lives in Ireland. Memories of UCD: Great friendships. My accommodation was in the Dominican Hall and Loreto Hall, Stephen’s Green – four to a room! We took ballroom dancing lessons. Number 86 St Stephen’s Green was a venue for dances; we raced back to halls for the strict deadline of 11pm.
lives in the United States where he is a design consultant and actor. My published book: Associate editor on The Cambridge World History of Christian Architecture. Favourite lecturer: Mattie McDermott was a character, as was Dem Fitzgerald. Professional highlight: Played Polonius in Hamlet in Saratoga Music Hall, New York. Alumni events attended: New York and San Francisco and our 50th at UCD. Memories of UCD: A field trip to Rome in 1953 with Padraig Murray, Brian O’Carroll, Mary O’Connor, Tom Skehan, Bill Delaney, et al, which paved the way for my eventually becoming a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.
Desmond Swan was Professor of Education at UCD from 1974 to 1998. He received a personal letter of thanks from HM The Ki...
Alumni events attended: Earlier this year I returned to Belfield to mark the 70th anniversary of my graduation, touring...
Catherine was a Double Blue, representing UCD in both tennis and hockey, travelling to compete against other universitie...
Alumni events attended: My Diamond Jubilee in 2019; I was also interviewed as part of the Belfield 50 celebration in 202...
lives in Ireland. Memories of UCD: Great friendships. My accommodation was in the Dominican Hall and Loreto Hall, Stephen’s Green – four to a room! We took ballroom dancing lessons. Number 86 St Stephen’s Green was a venue for dances; we raced back to halls for the strict deadline of 11pm.
lives in the United States where he is a design consultant and actor. My published book: Associate editor on The Cambridge World History of Christian Architecture. Favourite lecturer: Mattie McDermott was a character, as was Dem Fitzgerald. Professional highlight: Played Polonius in Hamlet in Saratoga Music Hall, New York. Alumni events attended: New York and San Francisco and our 50th at UCD. Memories of UCD: A field trip to Rome in 1953 with Padraig Murray, Brian O’Carroll, Mary O’Connor, Tom Skehan, Bill Delaney, et al, which paved the way for my eventually becoming a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.
Desmond Swan was Professor of Education at UCD from 1974 to 1998. He received a personal letter of thanks from HM The King of Morocco for his work as co-author of The Best is Possible: Modern Morocco Viewed through the Lens of King Mohmmad VI’s Speeches (1999-2019), and was awarded membership of the Giga Lortkipanidze Academy of Georgia for his work on Crossing – the Georgian and Irish Poems. He is now writing his memoir.
Alumni events attended: Earlier this year I returned to Belfield to mark the 70th anniversary of my graduation, touring the Health Sciences Centre and exploring the anatomy museum and clinical skills lab. I was interested to see how the School of Medicine has grown and changed since my time as a medical student at UCD.
Catherine was a Double Blue, representing UCD in both tennis and hockey, travelling to compete against other universities. The hockey team won everything including the Senior Cup in 1950-51, a feat not repeated until 50 years later. Memories of UCD: I got on the Irish hockey team while playing for UCD. I really enjoyed studying architecture, especially working in the drawing studio. Great times. Alumni events attended: Diamond Jubilee in 2014; I am a member of the University Club and enjoy having lunch there.
Alumni events attended: My Diamond Jubilee in 2019; I was also interviewed as part of the Belfield 50 celebration in 2020 – I worked with architect Andrzej Wejchert on the design for the Arts Building at Belfield after I graduated. Memories of UCD: Long hours in the enormous studio at Earlsfort Terrace, freezing despite its turf fire; helpful studio masters; playing rugby for UCD; pints in Hartigans; an exciting architecture trip to Amsterdam; great fun and good friends who remained friends.
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