AIDAN WALSH
BSc Pharmacology 1970, Prof Dip 2017
lives in Ireland and retired over a year ago. Memories of UCD: I was thrilled with the other students and loved the learning. I also loved watching rugby, soccer and Gaelic football.
1970s
EDWARD F MC CARTHY
BE Chemical 1970
EDWARD F MC CARTHY
lives in California in the US and is retired but continues to write and mentor. His published book is called The Irish M...
DECLAN COLLINGE
BA English 1970, HDip in Ed 1971, MA 1983, PhD Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama 1986
lives in Ireland and is a retired teacher/lecturer. A bilingual poet/writer, he writes columns for The Irish Times. Professional highlight from the last year: The publication by Beehive Books of my book, Through Streets Broad and Narrow: Voices of Dublin.
JOHN MADDEN
MB BCh BAO 1971
lives in Ireland and is a GP and coroner in Co Donegal. Favourite lecturer: Professor Coakley on Anatomy. Love on campus: I met my wife of 53 years while I was at UCD.
DECLAN WALSH
MB BCh BAO 1971
DECLAN WALSH
lives in the US and is Department Chair in Supportive Oncology at Atrium Health Levine Cancer. Professional highlight fr...
FINBAR LENNON
MB BCh BAO 1972, DipCH 1973, MCh 1982
FINBAR LENNON
Memories of UCD: I wrote poems while at UCD for my soulmate Kate McGarry, a 1972 alumna. I posted them to her but as a f...
TOM WALSH
BComm 1973
lives in Ireland and retired this year. Favourite lecturers: Pierse Colbert and John Teeling. Memories of UCD: We were one of the first faculties to be based at Belfield. Rugby matches; concerts in the restaurant block; paper airplanes in the Economics lectures of Professor Patrick Lynch, who was a genius but oblivious to the antics of his students! Great memories!
PAT (PATRICK) SMITH
BA 1973
lives in Ireland and after a 42-year career in local government is now a board chairperson. Memories of UCD: Moving to Belfield in 1969 after completing my first year as a night student in Earlsfort Terrace. Belfield was practically a greenfield site then, compared to the marvellous campus it is now.
MARTIN A. MAHER
BAgrSc 1974
MARTIN A. MAHER
lives in Ireland and is a retired bank branch manager. Favourite lecturer: Professor John Joe Moore SJ, our Botany and S...
DONNCHADH MAC CÁRTHAIGH (DENIS MC CARTHY)
BAgrSc Horticulture 1974
lives in Germany and is retired from Weihenstephan Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and Menschen für Menschen University, Ethiopia. Alumni events attended this year: I hope to be in Dublin for the 50th anniversary meeting in September. Memories of UCD: Magnificent lecturers and professors.
REV DR MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN, SJ
BSocSc 1974
REV DR MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN, SJ
lives in Ireland and is Co-Founder and Director of the Spirituality Institute for Research and Education at South East T...
ÁINE NÍ GHLINN
BA 1976, HDip in Ed 1977
ÁINE NÍ GHLINN
lives in Ireland and is a children’s writer and poet, writing as Gaeilge. She has published 30 children’s books and...
CHRIS FITZPATRICK
BA 1977, MB BCh BAO 1983, HDipCH 1997
lives in Dublin and is retired. Professional highlight from the last year: Visiting Kyiv with the UCD Ukraine Trauma Project. Memories of UCD: Attending an English lecture on George Eliot’s Middlemarch by legendary Professor Denis Donoghue.
AVRIL SHERIDAN
BA English and History 1984, MA 1986
AVRIL SHERIDAN
lives in Dublin. Having retired as a solicitor, she is now a mediator for family relationship breakdowns, workplace disp...
JOHN KELLY
BComm 1979
lives in Ireland and is retired from the bank. Memories of UCD: My fondest memory is of the coffee in the student restaurant. There was a choice – black or white! The white coffee was made with hot milk and served in a green cup and saucer. With two spoons of sugar it was a cup of perfect nectar on a cold morning.
KYRAN HANLEY
BA Politics 1979, MBA 1985
KYRAN HANLEY
lives in Australia and is retired as a Corporate Planner. Memories of UCD. I have been in Australia since 1986 and last...
AIDAN WALSH
BSc Pharmacology 1970, Prof Dip 2017
lives in Ireland and retired over a year ago. Memories of UCD: I was thrilled with the other students and loved the learning. I also loved watching rugby, soccer and Gaelic football.
EDWARD F MC CARTHY
BE Chemical 1970
lives in California in the US and is retired but continues to write and mentor. His published book is called The Irish Miners. Professional highlight from the last year: I received the 2024 Hal W. Hardinge Award from the American Institute of Metallurgical, Petroleum and Mining Engineers in recognition of significant contributions to the global industrial minerals community and technical societies.
DECLAN COLLINGE
BA English 1970, HDip in Ed 1971, MA 1983, PhD Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama 1986
lives in Ireland and is a retired teacher/lecturer. A bilingual poet/writer, he writes columns for The Irish Times. Professional highlight from the last year: The publication by Beehive Books of my book, Through Streets Broad and Narrow: Voices of Dublin.
JOHN MADDEN
MB BCh BAO 1971
lives in Ireland and is a GP and coroner in Co Donegal. Favourite lecturer: Professor Coakley on Anatomy. Love on campus: I met my wife of 53 years while I was at UCD.
DECLAN WALSH
MB BCh BAO 1971
lives in the US and is Department Chair in Supportive Oncology at Atrium Health Levine Cancer. Professional highlight from the last year: Walther Foundation Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Memories of UCD: A class outing: our tutor, who felt we were medical philistines who needed some cultural exposure, hired a bus and took us on a tour of Georgian buildings. The photograph was, I think, taken on the steps of Castletown House. I am at the very back on the right!
FINBAR LENNON
MB BCh BAO 1972, DipCH 1973, MCh 1982
Memories of UCD: I wrote poems while at UCD for my soulmate Kate McGarry, a 1972 alumna. I posted them to her but as a form of wooing they were unsuccessful. She strung me along for years but it was worth the wait.
TOM WALSH
BComm 1973
lives in Ireland and retired this year. Favourite lecturers: Pierse Colbert and John Teeling. Memories of UCD: We were one of the first faculties to be based at Belfield. Rugby matches; concerts in the restaurant block; paper airplanes in the Economics lectures of Professor Patrick Lynch, who was a genius but oblivious to the antics of his students! Great memories!
PAT (PATRICK) SMITH
BA 1973
lives in Ireland and after a 42-year career in local government is now a board chairperson. Memories of UCD: Moving to Belfield in 1969 after completing my first year as a night student in Earlsfort Terrace. Belfield was practically a greenfield site then, compared to the marvellous campus it is now.
MARTIN A. MAHER
BAgrSc 1974
lives in Ireland and is a retired bank branch manager. Favourite lecturer: Professor John Joe Moore SJ, our Botany and Science lecturer. I remember his very sympathetic treatment of the concept of evolution; a book written at the time by fellow Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, was banned by the Church! Memories of UCD: In an age of exorbitant rents, it’s worth recalling how I shared a lovely house in Sandymount, D4 with my brother and sister, costing only £2 each a week!
DONNCHADH MAC CÁRTHAIGH (DENIS MC CARTHY)
BAgrSc Horticulture 1974
lives in Germany and is retired from Weihenstephan Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and Menschen für Menschen University, Ethiopia. Alumni events attended this year: I hope to be in Dublin for the 50th anniversary meeting in September. Memories of UCD: Magnificent lecturers and professors.
REV DR MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN, SJ
BSocSc 1974
lives in Ireland and is Co-Founder and Director of the Spirituality Institute for Research and Education at South East Technological University. Professional highlight from this year: Elected President of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality.
ÁINE NÍ GHLINN
BA 1976, HDip in Ed 1977
lives in Ireland and is a children’s writer and poet, writing as Gaeilge. She has published 30 children’s books and several collections of Irish language poetry.
CHRIS FITZPATRICK
BA 1977, MB BCh BAO 1983, HDipCH 1997
lives in Dublin and is retired. Professional highlight from the last year: Visiting Kyiv with the UCD Ukraine Trauma Project. Memories of UCD: Attending an English lecture on George Eliot’s Middlemarch by legendary Professor Denis Donoghue.
AVRIL SHERIDAN
BA English and History 1984, MA 1986
lives in Dublin. Having retired as a solicitor, she is now a mediator for family relationship breakdowns, workplace disputes, professional negligence and civil and commercial disputes. Your favourite lecturer: Emeritus Professors Finbarr McAuley and Robert Clarke. Alumni events attended this year: I enjoyed the BCL Class Reunions. Love on campus: I met James, my husband of 44 years, an engineer, at UCD.
JOHN KELLY
BComm 1979
lives in Ireland and is retired from the bank. Memories of UCD: My fondest memory is of the coffee in the student restaurant. There was a choice – black or white! The white coffee was made with hot milk and served in a green cup and saucer. With two spoons of sugar it was a cup of perfect nectar on a cold morning.
KYRAN HANLEY
BA Politics 1979, MBA 1985
lives in Australia and is retired as a Corporate Planner. Memories of UCD. I have been in Australia since 1986 and last year while visiting Dublin I went for a nostalgic trip down memory lane through the corridors of UCD. I cherish my memories. Long cups of coffee in the restaurant with classmates after many hours studying in the library were an intricate part of the university experience.