UCD, Sean Finegan the c...
SEAN FLANAGAN
BE Civil 2007
SEAN FLANAGAN
As Foil, Arms & Hog, the comedy trio of an architect, a scientist and an engineer who met at UCD, Sean Finegan the c...
JESSICA TRAYNOR
MA Creative Writing 2008
JESSICA TRAYNOR
UCD Creative Fellow Jessica Traynor is the 2024 recipient of the Field Day Tundish Award for contribution to the arts in...
MARK BYRNE
BCL 1994, HDip Arts Administration 1995
MARK BYRNE
As Group Head of Business Affairs at Element Pictures, Ireland’s most successful independent production company, Mark...
PÁDRAIC E. MOORE
BA Art History & English 2004
PÁDRAIC E. MOORE
Pádraic E. Moore has been appointed Artistic Director of Ormston House, a resource centre for cultural workers of all d...
SEAN FINEGAN
BSc 2008, BArch 2011
As Foil, Arms & Hog, the comedy trio of an architect, a scientist and an engineer who met at UCD, Sean Finegan the comic foil, Conor McKenna all arms on stage and Sean Flanagan the hog, as in limelight have notched up over a billion views on YouTube. They sell out shows in Ireland and around Europe, including at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Sketch titles include ‘Learning to Drive with Your Parents’ and ‘Never Take An Irish Person Literally’.
CONOR MC KENNA
BSc Genetics 2008
As Foil, Arms & Hog, the comedy trio of an architect, a scientist and an engineer who met at UCD, Sean Finegan the comic foil, Conor McKenna all arms on stage and Sean Flanagan the hog, as in limelight have notched up over a billion views on YouTube. They sell out shows in Ireland and around Europe, including at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Sketch titles include ‘Learning to Drive with Your Parents’ and ‘Never Take An Irish Person Literally’.
SEAN FLANAGAN
BE Civil 2007
As Foil, Arms & Hog, the comedy trio of an architect, a scientist and an engineer who met at UCD, Sean Finegan the comic foil, Conor McKenna all arms on stage and Sean Flanagan the hog, as in limelight have notched up over a billion views on YouTube. They sell out shows in Ireland and around Europe, including at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Sketch titles include ‘Learning to Drive with Your Parents’ and ‘Never Take An Irish Person Literally’.
JESSICA TRAYNOR
MA Creative Writing 2008
UCD Creative Fellow Jessica Traynor is the 2024 recipient of the Field Day Tundish Award for contribution to the arts in Ireland, which was presented to her by Theo Dorgan and Stephen Rea. The award honours people who have made a significant contribution to the arts in Ireland. Traynor is the author of three poetry collections, Liffey Swim, The Quick, and Pit Lullabies. She is the 2023 recipient of the Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award, and a previous winner of the Hennessy New Writer of the Year Award.
MARK BYRNE
BCL 1994, HDip Arts Administration 1995
As Group Head of Business Affairs at Element Pictures, Ireland’s most successful independent production company, Mark Byrne gets to share in the glory surrounding the success of the company’s feature film, Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone. The film received a host of Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won the Golden Globe for Best Picture alongside four Academy Awards and five BAFTAs. Byrne described attending the Oscars as “a slightly out-of-body experience”.
PÁDRAIC E. MOORE
BA Art History & English 2004
Pádraic E. Moore has been appointed Artistic Director of Ormston House, a resource centre for cultural workers of all disciplines in Limerick City. A writer, curator, and art historian, Moore holds postgraduate degrees from IADT, Dublin and Konstfack University, Stockholm and has a dynamic curatorial practice, having worked across multiple institutions both national and international. His vision for Ormston House involves developing an ambitious programme that will resonate with local, national, and international audiences alike.