1970s

Dealga O’Callaghan

BSc 1973, PhD 1977

(BSc 1973, PhD 1977) lives in England and works as an arboricultural consultant for Dealga’s Tree Consultancy. This year he was involved with the restoration of the Allerton Oak, a 1,200-year-old ancient tree in Calderstones Park in Liverpool. Memories of UCD: Meeting my wife Marguerite in 1975. She joined the zoology department in January and we were married in August. We were together for 43 years until she sadly passed away in 2018.

William Phelan

BComm 1971

(BComm 1971) lives in Ireland and is the chief executive of Perfect Partners in Blackrock, where he is celebrating his twelfth year as a matchmaker.

Kevin Niall Dunbar

BA 1977, MA 1979

(BA 1977, MA 1979) lives in the US and is a professor in the Department of Human Development, and a director in the Laboratory for Thinking, Reasoning and Educational Neuroscience at the University of Maryland, College Park. Memories of UCD: Many great memories. John Little and I making and selling popcorn outside Theatre L: we sold out instantly. And of course, people throwing cream pies during Rag Week was entertaining to watch.

John Koenig

MA Anglo-Irish Studies 1971

(MA Anglo-Irish Studies 1971) lives in the US and works as a certified hypnotist in the Possibilities Hypnosis Center. This year he published a book, The Hypnotic Coach: Combining Hypnosis and Personal Coaching to Create a Life You Love.

Memories of UCD: Probably the best year of my life. Learning. Friends. And met (and married) Maria, my wife of 48 years.

Donnchadh Mac Carthaigh

(BAgrSc 1974) lives in Germany and, before retiring in 2015, was a professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Weihenstephan- Triesdorf.

Memories of UCD: The occupation of UCD’s Albert College in Glasnevin to force the reduction of lectures per week from 38 to 28, the excellent professors, lecturers and technical staff, the wide range of subjects, the long summer holidays for working abroad in horticulture.

Anne Brady

BComm 1974

(BComm 1974) lives in Ireland and is a partner at Anne Brady McQuillan DFK. She is looking forward to the 45th reunion of the 1974 BComm Class.

Gerard Murray

BComm 1973

(BComm 1973) lives in Ireland.

Memories of UCD: I enjoyed my commerce degree years.

Deaglán De Bréadún

BA 1972, MA Anglo-Irish Studies 1973

(BA 1972, MA Anglo-Irish Studies 1973) lives in Ireland and works as a freelance journalist and author, usually with a political commentary angle. He has a regular column in The Irish News (Belfast) and frequently contributes to Raidió na Gaeltachta, TG4 and RTÉ Nuacht.

Memories of UCD: Exciting years of student protest on everything from homelessness to the Vietnam War and South African apartheid. Great intellectual experience of attending top-class lectures and tutorials. Lively social scene with parties and hilarious pub-talk.