2024 Re-connections - UCD Connections

PATRICK MC MAHON

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:21 +0000

lives in Ireland and is a retired judge. Memories of UCD: When Sir Anthony O’Reilly came to chair our Law Society Debate and I was appointed to make the thank you speech. He was a fantastic speaker – and a great winger. Love on campus: I met Ann, my wife of 56 years, at UCD.

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BERNARD GILLESPIE

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:21 +0000

Memories of UCD: Studying 16 hours a day: coffee for sixpence and milk for four pence! Daily walks to Earlsfort Terrace for Maths and Maths Physics and a good chance of meeting a woman from Arts or Social Science! Incredible camaraderie and friends for life.

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JOHN GERARD MAC NAMARA

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:21 +0000

lives in Ireland and is a retired public servant. Alumni events attended this year: I always attend class reunions and the UCD Festival. Memories of UCD: Great memories playing rugby. On the third Monday in September 1964, I repeated the Physics Practical in the new lab in Belfield. It was the first day that Belfield opened for student activities and there was major publicity in that evening’s papers. I am very proud that I was one of the first on campus. When I see Belfield now, the developments are massive.

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CHRISTY CURTIN

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:21 +0000

lives in Ireland and is retired. Favourite lecturer: Dr Sheehy on agricultural economics. Memories of UCD: Friday Night Ag Science Society Meetings and Wednesday Night Ag Dances; my return to campus in 2014 as a member of UCD Governing Authority (2014 to 2023).

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BARBARA DONOVAN

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:21 +0000

lives in Rome and is an administrator at the Venerable English College. Favourite lecturer: Garret FitzGerald on economic growth: never so much as a note in his hand. Alumni events attended this year: Our 50-year reunion. A great night.

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MURT Ó SÉAGHDHA

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:21 +0000

lives in Ireland and is retired as a lecturer in computer science, following roles in several US companies. Memories of UCD: L&H debates; Emmet Spiceland’s wonderful music on campus; golf outings with the “Wedges” and winning the President’s Prize in 1967; rousing singsongs after Mountaineering Club outings in Wicklow; on stage and on tour with An Cumann Drámaíochta.

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RATHNAYAKE MUDIYANSELAGE MANJULA PRADEEP

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:20 +0000

lives in Sri Lanka and is Director of the Center For Disaster Management Research, Kotelawa Defence University. His three published works are titled: Research Methods for Engineering Automation; Literature Evaluation Criteria; Tool Development for Dynamic GIS Application for Watershed Management. Before joining the university, Rathnayake was in the military for 24 years.

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DR LIAM FARRELL

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:20 +0000

lives in Ireland and is a retired GP. A writer and broadcaster, he curates the #IrishMed and #WritersWise tweetchats. He is signed with the Feldstein literary agency, and has written two books, Are You The F***ing Doctor? Selected Writings and Morphine; The Story of a Blessing and a Curse.

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AVRIL SHERIDAN

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:20 +0000

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.

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SUSANA C. SILVA

emarkable — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:29:20 +0000

lives in Portugal and is an Associate Professor at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto. She is a visiting scholar in international marketing at universities across Europe, Brazil and China and has authored eleven books, co-authored 17 book chapters, and published more than 90 papers.

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