Past Pupils
The archive of Past Pupils News items can be found HERE.
Invitation
We are always on the look out for enterprising past pupils to talk to our business and Leaving Cert Vocational Programme classes. If you have an hour to spare, please feel free to arrange a visit
On the Net?
We are anxious to track down any other of our pupils who have a Net presence – please CONTACT US.
Although you may not have a homepage, you may have Internet access and email capability. If that is the case and you would like to make your email address available to the whole wide world, including past pupils who were in your class and who might like to re-establish contact with you, let us know also.
If any present student would like to get information on the college course or career path followed by these past students, then email them to enquire about it. They may be able to give you some useful information.
Paul O’Flynn
one of the earliest students to contact us – oflynnp@rte.ieBrian Horgan (1989),
Currently: A Catholic Priest serving, as a Chaplain, in the United States Air Force. Presently serving at Luke Air Force Base http://www.luke.af.mil in Phoenix, Arizona.
Email: daniel.horgan_at_luke.af.mil
Frank O’Reilly (1973),
Mornington, Co Meath – frankor@tinet.ie
(1974), moved to the Netherlands in 1989, working for Philips,
and has been an International Product Manager (various lighting
products) for the past 11 years, having spent 3 years in France
in between – vincentlyons@hotmail.com
Padraig O’Drisceoil (1974),
still living in Douglas, primary teacher, Leaving Cert 1974 -
odris@indigo.ie
(1974), Information Security Manager in TSB (soon to become Permanent
TSB) – michael.oregan@tsb.ie
John Lee (1976),
obtained B.D.S. and M.A. degrees, now a senior clinical dental
surgeon with the Midland Health Board and living in Tullamore
Co. Offaly – johnlee@esatclear.ie
Eugene Mc.Carthy (1976), Barrister at Law. Eugene practices at the Four Courts Dublin. Tel : 086 8118032 eugenemccarthybl@eircom.net
Philip Rigney (1978),
teaching Irish in Templeogue College, Dublin, since 1991, dean
of 4th year since 1997, manages senior rugby in the college -
pvrigney@eircom.net
(1979), now working at Heathrow Airport, London as aircraft-loader/supervisor
– Comerford@rg401uw.fsnet.co.uk
John Dilloughery (1979),
living in San Juan Capistrano, California, working for Equipment
Leasing Division of a National Bank, CFNB – jdilloughery@cox.net
Denis Downey (1979), hardware engineering manager with Neoware Inc. (neoware.com) in Philadelphia – denis.downey@neoware.com (address may need updating)
David O’Sullivan (1979),
living in Mission Viejo, California (half way between Los Angeles
& San Diego) – Do1eye@aol.com
Aiden Connolly (1981),
an Engineering Manager with Dell in Limerick – Aiden_Connolly@dell.com
Tony O’Mahony (1981),
emigrated to New Jersey, USA in September 1987, currently working
as a Second Vice President in Manhattan for Bayerische Landesbank
(the Bavarian state bank in Germany) as an Energy Credit Analyst
and Team Leader – Euroxpat@aol.com
David Wilkins (1981),
currently working as a marketing manager for Eircom Ireland Plc
– dwilkins@eircom.net
Rory Conlon (1982),
currently living in Cork, owner-manager of a company supplying
barcode data communications to Industry. Advanced Laser Systems
Ltd, on www.barcode.ie – rory@barcode.ie
(1983), living in Sydney, Australia, for past twelve years. Has
worked in the entertainment industry for ten years and has been
General Manager for a company involved in the television/video
market for seven years – mark.butler@reelcorporation.com
(1983), currently working as Software Development Manager in
Fexco in Killorglin, Co Kerry, developing applications for the
Gulliver online tourism system. Before that worked in Ipswich,
UK, for BT at their research labs (1988-1990) and then went to
IBM at their development lab in Hursley, UK from 1990 to 1997
– tmacsweeney@fexco.ie
(1983), living in Cork, working as a Mechanical Design Engineer
with Logitech Corporation – neil_o’connell@eu.logitech.com
Jim Reynolds (1983), Credit Manager for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa for PictureTel, worldwide leader in the manufacture and supply of videoconferencing equipment – Jim_Reynolds@smtpnotes.pictel.com (address may need updating)
Jason Kelly (1984),
did medicine at UCC and is now a Specialist Registrar in plastic
reconstructive and hand surgery at Jimmys in Leeds, completing
an MD thesis on nerve repair – jasonkelly@ntlworld.com
(1984), did the National Cert ificate in Electronic Engineering,
worked for Dennison(Youghal) as a Maintenance Technician in the
manufacture of floppy disks , then joined Artesyn Technologies
(formerly Computer Products) in Youghal where he is now a Design
Engineer , designing power converters for the telecom market.
Recently completed a BSc with the OU – Philip.Monaghan@artesyn.com
Colm Murphy (1984), studied Geology in UCC, got a PhD in Geophysics from UCG and is now a Senior Geoscientist working in the Oil, Gas and Minerals exploration industry with a leading surveying technology company. He spent 6 years overseas in Canada and England, got married in 1997, has 3 children and he lives presently in Ennis where he works from home. Colm_Murphy@eircom.net
(1984), has lived in New York City for the past 13 years, manages
a bar called Nevada Smith’s, located on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan – Chaoticeye@aol.com
Philip Andrews (1986), a priest working in Syrzan, Penza, Moscow and other places
in Russia – see some of his work at http://catholic-church.org/stbasil/homepage.htm where you might feel inspired to send some help – philip_andrews@bigfoot.com
Tony Daly (1986), PhD in Organic Chemistry from University College Cork (1998), BSc in Industrial Chemistry from University of Limerick (1992) and a Diploma in Chemical Technology from Cork RTC (1989). Currently working with Pfizer Ireland Pharmaucticals (Ringaskiddy, Co Cork) since 1998. Previously worked with Roche Ireland (Clarecastle, Co Clare) and Eli Lilly (Dunderrow, Co Cork) – tony.daly@pfizer.com
(1986), Civil Eng Diploma at Cork RTC 1991, went to America in
1992 and joined the US Air Force, did a tour in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. Finished degree in Civil Engineering at Catholic University
of America in 2001 and has been working as a transportation engineer
for the Federal Highway Administration since then – colinfmccarthy@hotmail.com
Kevin Power (1986), working
with Entropic Cambridge Research Laboratory – see http://www.entropic.com/
– which develops computer speech recognition technology – kjp@entropic.co.uk
Ian David Spillane (1986), B.Soc.Sc, H.Dip,Comp.Sc.,M.Sc.(comp.in Ed.) B.Sc.(IT) teacher in Business and Computing, Cork College of Commerce. Owner and developer of an ecommerce and data management enterprise responsible for a number of successful Internet brands – iantheteacher@gmail.com
(1987), graduated in civil engineering and subsequently worked
in Germany for three years and is living in Italy for the past
eight years – nicolettacollins@tin.it
(1987), working as an auditor for KPMG in the Channel Islands
– stuart.conroy@kpmg.jersey.je
Shane Donovan (1987),
Postdoctoral Research fellow, University of California, San Francisco,
specializing in the molecular basis of leukemia – shaned@itsa.ucsf.edu
Fergal Moran (1987) works as
a Software Developer for a Multimedia company in Edinburgh, designing
web pages, presentations and CD-ROMS – f.moran@scotland.com
Aidan Curran (1988), now
a professor of physiology at Ross University Medical School on the Caribbean
island of Dominica – ACurran@rossmed.edu.dm
Kieran Corrigan (1989),
working for Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising in New York for 4 years,
started as an Art Director and now Vice President Group Art Supervisor
– kjcorrigan@saatchiny.com
Rory Curtin (1989), a student in
UCC – rcurtin@tinet.ie
Roderick Hogan (1989), working
in Silicon Valley, California – Rod.Hogan@analog.com
Brian Horgan (1989), Catholic
Priest in the Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida, webpage http://home.catholicweb.com/stluciecatholic/index.cfm
– collegesun@hotmail.com
David Owens (1989),
Global Logistics Director at Red Hat Inc – dowens@redhat.com
(1990), currently studying software engineering at LIT (Limerick),
home page is at http://homepage.eircom.net/~beedge/index.html
– email is beeje@eircom.net
(The Kid) Cahill (1990), a DJ on 2FM – info and email address
on his 2FM website
Patrick Cotter (1990),in Glasgow Caledonian University studying Computer Aided Engineering
– p.cotter@gcal.ac.uk
Niall Cremin (1990),
living in New York City for the past 7 years, manages a residential
building in Greenwich Village – niallcremin@yahoo.com
Eamonn Doyle(1990), currently
teaching and doing research for a PhD in Interactive Music Systems,
in the Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Trinity
College, Dublin. Here’s a link to the Music
and Media Technologies page in TCD – eadoyle@tcd.ie
(1990), info and email address on his website
Bryan O’Brien (1990), B.Sc. Computer Applications Cork RTC, lived in the UK, Limerick, Cork, Dublin, presently working as the Product Manager, Telecoms Management for the Lucent Technologies 3G UMTS EMS (software that manages phone networks) – bryanob@lucent.com
(1990), living in Sydney, spent the last six years travelling
and enjoying the world, currently working for IBM Australia -
cathrich@hotmail.com
Brian Power (1990), working
as a programmer in the Oslo office of a Norwegian computer games
company called Funcom – brian@funcom.no
Stephen Quinn (1990),
working in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin – eeisqn@eei.ericsson.se
Don Farrell (1991), working
in Smurfit Corrugated Cases here in Cork – DFarrell@scc.ie
James McSweeney (1990), BSc in Microbiology (1994) UCC, PhD Biochemistry (1997) TCD. Married in 2000, moved to Ithaca, New York, then on to State College, Pennsylvania in 2005. Currently Director of Business Development for an Irish clinical research organisation(ICON Clinical Research www.ICONclinical.com) responsible for organising and managing clinical trials for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Email: mcsweeneyj@iconus.com
(1991), studied civil engineering at ITT (Tralee), moved to New
York City in 1997, now working as a quantity surveyor in Manhattan
– bmccarthy1@nyc.rr.com
Mark Mulcahy (1991), financial analyst for an investment bank in San Fransisco, California – mmulcahy@vwco.com (address may need updating)
Marc A Pericho (1991),
moved to the central coast, California U.S.A. Production
manager for an international dental manufacturing company, Den-Mat
Corporation – marcpericho@msn.com
Paul Aherne (1992),
studied Instrument Physics and Electonic Engineering at CIT,
now working with EMC in Ovens, Co Cork, as a Software QA Engineer
– Aherne_Paul@emc.com
(1992), working for an international financial services company
called Manulife Financial in Boston, Mass, USA. His current position
is Operations Manager (Manulife North America) – david_healy@manulife-venture.com
Conor Lynch (1992), working
as a Lotus Notes developer with Qumas in Cork – clynch@qumas.ie
Paul McCarthy (1992),
left DCS in third year (1990) to take up employment in local
radio stations in Tralee, Waterford and Mallow. Currently President
of Students Union at Cardiff University in Wales, on sabbatical
from studies in English literature – ssupm@cf.ac.uk
(1992), did his H.Dip. in Ed. in DCS. Currently business analyst,
working in internet banking with the Royal Bank of Scotland in
Edinburgh, Scotland – Patrick.O’Connell@rbs.co.uk
David O’Sullivan (1992),
got a microbiology degree at UCC in 1996, a PhD. in molecular
biology from UCC in December 2000, travelled to the Universitry
of Minnesota (USA) in early 2001 to take up a post-doctoral position
in the Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, started working in
January 2002
with 3M Healthcare in Minneapolis/St. Paul MN as a research microbiologist
in the medical division – dosullivan@mmm.com
(1993), graduated from Biomedical Sciences in U.C.C., in ‘97,
currently on a scholarship doing viral research at New York University,
N.Y, for a Ph.D – barryp01@popmail.med.nyu.edu
(1993), did Degree in Marketing, moved to Dublin worked for Dunnes
Stores Head Office, then Ulster Bank Treasury then Global Asset
Management (while studying the ACCA exams), working with BT Financial
Group in Sydney Australia for 3 yrs as Manager Investment &
Finance for one of the divisions – rguerin@westpac.com.au
(1993), Applied Power Incorporated, current role is as a senior
buyer with responsibility over quotations.- fhorgan@apw-enclosures.com
Michael Martin (1993),
after getting a BBS at Cork Institute of Technology and a M.Sc
in Marketing Consultancy from the Graduate School of Business
UCD, went to Montreal, Canada. Now working as a Director of Marketing
and Business Development for Walt Disney’s Animation software
producers, catering specifically for North America – mick@toonboom.com
John G Murphy (1993),
doing a PhD at the Astrophysics Research Lab, Cork Institute
of Technology (CIT) – jgmurphy@cit.ie
(1994), website at http://www.moq.org/forum/rory2.html – roryfitzgerald@hotmail.com
(1994), info and email address on his website
Richard Keane (1994),
graduated with a PhD from the University of London after completing
a pharmacy degree from the School of Pharmacy, University of
London. Currently working as a Senior Regulatory Executive
(Team Leader) for the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline
in Harlow working in the Regulatory Affairs Department – rskeane@btopenworld.com
Barry Slevin (1994), did
computing in the Institute of Technology Tralee, currently working
as a technical analyst in the IT department for Sedar (System
for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval) (www.sedar.com)
which is a subsidary of CDS (Canadian Depository for Securities)
in Toronto, Canada – bslevin@CDS.CA
(1994), back in Douglas working for Ulster Bank, Business &
Corporate Banking division as an Assistant Manager – brian.twomey@ulsterbank.com
Kieran Connolly (1995), studying Business Information Systems at UCC – Connolly_Kieran@emc.com (address may need updating)
Adrian Doyle (1995),
did a BSc and MSc in Finance at UCC before moving to London in 1999 to
work in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley, now a senior
associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions department – Adrian.Doyle@morganstanley.com
(1995), completed a degree in Computer Applications at CIT and
currently working for Motorola in Cork. – Jack.Kennedy@motorola.com
Gavin Lynch (1995),
doing a degree in Computer Networking in CIT, website on www.geocities.com/gavinleigh77/gav.htm
(1995), currently studying for a HDipEd having done a degree
in Microbiology in UCC – cianomahony@hotmail.com
(1996), back living in Sitges, Barcelona, having spent one year
doing his Leaving Cert in DCS- fbalasch@inicia.es
Brian Young (1997),
has been rowing full time since his graduation from Nottingham
Trent University two years ago with a Bsc Sport Science, selected
to represent Ireland in the world rowing championships in Milan
2003, finished 13th out of 29 entrants in the lightweight single
– iatethepies@hotmail.com
Barra Casey (1997), went to University of Limerick to study Business Studies and to NUI Maynooth for a Masters in Finance/Economics, currently working in the Central Bank, Dublin.
Paul Hitz (1997),
studying computer science at UCC, website at http://ocean.ucc.ie/02/peh1
– paulhitz@hotmail.com
(1997), studying computer science at UCC – info and email address
on his website
Tim O’Donovan (1997),
working for Apple Computers in Cork. Coaches with and maintains
the website for Douglas Gymnastics Club on http://www.come.to/douglasgym
– timod@esatclear.ie
Dylan O’Mahony (1997), obtained a degree in Business Infomation Systems from UCC in 2001 and has been working in Massachusetts, USA, for Bose ever since.
John Paul Quinn (1997), Obtained a degree in Arts in UCCbefore gaining a Post-Graduate Higher Diploma in Youth and Community Work. Currently head of UCC’s Visitor Centre with responsibility for tourism and merchandise. Lives in Douglas and is still actively involved in youth work. E-mail experience@ucc.ie or jpcomedian@hotmail.com
(1998), finished BS in computers (CIT) in 2002 and moved to San
Diego. Still living there as of March 2003, now working for HP
as a software tester – liam.oconnell@hp.com – oconnellliam@hotmail.com
Robbie O’Sullivan (1998), maintains
a site for the International Mirror Class Association of Ireland
David Owens (1998), graduated
from UCC, BA, 2002. Started an MA in September 2002, but decided to go
to the US, January 2003, and get married to Erin instead – owens_d61@hotmail.com
Derek Roche (1998),
attended the Institute of Technology Tralee for 2 years, currently
living in Finland working as an English Communications teacher
– http://personal.inet.fi/koti/dfishy/
– roche.derek@pp.inet.fi
(1998), graduated with an degree in civil engineering from UCC
in 2002, currently completing a research masters in the department
– 98522809@student.ucc.ie
David Gregson (1999),
web site at http://go.to/dpap
for Douglas Pitch and Putt Club – douglaspitchandputt@eircom.net
Cian Hennessy (1999),
spent three years studying Building Services Engineering in CIT,
currently studying for a degree in the University of Northumbria
in Newcastle, England – cian.hennessy@unn.ac.uk
(2000) – chayes@gofree.indigo.ie
John O’Callaghan This is actually a much-lauded unofficial Cork City FC website called CityNet
Douglas Community School Past Pupils’ Golf Society
hold occasional competitions. New members are welcome – for details
contact Donal O’Herlihy at 021-498 1762 after 18.30.