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ST. MARY’S COLLEGE ANNUAL 2005

105th* ACADEMIC YEARPUBLISHED BY ST. MARY’S COLLEGE CSSp, RATHMINES, DUBLIN 6.

ContentsEditorial 3The Arms of the College 4Obituary: Dr. Brendan Deasy 5Staff Retirements 6College Community, Board of Management and Staff 2004-2005 9Senior School Roll 2004-2005 10Senior School Class Photographs 2004-2005 15That Was The Year That Was 336th Year Prizegiving 2004-2005 44Transition Year 2004-2005 48Senior School Prizegiving 2004-2005 53Latin Round Up (I) 65Fiddler on the Roof 2004 66Golden Jubilee of School Chapel 68Latin Round Up (II) 70Scouts 2004-2005 71Senior School Rugby 2004-2005 78Senior School Basketball 2004-2005 91Senior School Sports Teams & Achievements 2004-2005 93Senior School Sports Day 2005 97St. Mary’s College RFC 2004-2005 98St. Mary’s College Past Pupils’ Union 2004-2005 100St. Mary’s College Parents’ Association 2004-2005 104Southern Hemisphere Rugby Tour 106St. Mary’s College, Trinidad 110

Junior School Staff, Board of Management 114Junior School Roll 2004-2005 116Junior School Class Photographs 2004-2005 119Junior School Prizewinners 2004-2005 127Junior School Rugby 2004-2005 128Junior School Sports Day 2005 131Junior School, Second Form, First Day 134

2006 Annual follows 135

Cover Illustrations:2005 marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the College Chapel.Here we see the beautiful apse mosaic which forms the backdrop to the altarin the chapel. Details from the floor mosaic appear on the back cover.

*Academic Year: It is 115 years since the College opened but it was closedfor 10 years during the last century.

EditorialThis is the second of the St. Mary’s ‘catch-up’ Annuals where we are trying to completethe record of recent years in the school. Producing this double edition after such apassage of time and after several other annuals gives the editorial team an unnervingsense of time-travel. We have had our fellow travellers who have come whole heartedlyon this journey with us. Raiders of the Lost Archives include the Administrative andTeaching staff of both Junior and Senior Schools, parents and numerous students,without whose assistance this publication would be a much slimmer and less detailedpicture of the years in question. Our most heartfelt thanks go to all who have helpedwith this Annual.

Two years in a College‘s life mean momentous events. They brought the tragic loss of astudent; Rory Moore and a great friend to St. Mary’s; Dr. Brendan Deasy. May they restin peace. Rory was a student who will always be remembered for his ready smile andwit: though he was only in St. Mary’s for a short time, he made a big impact on hispeers and is greatly missed. Generations of students learned, all they needed to know,about the Birds and the Bees from Dr. Deasy. He always had well disciplined classesbecause the threat of being used as a model, if you spoke out of turn, was a verypowerful one.

Mr. John Gillespie and Mr. Noel Doyle retired from the Senior School and Ms. FrancisBane from the Junior School. One member of the editorial team has very fond memoriesof Mr. Doyle letting him away with a very inaccurate answer, in a table quiz, and manynights spent cutting out the contours of the vale of Glendalough. He also remembersthe figures of speech learned at the hands of Mr. Gillespie and knows his onomatopoeiafrom his hyperbole. There are many, many students, both past and present, who owe allof their three Rs to Ms. Bane.

New arrivals to the Staff of the Junior School included Garreth Agnew, Judith Keane,Fiona Murray, Greg Owen, Ray Sloan and Ruth Smith along with Rachel Donnellan,Ruairí Gallogly, Ronan Kelly, Katherine Madden, Rodney O’Donnell and Gordon Smythin the Senior School.

Huge changes occurred in the shape of the implementation of the Education Act withthe establishment of a Board of Management for each of the two schools; the electionof staff and parent representatives to these two Boards and the establishment of theParents’ Association. This marked the biggest change in School governance, for theprivate schools, since their foundation.

The newly established Parents’ Association made an immediate impact through fund-raising to mark out the yard area for a wide range of sports activities. A very welcomeaddition to the school.

Other foundations were celebrated with the Golden Jubilee of the College Chapel. Thechapel is a remarkable place with a very rich history and vibrant decoration. At the riskof too many anecdotes, the Editor’s memories include: singing plain chant, fixing theelectric organ and serving at the morning Mass, for many a year. Students from St.Mary’s and Templeogue College continued the missionary vision of the chapel byvisiting Ghana in these years.

On more mundane matters, keen readers will be interested to note that a sports day wasrained off with much disappointment in the Summer of 2006, (though it wasrescheduled twice), the rugby performances were strong, but with no cup wins and thesport of Basketball continued to grow in popularity. The Senior School was givensubject inspections twice and both the Science and English Departments came out ofthe inspections very well.

In a note on accuracy, the Scout photos from the 7th troop which appeared in the 2007Annual should have been included here. Keen observers will see Swiss chalets appearingin a location captioned, Belgium. Such mistakes will happen but it is down to our eagle-eyed team of proof readers that they don’t happen more.

So, here we have two busy years for you to reminisce over and the history of St. Mary’sCollege is somewhat more complete.

JOHN NISBET and LEONIE BLACKBURNEditors, 2005 and 2006

The Arms of the College

SYMBOLISMThe Escutcheon is quartered. On the right base (as you observe it) there is theunchangeable five point silver star with golden rays, symbolic of fidelity to itspurpose of shedding light and guidance in the pursuit of Him Who enlightensevery man and Who is the “Bright and Morning Star”. (Apoc XXII. 16).

The upper right bears the Cross, the emblem of trials and difficulties. It is ingold on a silver ground, symbolic of the precious outcome of trials well borne.These two symbols combine to produce the College motto: “Fidelitas in Arduis”(Fidelity in Difficulties).

On the upper left quarter there is the Dove in silver, symbolic of the Holy Ghost,from which descend seven golden rays, the seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit,essential in the practice of “Fidelitas in Arduis”.

The left base bears a red heart transfixed with a sword and encircled with goldenroses. This is symbolic of the Holy Heart of Mary, suffering - the supreme purelyhuman type of “Fidelitas in Arduis”. The golden roses symbolise the reward thatcomes from such fidelity.

HERALDIC DESCRIPTIONOn the Sinister base, on a ground Azure, a five point star, Argent, with emanating rays, Or. on the upper Sinsiter, a Cross, Or; on a ground Argent. On the Dexterchief, the Dove of the Holy Ghost, Argent, descending rays, Or, ground Azure.On the Dexter base, Heart Gules; sword Proper; wreath, Or, ground Argent.

Shield: Quarterings Or; Scroll outline Or, with ground Argent. Lettering Gules.Entire shield of Escutcheon Or.

Brendan Deasy’s going from among ushas been so sudden. While we pray forBrendan’s eternal happiness, wecelebrate too his great life; all that hewas to his family and friends. And wegive eucharistic thanks for his many actsof kindness and of love.

He was a great family-man first andforemost; a loving husband to Martine, ina marriage blessed by God, over decades.He was a loving parent to Jean-Baptiste,Celine and Olivier. He was a lovingGrandad to Hannah, Orla and Nicole; afond brother of Paddy, Mary and Denis.We grieve with them.

He was, too, a busy, respected and lovedfamily doctor. He was also a pioneer inoccupational medicine. For years, he wasthe school doctor, and more, in St.Mary’s College, as well as being acounsellor in many other schools. Hetalked to the pupils about growing intomature adults; about resisting addictionin many forms.

He rejoiced with good humour in theirnickname for him – “half-pint Deasy”.This had nothing to do with Brendan’sphysique, but everything to do withalcohol moderation. Past students wouldring him up, years later, from the furthestcountries of the earth, and nothing gavehim greater pleasure than to continue tohelp “his boys and girls”.

He was not only doctor to the Leinsterbranch of the IRFU, but coach to ageneration of under 12 rugby and cricketplayers in St. Mary’s. He initiated the now

annual rugbyvisit to Wales. He travelled with them andenjoyed thecompany ofpupils andparents alike.His belief in the formative value of schoolprompted his voluntary coaching workfor young sportsmen over many yearsand he followed their subsequent careerswith great interest.

He was quietly a very committed CatholicChristian. His weekly visit to St. Mary’salways began with morning Mass in thechapel. He saw Christian living as achallenging response to the gift of faith.He was a member of the Lourdes ShrineInternational Medical Commission. Ibelieve that from his days in Gormanston,he inherited some of the true Franciscanspirit.

He was friend to thousands. In particular,Brendan was friend and adviser to manypriests, especially of the Holy GhostOrder. And those same priests who havegone before him, like his great friendJerome Godfrey CSSp, (not to mentionhis many appreciative patients) will havea wonderful welcome for him.

If God’s help is nearer to us than thedoor, and if “only God thinks of a dyingsparrow in the middle of a war” (PatrickKavanagh), then not a single prayer goesunheard. So, in prayer, it is into Christ’shands that we commend Brendan’sgenerous loving spirit.

OBITUARYDR. BRENDAN DEASY R.I.P.

(from Fr. Flavin’s eulogy before the Funeral Mass, August 2005)

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STAFF RETIREMENTSThree long-serving staff members retired in 2005.�

Their hard work and dedication to the school over the years is very much appreciated.

I first met Noel Doyle when I visited St Mary’s to meet the staff in April 1997; just after my appointment, as the new principal, wasannounced. The staff was considering a Codefor Positive Behaviour and, at lunch, I satbeside St. Mary’s heavyweights: Noel Doyle,Jim Kirby, Terry Newell and Peter Quinn.Needless to say, I was very nervous but Noel, asis his wont, was gracious and supportive. Isuppose he considered me to be sound, on thenational question, when he realised I was a pastpupil of St Vincent’s, Glasnevin, just as he was.I remember joking with him about the irony oftwo Christian Brother boys being in seniorleadership positions in the best, if not theoldest, Holy Ghost school. I have so manyreasons to be grateful to Noel for his support,his common sense, his advice, his insights intostaff and students – honed during a lifetime ofservice to the school as teacher, year head anddeputy principal.

The annual trip to the Burren, which Noel organised, remains a highlight in the memoryof every Mary’s pupil. His proprietorial hold over the Geography Room was legendary.Even after he stopped teaching the subject, and until his retirement as deputy head –only then was it converted into the present Library. Never were maps, slides and globesmore jealously guarded. Noel’s other subject was Irish. When he was appointed deputyprincipal he missed the classroom. It was on his advice that I took a Leaving Certificateclass in Irish at ordinary level. Noel promoted practical Christianity. One of my fondestLiturgical memories in St Mary’s is of a Mass, organised by Noel as part of the TransitionYear Religious Education Programme, held in a classroom on the ground floor. God wasnear us that day! His practical Christianity and social outreach were further illustratedby his work with the College’s Conference of St Vincent de Paul; the quiet work of thestudents in Fatima Mansions, and with the Women’s Refuge, under his guidance, wasinspirational. All the more so because it was understated and low key. Barry Leonardcontinues Noel’s work with the Conference but even Barry must admit that nobodycould run the Annual Cake Sale as efficiently as Noel. Students came and went, to theJunior School Hall, with the tactical awareness and precision of a Napoleonic general.

The role of deputy principal in St. Mary’s has a major disciplinary aspect. If I’m honest,I’d have to admit that many of the students found me too approachable. From time totime Noel would have to lift a student out of it, in his own inimitable fashion. Thestudents knew that Noel’s bark was worse than his bite but his comment of “Are you

NOEL DOYLE(Senior School)

Retirement Tribute by Clive Byrne


telling me that I didn’t see what I saw?” must rank as one of the greatest leadingquestions of all time. Yet, there was no better man to fight the student’s corner, if theneed arose. The affection with which he’s greeted at past pupil functions is testamentto his sense of professionalism and fair play.

Noel was great for setting up pilot projects and one of his last ones was the GreenSchools initiative, promoting a re-use and recycle agenda in the College (ahead of itstime). Noel coached rugby for many years, many players benefiting from his time andexpertise. He delighted in the success of the cup teams but espoused a doctrine ofparticipation and enjoyment (rather than the pursuit of success), maintaining that thetwo approaches were not mutually exclusive. There is so much more I could say, on apersonal and professional level, in tribute to Noel and his time in St. Mary’s, but sufficeit to say that, he will be missed.

John Gillespie sat on the far side of thestaffroom from 7.20 each morning, where hecould correct his copies while commanding a full view of what was going on. AToastmasters’ champion: his witty, andoccasionally barbed remarks, enlivened many awinter’s morning; after a particularly successfulthrust he would retreat behind his red pen andaffect a faintly injured innocence that theworld had come to such a place as he was nowforced to endure.

At breaktime, he would gravitate towards thebiscuit tray and political conversation, andwhile he was never allowed live down hisalleged 1980’s support for the then leadershipof Fianna Fáil, it didn’t prevent him frombringing his deep knowledge of political andhistorical matters into the arena.

He taught History and English with the passionof a man who loves books. To this day Johnoccasionally appears in my office, or home,

hungrily scouting the shelves for new things to read. His reading of twentieth centuryhistorical biography remains as up-to-date as any person alive, while his classroomcopy of F S L Lyons’ “Ireland Since the Famine” fell to pieces with use: he knew itvirtually paragraph by paragraph.

John’s pedagogical approach was traditional. When I first came to St. Mary’s, Iwas pleasantly surprised to meet students who could spell, paragraph and punctuate,not realising John’s 1st Year English spelling and grammar tests were a rite of passageinto the Senior School. His tests, essays, reading aloud, written homework, and rashesof red biro corrections went in and out of fashion over the years, with John sailingon regardless, secure in his knowledge of what constituted sound practice.

In the staffroom he loved to adopt the persona of the grumpy old disciplinarian. Hisown classroom reflected a different reality; always respectful but relaxed, formal butgood humoured. I never knew him to use even the mildest sanctions. A lift of aneyebrow, or a look over the glasses, was enough for Mr. Gillespie to establish order.

JOHN GILLESPIE(Senior School)

Warmly remembered by Denis Murphy


As a colleague, he was particularly good to young teachers, making them feelwelcome and reaching out with a friendship that was never forgotten.

It’s not possible to be such a fine teacher without also loving life. John lives forculture and for people. The diary beside his telephone (a landline, of course – he’snever taken to the mobile communications revolution) is a celebrated sight, bookedup, for weeks in advance, with lunches and dinners and plays and concerts andoperas. Woe betide the person who cancels at the last minute; a silent but chilly windcomes down the telephone line. And friends ensure that he is not allowed to do thedriving: you have not experienced true fear until you have been through an M50roundabout with John Gillespie. These provisos excepted, a night out with John isalways a joy: well planned, full of wit and erudition, and good food and conversation.

In a short space of time, a retired teacher becomes unknown by the current generationof students. But the school in which the boys live, the way things are done, the traitsthat define us – these things are the sum of what has gone before. So while we missJohn terribly in the staffroom, with hardly a day going by without someone saying, ‘Iwonder what Gillespie would make of such-and-such?’, it’s a consolation and aninspiration to know that while we no longer see him every day, his definingqualities – Gentleman, Teacher, Scholar – are part of the personality of the place thathe served so well.

Mrs. Bane (or Ms. McLoughlin as Frances wasknown in her early St. Mary’s career) came toSt. Mary’s in 1976 as the Learning Supportteacher. I met Frances when I started in theJunior School, two years later, and I amprivileged to call her and Liam very close friends.

In her teaching role, Frances excelled as anatural care giver; in building an easy rapportwith her students; building confidence andsending the boys back to class all the better forher influence. Her gentle, easy manner andputting of others before herself was, and still is,the only way Frances knows. I feel she passedthis on in some way, not only to her chargesbut to those who were lucky enough to haveher as a colleague.

In our Junior School, we put great emphasis onproviding a holistic education. We want theboys to develop their potential both on and off

the rugby field. Frances, as an educator, was an expert and believed that education goes beyond the “three R’s”. Her empathy with each child went beyond ability orpersonality; she was always able to see the uniqueness of the individual and everyoneloved her for it.

It is a pleasure to honour Frances in this Annual and I wish Liam and herself a long,happy and fun-filled retirement.

To finish, a fitting tribute to Frances is a quote from numerous parents, “what a lady!”

FRANCES BANE(Junior School)

Warmly remembered by Mary McDonnell


College Community, Board of Managementand Senior School Staff, 2004-2005

COLLEGE SPIRITAN COMMUNITYFr. T. Tarmey CSSp (Superior)

SENIOR SCHOOL STAFF

Fr. M. Buckley CSSp (Bursar)Fr. P. Cleary CSSpBro. Ignatius Curry CSSp

Fr. H. Fagan CSSpFr. J. Flavin CSSpFr. P. Kelly CSSp

Fr. L. Layden CSSpFr. J. McNulty CSSpFr. W. Nugent CSSp

Mr. Clive Byrne (Principal)Mr. Liam Naughton (Deputy Principal)

Mr. Michael BrennanMr. David BreslinMs. Rachel Donnellan (H.Dip.)Ms. Brid DoodyMr. Eoghan Doyle (Drama)Mr. Noel DoyleMr. David Dunne(Sixth Year Dean)

Mr. Malachy DunneMr. Brendan Feehan Mrs. Moira FingletonMr. Nicholas Fitzsimons Mr. Frank FoleyMs. Deirdre GarrettMr. John GillespieMr. Noel Guilfoyle(Fourth Year Dean)

Mr. Richard HughesMr. Mark Hurley

Ms. Midori InagakiMr. Laurence Kavanagh(Second Year Dean)

Mr. Garrett Kelleher Mr. Ronan KellyMr. Jim KirbyMr. Declan Lacey(Gamesmaster)

Mr. Anthony Leahy(First Year Dean)

Mr. Barry Leonard Mr. Michael Leonard Mr. Kevin Lewis (Guidance Counsellor)

Ms. Joan ManningMr. Innocent MatenteMs. Catriona McCahillMr. Sean McCarthyMr. Brian Moore (Third Year Dean)

Mr. Denis Murphy (Fifth Year Dean)

Mr. John Nisbet Mr. Fred O’GormanMs. Anne O’MalleyMs. Satu O’Neill Mr. Adrian O’Scannlain (Transition Year Co-Ordinator)

Ms. Deirdre RocheMs. Tanya TynanMr. Brian Wall

CHAPLAINCYFr. Michael Kennedy CSSpFr. James McNulty CSSpFr. John Flavin CSSp

SENIOR SCHOOL OFFICE STAFFMs. Isabelle Kelly Ms. Georgina CollinsMrs. Pauline Fox

BURSAR’S OFFICEFr. Michael Buckley CSSpMr. Dermott Flynn (Bursar)Ms. Bernie Walsh

LIBRARY STAFFMs. Maria NolanMrs Isolde Banahan

FR. BARRY HALLMr. Martin Burmeister (Manager)

GROUNDSTAFFMr. George Cranley Mr. Anthony Fox Mr. Paul Rock Mr. Anthony Conway

Fr. John Flavin CSSp (President)

SENIOR SCHOOL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Mr. Clive Byrne is Secretary to the Board

Mr. John N. Murphy (Chairperson)Fr. Noel Redmond CSSp

Fr. Gareth ByrneSr. Mary Corr

Ms. Ruth FerrisMr. John WynneMr. Noel GuilfoyleMr. Denis Murphy

Mr. Clive Byrne(Principal)

Mr. John N. Murphy(Chairman)


Aboud, MarcBrennan, EannaByrne, MatthewCahill, OisínClancy, JosephCoveney, BrianDalton, AlanFlood, DavidGarry, Bryan

Godfrey, AlanHardiman, DanielHogan, ConorHudson, RobbieKilcoyne, RichardLyons, HughMcDonnell, MarcMcLoughlin, RonanMeehan, Gavin

Morris, PatrickMurray, GregoryO’Connell, ShaneO’Flanagan, BarryO’Shaughnessey, OisínQuinn, KevinSweeney, RichardTraynor, KieranWu, Daniel

Senior School Roll 2004-2005SIXTH YEAR A

Burke, BillyCarron, RoryCoffey, GaryCullen, ConorDrumm, BrianFlynn, MarkGood, RonanHanlon, JohnHosey, Ross

Larkin, DavidMaher, RobertMcGill, JohnMcSherry, RossMiley, RobertMoore, EoinMulligan, LiamO’Briain, NiallO’Dea, Aidan

O’Hara, KillianO’Sullivan, IanRaymond, KieranReilly, TiernanRooney, GavinTierney, BrianTyndall, Michael

SIXTH YEAR A1

Bowe, RossBracken-Clarke, DaraByrne, StephenCasari, DanielConway, MatthewCullen, RossDonoghue, ConorFanning, Darragh

Gannon, RobertGeraghty, ConorHannigan, StephenHennelly, JamesHuddie, PaulLernihan, DaraMcCabe, SimonMcInerney, Conor

McTague, SeánMooney, GaryMoran, BrianMurphy, BryanO’Brien, StephenO’Doherty, GaryPhelan, DavidSomerville, Terence

SIXTH YEAR A2

Ardagh, JackBuggy, JackCallanan, MarkChurch, RossConnolly, SeánCowhey, NeilDevereux, AdamDixon, DavidEdge, Robert

Foynes, CillianGarvey, ThomasHogan, AndrewKelly, MarkKennedy, DarranLevins, ShaneMcArdle, SamO’Connell, KevinReynolds, Aidan

Roebuck, NealRyan, GrahamSexton, MarkTwomey, JohnWalsh, SimonWhelan, GavinWhite, Niall

FIFTH YEAR A


Ali, HusnainCunningham, NickDelahunty, RossDoran, PhilipDunne, DavidEnnis, MarkFarrington, ColinGriffin, Neil

Hollywood, DavidHunt, PatrickKeane, RuairíLangan, JustinMehigan, SamMoran, EamonO’Connell, CormacO’Reilly, Thomas

Rowland, RichardRyan, MarkStone, MerlinSweetman, ColinSweetman, MarkVather, John

FIFTH YEAR A2

Carey, DeclanConroy, NiallCoveney, ConorCroke, NicholasDunne, PhilipFernihough, IanGeraghty, KevinGrehan, GarethHickey, Gavin

Hogan, ConorHosey, LukeKelly, SeánKiernan, PatrickLeddin, DouglasLynagh, EoinMoore, EmmetMorris, EamonnMountaine, Alan

Mullen, JamesMurphy, AustinNolan, AndrewO’Kelly, AlanO’Neill, CianParkinson, WilliamRaymond, ShaneReynolds, PatrickSheedy, Niall

FOURTH YEAR A

Ahlstrom, DanielBarrett, PeterBourke, DeclanBulger, NiallCostello, ChristopherEvers-Donnelly, KeithFagan, RichardFitzgerald, EdwardFranklin, David

Glynn, JamieGodfrey, PadraigGoulding, ConorHarmon, DeclanMcCabe, MarkMcGlade, ConorMcHale, JamesNolan, IarlaO’Gorman, Marc

Quinn, ColmRedmond, GarethReilly, PeterShaffrey, RichardTimmons, ShaneTuffy, KrisTurley, StephenWalsh, Stephen

FOURTH YEAR A1

Barry, Christopher Carpenter, David Cullen, Stephen Doddy, Hugh Doddy, Jamie Donnelly, Anthony Finlay, Killian Patrick Flynn, Anthony

Gallivan, Kevin Higgins Murphy, HughLalor, Padraig Maher Keenan, GrahamMahon, Tony McCarthy, Andrew Mulkerrin, Enda Mulrennan, Ian

Murphy, Joseph Murray-Golden, Zachary Neill, Nason O’Shea, Fergal Slowey, Joseph Spring, Danny Tiernan, Joseph

FIFTH YEAR A1


Beirne, DavidBreen, ConorComan, NiallConway, MarkEarly, PaulEnnis, KarlFallon, KillianGannon, PaulHammond, Brian

Hayden, KeithHeavey, BrianKeane, DavidLambert, HughMahon, David-OwenMcGinley, EoinMcGovern, KeithMcKay, MarcMorris, Cian

O’Connor, DavidO’Kelly, CormacO’Laoire, MarcusRobinson, JamesShaw, ConorShortt, BrendanSmith, DamienTracey, Daragh

FOURTH YEAR A2

Andreucetti, WilliamBailey, DylanBarnwell, DanielBrady, JamesBuggy, HarryConnaughton, SeánCulligan, StephenDoherty, KevinDunne, NiculaeFitzsimons, Michael

Franklin, ColinGlenn, AlanHiggins, RichardHudson, DarrenLamb, KennethMassey, SeánMcDermott, RuairíMcGill, OwenMoore, RoryMurphy, Paul

Nolan, DavidO’Doherty, CathalO’Doherty, ConorReilly, DarághSmith, CaolanSweeney, RoryVerdon, IanWharton, Keith

THIRD YEAR A

Ardagh, CiaránBathe, IanBreslin, JohnByrne, RonanConnery, BenjaminDalton, NiallDowney, IanDrumm, EoinFanning, Cian

Finnigan, PeterGannon, MichaelGoode, BrianHolohan, DaraghHughes, TommyMaguire, ShaneMcAleese, EamonnMcEvoy, DonalMcGrath, Jack

Meehan, AlanMurray, SimonNugent, DerekO’Donaghue, JackO’Neill, IanO’Sullivan, KarlRoebuck, BrianSmith, Árón

THIRD YEAR A1

Baker, JamieBent, RichardBruton, KeithCarolan, SeánCrotty, RaymondDelaney, LeoFerris, RobertField, RobbieGeraghty, Seán

Hallinan, EoghanKeane, AlanLoughman, EamonMcCarthy, JohnMcGann, DavidMcNeill, ChristopherMurphy, NeilMurray, StephenO’Brien, James

O’Fiachain, CiaranRedmond, GarySheridan, DermotSpeers, JamesStringer, SamTraynor, AlbertTuffy, ShaneWhelan, Gerry

THIRD YEAR A2


Arigho, JohnBourke, BrianByrne, OdhranCarey, LukeCeillier, SimonCorcoran, SeánDaly, RichardDoyle, DeclanFerris, David

Fitzgerald, DarraghGlynn, JeffreyHand, ConorHorgan, DaireKennedy, LewisLarney, SeánMcAuley, StephenMcCormack, PhilipMonks, Paul

Mulligan, SeánMurray, CiaranO’Brien, CianO’Connor, CianO’Leary, JohnReddy, LukeRyan, TimothySmith, LukeWallis, Sam

SECOND YEAR A

Blackburn, GaryBrennan, MatthewCaffrey, RoryCarroll, EoinClarke, ShaneCreedon, MatthewDoyle, JonathanFlynn, NealGoulding, Jack

Jones, JohnKiernan, DavidLennon, RonanMcCarthy, BrianMcGovern, NiallMoriarty, DavidMurphy, DarraghMurray-Golden, JakeO’Carroll, Cian

O’Donnell, KevinO’Donnell, SimonO’Mahony, RonanRedmond, ChristopherScott, MichaelStewart, BobbySweeney, MarkWalsh, AaronWilliams, Ross

SECOND YEAR A1

Bond, ChristopherBurke, ConorCallanan, DavidCasey, MichaelCollum, DanielCroke, NiallDolan, MarkDonovan, DavidFitzgerald, Brian

Foynes, ConallGrumley Traynor, KillianHegarty, CillianHickey, IanKennedy, AndrewLeaden, ConorMacCartaigh, NeillMcCionnaith, MylesMcLoughlin, J.J.

Mortimer, DavidMurphy, KevinNolan, PeterO’Connell, BrendanOman, FabienRoche, PeterShaffrey, Benjamin

SECOND YEAR A2

Ambrose, ThomasBarrett, RichardCarmody, RobertCullen, MatthewDoran, PatrickDrumm, DomhnaillFallon, MarkGallogly, CillianGrant, Max

Hogan, ConorKelly, RoryMartin, AaronMcGovern, HughMitchell, PatrickMulcahy, EoinNash, GerardO’Dubhghaill, FionnO’Reilly, Ciaran

Reilly, SeánRyanFlynn, SebastianSlattery, WilliamSweeney, ConorTracey, EmmetTurley, DavidWalsh, GerardWynne, Jack

FIRST YEAR A


Caldwell, DarraghCouglan, AndrewCurtin, PeterEbbs, JackFlood, FinnianGillmor, MarkHayes, ThomasKearney, Shane

Mahon, EdmundMcGinley, LiamMcMahon, MarkMoriarty, EoinMullins, JeffreyMurray, ConorO’Connor, LukeO’Keefe, Andrew

Phelan, MarcusRooney, MylesSheridan, VincentStephenson, SamuelToland, SamuelTuffy, CathalWalsh, ColinWorrall, Cillian

FIRST YEAR A2

Barnwell, KillianBeattie, BrendanClynes, CianCurran, LiamDowling, LukeDunne, StephenFanagan, DavidGormally, HughGrimson, Roy

Holmes, DavidLowe, RonanMcCahill, SéamusMcIntyre, EvanMcKenna, JamesMitchell, StephenNorton, HarryO’Halloran, DavidPacitti, Andrew

Roche, KevinSheridan, JohnStaunton, MarkTisdall, CianTraynor, KurtisWagner Coffey, JonathanWalsh, Maurice

FIRST YEAR A1

SIX A

Back Row (l-r): Oisin O’Shaughnessy, M

atthew Byrne, Ronan McLoughlin, Patrick Morris, M

arc Aboud, Hugh Lyons, Oisin Cahill, Brian Coveney, Daniel Hardiman.

Middle Row (l-r):Daniel W

u, Gavin Meehan, Gregory Murray, Alan Dalton, Kieran Traynor, Barry O’Flanagan, Bryan Garry, David Flood, Eanna Brennan.

Front Row (l-r):Alan Godfrey, Richard Kilcoyne, M

arc McDonnell, Mr. Clive Byrne, Richard Sweeney, Shane O’Connell, Conor Hogan, Robert Hudson.

SIX A1

Back Row (l-r):Ronan Good, Robert Miley, John McGill, Killian O’Hara, Ian O’Sullivan, Eoin Moore.

Middle Row (l-r):Robert Maher, Aidan O’Dea, Niall O’Brien, Kieran Raymond, Gavin Rooney, Michael Tyndall, Mark Flynn.

Front Row (l-r):John Hanlon, Conor Cullen, Brian Drumm, M

r. Clive Byrne, Ross McSherry, Ross Hosey, Billy Burke, Billy Clancy.

SIX A2

Back Row (l-r):David Phelan, Gary O’Doherty, Bryan Murphy, Darragh Fanning, James Hennelly, Terry Som

merville, Simon McCabe.

Middle Row (l-r):Stephen Byrne, Dara Bracken Clarke, Daniel Casari, Gary Mooney, Dara Lernihan, Stephen O’Brien, Conor Geraghty.

Front Row (l-r): Paul Huddie, Stephen Hannigan, Robert Gannon, Mr. Clive Byrne, Conor McInerney, Ross Bowe, Brian Moran, Ross Cullen.

FIVE A

Back Row (l-r):Mark Kelly, David Dixon, Gavin Whelan, John Twom

ey, Kevin O’Connell, Sam McArdle, Sean Connolly.

Middle Row (l-r):Shane Levins, Jack Buggy, Aidan Reynolds, Neil Cowhey, Jack Ardagh, M

ark Sexton, Graham Ryan, Robert Edge, Darran Kennedy.

Front Row (l-r):Neal Roebuck, Tom

Garvey, Ross Church, Simon Walsh, Andrew Hogan, Niall White.

FIVE A1

Back Row (l-r):Killian Finlay, Joseph Slowey, Tony Mahon, Fergal O’Shea, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Gallivan.

Middle Row (l-r):Ian Mulrennan, Anthony Donnelly, Tony Flynn, Danny Spring, Hugh Higgins, Padraig Lalor, Nason Neill.

Front Row (l-r):Hugh Doddy, Joseph Murphy, Joseph Tiernan, Stephen Cullen, Zach Murray Golden, Graham Maher, David Carpenter, Enda Mulkerrin.

FIVE A2

Back Row (l-r):Sam Mehigan, M

ark Ennis, Philip Doran, Colin Farrington, Nick Cunningham.

Middle Row (l-r):Husnain Ali, Patrick Hunt, Eamon Moran, David Hollywood, John Vather, David Dunne, Justin Langan.

Front Row (l-r):Merlin Stone, M

ark Sweetman, Cormac O’Connell, Ross Delahunty, Thomas O’Reilly, Richard Rowland, Neil Griffin, Colin Sweetman.

FOUR A

Back Row (l-r):Chris Costello, Edward Fitzgerald, Declan Harmon, Stephen Turley, Mark McCabe, Conor Goulding, Peter Reilly, David Franklin.

Middle Row (l-r):Mr. Noel Guilfoyle, Colm Quinn, Peter Barrett, M

arc O’Gorman, Declan Bourke, Richard Shaffrey, Gareth Redm

ond, Niall Bulger, M

r. Adrian O’Scannlain.

Front Row (l-r):Conor McGlade, Shane Timmons, Padraig Godfrey, Keith Evers Donnelly, Iarla Nolan, Richard Fagan, Kris Tuffy, Daniel Ahlstrom.

FOUR A1

Back Row (l-r):Sean Kelly, Ian Fernihough, Gavin Hickey, Niall Conroy, Cian O’Neill, Andrew Nolan, Niall Sheedy.

Middle Row (l-r): Luke Hosey, James Mullen, Nicholas Croke, Declan Carey, Patrick Kiernan, Philip Dunne, Alan Mountaine.

Front Row (l-r):Mr. Adrian O’Scannlain, M

r. Noel Guilfoyle, Kevin Geraghty, Conor Coveney, Gareth Grehan, Conor Hogan, Eamonn Morris, Shane Raymond.

FOUR A2

Back Row (l-r):Paul Gannon, Conor Shaw, Hugh Lambert, Conor Breen, Keith McGovern, Marc McKay, Cian Morris, David Beirne, Paul Early.

Middle Row (l-r): Mr. Noel Guilfoyle, Niall Coman, Damien Sm

ith, Cormac O’Kelly, M

ark Conway, M

arcus O’Laoire, Karl Ennis, David O’Connor, Mr. Adrian O’Scannlain.

Front Row (l-r): David Keane, Brian Hammond, Keith Hayden, Brendan Shortt, Daragh Tracey, Eoin McGinley, James Robinson, Killian Fallon.

THREE A

Back Row (l-r):Paul Murphy, William Andreucetti, Stephen Culligan, Richard Higgins, Owen McGill, Colin Franklin, Seán Connaughton, Daniel Barnwell, Darren Hudson.

Middle Row (l-r):Kevin Doherty, Alan Glenn, David Nolan, Daragh Reilly, Sean Massey, Cathal O’Doherty, Caolan Sm

ith, Ruairi McDermot, Kenneth Lamb, James Brady.

Front Row (l-r):Rory Sweeney, Conor O’Doherty, Keith Wharton, Nick Dunne, Ian Verdon, Dylan Bailey, Michael Fitzsimons, Harry Buggy.

THREE A1

Back Row (l-r):Niall Dalton, Benjamin Connery, Jack McGrath, John Breslin, Eamon McAleese, Ian Bathe, Shane Maguire.

Middle Row (l-r):Brian Goode, Karl O’Sullivan, Ciarán Ardagh, Donal McEvoy, Daragh Holohan, Derek Nugent, Jack O’Donoghue, Ian Downey, Aaron Smith.

Front Row (l-r): Tommy Hughes, Eoin Drumm, Ronan Byrne, Brian Roebuck, Ian O’Neill, Simon Murray, Alan Meehan, Michael Gannon.

THREE A2

Back Row (l-r):James Speers, Leo Delaney, Chris McNeill, Robbie Field, Richard Bent, David McGann, Neil M

urphy, Eamonn Loughm

an.

Middle Row (l-r):Raymond Crotty, John McCarthy, Jerry Whelan, Stephen Murray, Keith Bruton, Dermot Sheridan, Albert Traynor, James O’Brien, Robert Ferris.

Front Row (l-r):Sean Geraghty, Gary Redm

ond, Alan Keane, Sean Carolan, Sam Stringer, Ciarán O’Fiacháin, Shane Tuffy, Jamie Baker.

TWO A

Back Row (l-r):Ciaran Murray, Stephen McAuley, Sean Corcoran, Luke Sm

ith, Luke Carey, Timothy Ryan, Sean Mulligan,Paul M

onks, Cian O’Brien.

Middle Row (l-r):Sam Wallis, Simon Ceillier, Philip McCormack, Odhran Byrne, John Arigho, Richard Daly, Daire Horgan, Luke Reddy.

Front Row (l-r):John O’Leary, Cian O’Connor, Conor Hand, Brian Bourke, Darragh Fitzgerald, Lewis Kennedy, Declan Doyle, David Ferris.

TWO A1

Back Row (l-r):Jack Goulding, Gary Blackburn, Darragh Murphy, Ronan Lennon, Eoin Carroll, David Moriarty, Shane Clarke, David Kiernan, M

ark Sweeney.

Middle Row (l-r):Cian O’Carroll, Jake Murray Golden, Ronan O’Mahony, Jonathon Doyle, Bobby Stewart, Matthew Brennan, Rory Caffrey, Aaron Walsh, John Jones.

Front Row (l-r):Brian McCarthy, Kevin O’Donnell, Niall McGovern, Neal Flynn, Ross Williams, Simon O’Donnell, Christopher Redmond, Michael Scott.

TWO A2

Back Row (l-r):Benjamin Shaffrey, Fabian Oman, Conall Foynes, Niall Croke, Brendan O’Connell, David Mortim

er, Kevin Murphy, Michael Casey.

Middle Row (l-r):Cillian Hegarty, Andrew Kennedy, Ian Hickey, Conor Burke, J.J. M

cLoughlin, Christopher Bond, Conor Leaden, Daniel Collum

Front Row (l-r):Mark Dolan, David Donovan, Peter Roche, Peter Nolan, Killian Grumley Traynor, Myles McCionnaith, Neill MacCartaigh, Brian Fitzgerald.

ONE A

Back Row (l-r):Conor Sweeney, Hugh Mc Govern, Fionn O’Dubhghaill, M

ark Fallon, Jack Wynne, Patrick Mitchell, Gerard Walsh.

Middle Row (l-r): Thom

as Ambrose, William Slattery, David Turley, Ciaran O’Reilly, Eoin Mulcahy, Sean Reilly, Max Grant, Cillian Gallogly, Dom

hnaill Drumm.

Front Row (l-r): Aaron Martin, Sebastian Ryan Flynn, Richard Barrett, Rory Kelly, M

atthew Cullen, Gerard Nash, Conor Hogan, Emmet Tracey.

ONE A1

Back Row (l-r):Kevin Roche, Cian Tisdall, Robert Carmody, Liam Curran, Ronan Lowe, Stephen Dunne, Stephen Mitchell, John Sheridan, Evan McIntyre.

Middle Row (l-r):Roy Grim

son, James McKenna, Harry Norton, Seamus McCahill, Hugh Gormley, David O’Halloran, Curtis Traynor, M

aurice Walsh.

Front Row (l-r):David Holmes, Cian Clynes, Killian Barnwell, David Fanagan, M

ark Staunton, Luke Dowling, Jonathan Wagner Coffey, Brendan Beattie.

ONE A2

Back Row (l-r):Edmund Mahon, Eoin Moriarty, Andrew Coughlan, Samuel Stephenson, Shane Kearney, Thomas Hayes.

Middle Row (l-r):Jack Ebbs, Mark McMahon, Jeffery Mullins, Conor Murray, Colin Walsh, M

ark Gilm

ore, Cathal Tuffy, Peter Curtin.

Front Row (l-r):Samuel Toland, Vincent Sheridan, M

arcus Phelan, Liam McGinley, Finnian Flood, Daragh Caldwell, Cillian Worrall, Luke O’Connor.

FIRST TERM

August 30thIt seems to get earlier every year. The Junior andSenior School teaching staff were back after thesummer, for a School Planning day today.Junior School welcomed Garreth Agnew, SeniorSchool welcomed Rachel Donnelly, Ronan Kelly,Innocent Matente and Rodney O’Donnell.

August 31stThe pupils arrived for their first day back; in aseries of assemblies.

September 1stFull classes began today for all students in theSenior School. In the Junior School, the 2nd Classboys had their first hour and a half in St. Mary’s –they all made it through.

September 5thThe Past Pupils’ Union AGM was held with theinduction of Pat Shaffrey as President.

September 6thThe anxious parents of 2nd Class were put at theirease at the parents’ information evening.

September 12thThe Mass to begin the school year was held forfamilies of 4th, 5th and 6th Year students.

September 14th5 nominations received for parents to serve on thenew Senior School Board of Management -election process now must take place.


Georgina Collins helps with Ben Shaffrey’s make-up.Darragh Fitzgerald, Gary Blackburn and Ian Hickey.Bill Massey reads under Fr. Flavin’s watchful eye.

Deirdre Garrett and Brian Wall at SCT match.Mr David Breslin with his son Josh at Junior School Sports Day.

That Was The Year That Was! 2004-2005

September 19thThe Mass to begin the school year was held forfamilies of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year students.

September 20thDr. Deasy paid his second visit to 1st Year today andthe lack of fainting spells was seen as a mark of theirstrength. The 4th Year students visited Mountjoy andresolved to stay on this side of the bars.

September 21stAt the last meeting of the Parents Advisory Groupnominations were sought for the first ever JuniorSchool Board of Management.

September 22ndThe Higher Options Conference was visited by the6th Year students and the SCT had their firstfixture, of the year, against Glenstal.

September 23rd8am – 4pm parents turn out to vote for theirnominees to the Senior School Board ofManagement.

September 24th The 1st Year students visited the Ferrycarrig Centreand learned that Bronze Age Irishmen did not (infact) have plasma screens in their mud huts.

September 27thAll nomination proposals returned for JuniorSchool Board of Management.

September 29thThe 2nd Class lads were settling in quite nicely, sotheir parents were informed at the Parent-Teachermeeting.

October 7thThe draft Constitution for the new Parents’Association was adopted at its first AGM.

Mr. Nicholas Fitzsimmons with Conor Hogan at the 1st Year basketball semi-final.Daniel Hardiman explains his project at the Young Scientist Exhibition.David Ferris and Leo Phelan in supporter mode.Patsy and Denise Fogarty flame-grill burgers!First Year Technology Class in Christmas mode.


October 15thThe Senior School Board of Management officiallytook up its duties.

October 16thTonight saw the annual Parents’ Social Evening inSt. Mary’s RFC.

October 19th - 22ndA most unlikely sight – The Fiddler fiddled on theRoof for these four nights – during the SeniorSchool Musical, in conjunction with St. Louis HighSchool, in the Fr. Barry Hall.

October 21stThe 3rd and 4th Class students had their turn underthe microscope at their Parent-Teacher meetings.

October 22ndIn a very eventful first term, a welcome break camewith the start of mid-term. Spirits were highamong 6th Class as they prepared for their rugbytrip to Brynteg, Wales.

November 1stThe first ever meeting of the St. Mary’s CollegeParents’ Association was held today. LeonieBlackburn is its first Chairperson.

November 2ndClasses resumed and the first meeting of the SeniorSchool Board of Management was held.

November 4thThe 5th Year students were seen scurrying awayfrom the school, quickly, this afternoon, as theirparents arrived at 4:15pm for their Parent-Teachermeeting.

November 5thSeán Connolly returns from a week’s Sailingtraining on the Asgard tall ship.


Vincent Cunningham, Denis Hickie and Rodney O’Donnell at the Lion’s Night fundraiser.Brendan Beattie and Rory Kelly.

(l-r) Darragh Fitzgerald, Gary Blackburn, Cian O’Brien, Peter Nolan, and Sean Corcoran (sitting in front).

Rory and Greg Tisdall.(l-r) Peter Roche, Jonathon and Declan Doyle, Andrew Kennedy, Michael Casey.

November 7thThe annual Family Mass for deceased past pupilsand staff was held today.

November 8thRoss Cullen of 6th Year presented an exhibitionTable Tennis Match in the Junior School hall tostudents of 6th and 2nd Year. Ross played with theIreland Under 17 team and also plays for UCDTable Tennis Club.

Declan Harmon presented a paper to his 4th Yearcolleagues on his role as Development Officer of hislocal GAA Club and the success it has had, as a result.

November 9thFielding a team made up of mostly 2nd Yearstudents; the Under 16 Basketball team was beatenby Stratford College. Hopefully, this was not to bea trend for this developing team. The 5th Class boyswere also developing, at least that’s what theirparents were told...

November 11thThe 6th Class students were praised and protectedin equal measure at their Parent-Teacher meeting.

November 12thThe Past Pupils’ Union Dinner was held, this evening,with many fine speeches and even better food.

November 16thIn a return match, the Under 16s managed a muchcloser game with Stratford, still not victoriousthough! Their 4th Year colleagues were also muchtalked about as they had their Parent-Teachermeeting that evening.

November 17thA copy of ‘Test Cricket Grounds’ by, a past student,John Woods (1980s) was presented to the SchoolLibrary.


(l-r) Conor Hogan, Ronan Good, Robbie Hudson on their last day in St. Mary’s.(l-r) David Callanan, Ronan Lennon, Simon O’Donnell, Niall McGovern and Kevin O’Donnell.Mr Kevin Lewis and Philip Doran at the Christmas Carol Service. (l-r) Jake Murray Golden, Cillian Barden, Philip Dix, Peter Nolan, Ben Shaffrey, Ross Williams,Michael Scott, Niall McGovern, Aaron Walsh and Chris Redmond at the JCT Semi Final.Robert Miley (Batting).Training in Kenilworth for the Senior 3rds:Conor Quinn, Ian O’Sullivan, Alan Godfrey, Ross Church, Paul Gannon, Mark McKay, Kieran Traynor, Simon Walsh, Conor Breen, Mark Kelly, David Carpenter.

November 18thThe Under 16 Basketball Team continue to improvewith a two point defeat to St. Michael’s.

November 24thThe SCT played Clongowes Wood College on theirnew and very fine pitch.

November 26thMr. Sweeney donned his Christmas tie in anopening to the season, as the St. Vincent De PaulCake Sale took place in the Junior School Hall.

November 29thThe school exams begin and the 1st Year lads get ataste of what 450 students all working at the sametime looks like – scary.

December 1stToday marked the third year, in a row, for ConorMcInerney, Gavin O’Meara and Paul Nash to bechosen for the Leinster Schools Rugby Team.

December 4thThe JCT and JLT travelled to Presentation Cork.The Under 14s went to St. Gerard’s. The Scoutswent slightly further to the Southern Hemisphere.

December 6thThe Senior Cup and Junior Cup draw took placetoday with Denis Hickie and Brian O’Driscollpulling the names from the hat. On the politicalfield, Declan Harmon took on Gay Mitchell in theQuestions and Answers studio.

December 7thThere was cake in the Senior School Staff Roomtoday as Mr. Gillespie celebrated his 65th Birthday.The Student Council also met today but did nothave cake. The 4th Year students went to Glencreeand only had tea and biscuits.


At the 1st Year basketball semi-final, facing camera: Cian O’Carroll with Simon O’Donnell, ChrisRedmond, Ross Williams (Neill MacCartaigh and Neal Flynn behind).

Kevin Murphy.l-r: Jonathon O’Brien, Patrick Purcell (SCT 2003) and Brendan Smyth,

Mr Denis Murphy patrols Kenilworth.Kurtis Traynor and William Slattery at practice in Kenilworth.

December 8thThe school was closed today for the Feast of theImmaculate Conception.

December 9thThe 4th Year students continued their criminaleducation tour as they visited the Four Courts.

December 10thThe 6th Year students visited UCD today for Comharna Gaeilge lectures.

December 13th€1,700 was collected by 4th Year students today forthe Central Remedial Clinic.

December 14thThe usual traffic jam in the yard as proud parentsdescend on the school for the Junior SchoolChristmas performances.

December 22ndStudent thoughts turned from study to Santa asthe Carol Service in the chapel signalled the end toanother school term.

SECOND TERM

January 10thStudents were spared the harsh return to fullclasses, due to the 6th Year Parent-Teacher meeting.

January 14thDara Bracken Clarke, Daniel Hardiman and DanielWu, having rigourously tested the results of manydifferent types of water filtration systems, won aspecial commendation at the Young ScientistsCompetition. It was the first entry from St. Mary’sin several years.

Darragh Bracken Clarke, Daniel Hardiman and Daniel Wu at the Young Scientists. Matthew Conway (and his followers)!(l-r) Mark Fitzpatrick and Mimmo Toma (front) with Michael O’Riordain and Conor Whelan (behind).6th years on their last day.Deirdre Garrett and Cian O’Connor.


January 18thThe 3rd Year students had their turn under theParent-Teacher spotlight today and classes endedearly to allow this.

January 27thIn a double win, the St. Mary’s 1st and 2nd YearBasketball teams beat St. Michael’s 21-20 and 33-14 respectively.

February 2ndFr. Libermann’s Day was marked with a wholeschool Mass in the Fr. Barry Hall. The JuniorSchool received official recognition from theNational Educational Welfare Board and theinspector was very pleased with what the schoolhad to offer.

February 3rdThe Hall was put to a very different use today asthe 1st and 2nd Year Basketball teams were in actionagain. This time they played Colaiste Eóin and thescores were 26-29 and 28-21 respectively.

February 9thThe 2nd Year Basketballers continued their winningrun by beating Drimnagh Castle 26-16 andqualified for the Dublin area Quarter Finals.

February 10thTonight saw a Drugs Information Evening for 1st,2nd & 3rd year parents.

February 11thMid-Term break began today and the SeniorSchool European Youth Parliament Team won theDublin final.

February 21st... and ended with a bang for the 3rd and 6th Yearstudents who faced Pre Junior and LeavingCertificate exams. It was also good to see Fr. Clearyback after his recent illness.


(l-r) Andrew Hogan, Mark Sexton and Kevin Gallivan.Mr. David Breslin, Darragh Fanning and Mr. Brian Moore.

Back Row (l-r) Seamus McCahill, Aaron Martin.Front Row (l-r) John Sheridan, Luke Dowling.

JCT SUPPORTERS – (l-r) Ian Hickey, Ben Hogan, Donal O’Brien, Alex Ryan, Gerard Gallivan,Philip Dix and Conor Hallinan.

Gerard Walsh and Andrew O’Keefe.

February 24thA Fundraising and Social Quiz Night was held in St.Mary’s RFC for parents and friends of the U13rugby team.

March 1stDeclan Harmon of 4th Year won 1st prize of aweek’s work expereince in ‘The Daily Star’Newspaper. The competition involved writing anewsletter for the paper.

March 5thThe blazers and chrism were out in force at theJunior School Confirmation today.

March 7thToday saw the erection of mobile phone masts onthe roof of the nearby CSO building, the studentsare now able to receive a perfect signal on theirmobile phones. Their parents, teachers andneighbours are less happy, however, prompting aprotest march, in the following days.

March 8thThe last of the Parent-Teacher Meetings was heldtoday and it was the 2nd Year Students’ turn to betalked about.

March 9thMembers of 4th Year presented a cheque to arepresentative from GOAL for €4,000. This wasfrom the sale of Christmas Trees in KenilworthSquare.

March 11thThe school’s priests had their work cut out forthem today as the 2nd Class boys made their FirstConfession.


Andrew Hogan with Mr. Brian Wall.

Kevin Roche.

(l-r) Aidan Kernan, David Jennings, Domhnall Drislane with Mathew Andreucetti behind.

Back Row (l-r) Luke O’Connor, David Holmes, Evan McIntyre, Brendan Beattie, Peter Curtin, Ronan Lowe.Front Row (l-r) Mr. John Nisbet, Colin Walsh, Roy Grimson.

(l-r): Augustus Tozer, Michael Purcell and Aaron Dunne.

March 16thThe 2nd Year Basketball Dublin Area Quarter Final iswon by St. Marys 37-24 against Pres. Bray, in theFr. Barry Hall.

March 21stMore victory for the 2nd Year Students in theBasketball arena, beating Coláiste Reachrann 30-26in the Fr. Barry Hall, at the Dublin Area Semi-Final.

March 22ndAll good things must come to an end. The 2nd YearBasketball team were beaten in the Final of theDublin Area Championships by St. David’s 37-23,at Glendale Community School.

March 23rdThe Easter Holidays began today.

THIRD TERM

April 2nd/3rdThe return trip/matches for Brynteg and St. Mary’s6th Class took place.

April 4thThe Easter Eggs and Bunnies returned with somedramatic haircuts, these were quickly dealt with.

April 8thAt a Table Quiz in St. Mary’s College RFC, theParents’ Association raised over €8,000 to fundsmall school-related capital projects. The generalknowledge of the Junior School came to the fore – the winning team comprised Mr. Colm Sweeney,Mrs. Mary O’Donnell and Mrs. Frances Bane.

April 9thToday saw the Junior School rugby League Finals.


Hugh Doddy.Mr Barry Leonard at coaching.

(l-r) Brian Moran, Dara Lernihan, Richard Kilcoyne.Neil Griffin (Batting).

(l-r) Brian Drumm, Simon McCabe, Conor Donoghue, Rory Carron, Paul Huddie.

April 12thNot daunted by their defeat before Easter, the 2nd

Year Basketball team beat Dunmore Galway in theAll-Ireland Championship 27-24.

April 14thThe 1st Year Basketballers have obviously beenwatching their 2nd Year counterparts closely andwon 34-8 against O.L.M. Drimnagh.

April 24thThe College Chapel’s Jubilee Mass was celebratedtoday.

April 25thThe school was visited by Proinsias de Rossa to talkto the Transition Year students about the Europeanparliament.

April 29thThe Annual Cake Sale to support the Holy GhostMissions was held today. Several staff memberswere spotted furtively concealing cream bunsabout their persons.

May 7thLooking angelic, the 2nd Class boys received theirFirst Holy Communion.

May 16thSenior School Sports Day. There are photos toprove that it happened – but unfortunately norecord of the results!

May 21stOn a windy but clement Saturday the JuniorSchool held their Sports Day There was muchscrambling under nets and racing with sacks, threelegs and spoons. Refreshments were provided bythe Parents’ Association.


Eoin Mulcahy wonders what happened to his chair?John Hanlon and Dan Hardiman.Eoin Moore and Brian Murphy playing at the Christmas Concert.(l-r) David McGann, Richard Bent, Raymond Crotty, Stephen Culligan, Simon Murray, Brian Roebuck, Ian O’Neill, Kevin Doherty, Seán Connaughton, Darren Hudson, Zach Murray-Golden.

May 24th1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Years had their first prizegivingceremony for many years.

May 26thAn information evening was organised by theParents’ Association for 5th and 6th Form parents,“Making the transition from Primary to SecondarySchool” presented by Brian Gilsenan – a former St.Mary’s pupil.

May 28thThe 6th Year students bade their official goodbye tothe school with their Graduation Ceremony thisevening.

May 30thFor those not Graduating or sitting the JuniorCertificate, the exams began today amidst glorioussunshine!

May 31stAn early start as a group of parents and quite afew students make a retirement presentation toMrs. Bane – before school! Today also saw theGraduation Mass for the students of 6th Class.

June 2ndThe Transition Year students had a chance to showoff what they had been up to, all year, at theirPrizegiving Night. It is also the first awarding ofthe Special Achievement Cup for Transition Year;recognising outstanding effort in extracurricularactivities.

June 3rd“Swap and Buy”, a second-hand school book eventwas organised by Parents’ Association to cut downon schoolbook costs for Junior School parents.

June 9thThe St Mary’s College Golf Classic was held inCastlewarden Golf Club.


Conor Shaw, Brian Hammond, Marc O’Gorman.Conor Hogan in action at the Form + Fusion Fashion Show.

Fr. Michael Buckley (left) and Fr. Paddy Cleary present Mr. Clive Byrne with a bust of ClaudePoullart des Places in symbolising the change in management of the school in October 2004.

Andrew McCarthy, Jordan Finnegan and Jack Mullen at Junior School Sportsday.


6th YEAR PRIZEGIVINGSATURDAY 28th MAY 2005

BRIAN MORANGold Medal – School Captain

DAVID FLOOD School Vice-Captainand General Excellence

STEPHEN HANNIGANPère Barry Memorial Medal

for French

DARA BRACKEN-CLARKEGeneral Excellence in Studies

presented by the PPU

AIDAN O’DEACollege President’s Award,Bonn Oir Duais na Gaeilge & General Excellence


DANIEL WUGeneral Excellence

MARK SEXTONSportsperson of the Year

DANIEL HARDIMAN General Excellence

EANNA BRENNANGeneral Excellence

KEVIN QUINNGeneral Excellence

NIALL O’BRIAIN General Excellence

ALAN DALTONGeneral Excellence

BRIAN DRUMM General Excellence

CONOR McINERNEYGeneral Excellence


ROSS CULLENTable Tennis – Ireland U17s

TIERNAN REILLYSoccer – Captain 7-a-side Team

MARC ABOUDRugby – Leinster U19s

6AMarc AboudMatthew ByrneOisin CahillJoseph ClancyBrian CoveneyBryan GarryConor HoganRobbie HudsonRichard KilcoyneHugh LyonsMarc McDonnellRonan McLoughlinGregory MurrayShane O’ConnellBarry O’FlanaganOisin O’ShaughnessyRichard Sweeney

6A1Rory CarronConor CullenMark FlynnRonan GoodJohn HanlonRobert MaherJohn McGillRobert MileyEoin MooreKieran RaymondGavin RooneyMichael Tyndall

6A2Ross BoweMatthew ConwayRoss CullenConor DonoghueStephen HanniganPaul HuddieSimon McCabeBrian MoranStephen O’Brien

MERIT LIST:


GARY O’DOHERTYGolf – O’Meara Cup Winner

ROBERT MILEYCricket

CONOR MULLENAccounting

EOIN MOORE Accounting

ALAN GODFREYCricket


TRANSITION YEAR 2004-2005

Transition Year Prizewinners

TRANSITION YEAR GERMAN TRIP 2004-2005

A – David Keane.B – Declan Bourke, Padraig Godfrey, Conor Hogan, James Robinson, Niall Sheedy, Declan Harmon,

David Keane, Luke Hosey, Mark McCabe, Conor Goulding.C – Mark McCabe, Padraig Godfrey, Conor Hogan, Luke Hosey, Patrick Reynolds, Conor Goulding. D – Declan Carey, Cian O’Neill.E – Patrick Reynolds, David Keane, Conor Hogan.F – Ms. Deirdre Roche, Niall Sheedy, Declan Harmon, Cian O’Neill, James Robinson,

Declan Bourke, David Keane, Declan Carey, Padraig Godfrey, Luke Hosey, Conor Hogan, Mark McCabe, Patrick Reynolds, Conor Goulding.

G – Conor Hogan, Declan Bourke, David Keane, Gavin Hickey, Patrick Reynolds, Conor Goulding, Declan Harmon.

H – Padraig Godfrey.I – Luke Hosey.J – Declan Bourke, Cian O’Neill, James Robinson, Declan Harmon, Niall Sheedy, Declan Carey.

Special Achievement CupDOUGLAS LEDDIN

The Transition Year Perpetual Cup DECLAN HARMON

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TRANSITION YEAR MISCELLANY


TRANSITION YEAR MISCELLANY 2004-05

A – David Franklin, Eoin McGinley, Shane Timmons, Killary staff member, Marc O’Gorman, Kris Tuffy, Niall Bulger, Declan Bourke, Niall Conroy.

B – William Parkinson, Shane Raymond, Stephen Turley, Killian Fallon, Cormac O’Kelly, Nick Croke, Emmet Moore, Mr. Adrian O’Scannlain, Luke Hosey, Mark Conway, Kris Tuffy, Iarla Nolan, Shane Timmons, Eamonn Morris.

C – Transition Year Group,D – Marcus O’LaoireE – Peter BarrettF – Stephen Turley, Marcus O’Laoire, Brendan Shortt, Nick Croke, Damien Smith. G – Keith Hayden, Karl Ennis.H – Eamonn Morris, David Beirne, James McHale, Damien Smith, Peter Reilly,

Kevin Geraghty, Keith McGovern, Cian Morris, David-Owen Mahon, Peter Barrett. I – Ian Fernihough, Sean Kelly, Killian Fallon, Colm Quinn, Brendan Shortt.

THE COURSESSailingFirst AidLife SavingKarateJapaneseFAI CoachingIRFUMedia Studies DramaPublic Speaking

EVENTS Killary Adventure CentreGerman ExchangeFrench ExchangeAustralian ExchangeFrench TripGerman TripLatin TripVisit to Mountjoy Visit to Four CourtsVisit to TemplemoreEuropean Youth ParliamentScouts visit to South Africa

COMMUNITY CAREEach Tuesday voluntary work. Also charity work.

TRIP TO GERMANYThere were 18 students who went toCologne, Germany for a cultural

experience. The teachers whoaccompanied us on the trip were Ms.Deirdre Roche, Ms Tanya Tynan and MrJohn Nisbet. We tried to fit a lot ofactivities into the three days in Cologne.On the first day we went to The DOMand got a tour of the building andwalked up the 509 steps to the top. The second day we went to the Lindtchocolate factory and got a guided tourof the factory which was veryinteresting and informative. The last daywas the day we were all waiting for: theday we were going to the amusementPark, Phantasialand. The theme parkwas in Brühl which is a short trainjourney away. The theme park was veryenjoyable and fun was had by all. The4th year trip to Cologne, Germany was a really great experience and thememories will never be forgotten.

David Keane

SAILING There is no doubt that the sailingprogramme, undertaken with the IrishNational Sailing School, in TransitionYear of 2004/2005, was a roaringsuccess. The year was divided by theirclass lists and A2 was deemed to havegot the lucky draw as they werescheduled to go first, commencing inSeptember, when the water was the


The St. Mary’sgroup whichrepresented Irelandat the EuropeanYouth Parliament inStrasbourg.

(l-r): Gavin Hickey,James Robinson, Alan Mountaine,Declan Harmon.

Photo taken inFrance by fifthteam member,Douglas Leddin.

warmest or rather the least cold!However, it was clear, throughout theyear, that no level of coldness coulddampen the year’s spirits. From sailingto within inches of large intimidatingseals to sailing to within inches of theeven more intimidating and fast-moving Stena Line, the mood wasalways one of pure joy. The college andthe INSS must be given credit for howwell organised the sessions were. Theinstructors must be given specialacknowledgement for their ability tocontrol thirty lively 4th years out on theopen seas!

Peter Reilly

EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENTOne of the major achievements of thisyear was by the five students who tookpart in a newsletter and public speakingcompetition. The competition wasorganised by the National Forum onEurope and was themed around thenew European Constitution. The fivestudents: Alan Mountaine, DouglasLeddin, Gavin Hickey, myself (DeclanHarmon) and James Robinson werewinners nationally in the newsletter

competition and were close runners-upin the national finals of the publicspeaking section. I was awarded theprize as best individual speaker in thecompetition (which was chaired byMinister for Education, Mary Hanafin,TD). Our successful placing won us aprize of a trip to Strasbourg torepresent Ireland in EuroScala, theEuropean Youth Parliament.

Declan Harmon

KARATE The Karate in fourth year was a greatexperience. We had it every Wednesdaymorning with Mr. Dunne in the FatherBarry Hall. This was something new foreverybody in the class and by the endof the term we knew all about it! Mr.Dunne ensured we toughened up andgot fitter. The class was demanding, tosay the least, on a Wednesday morning,first thing, but it made a great start tothe day. As a result of all the work weput in, everyone got a belt, eitheryellow or orange, during the testing.Mr. Dunne was a great teacher and wewould like to thank him.

Brian Heavey


PRIZEGIVING 20051st, 2nd, 3rd, & 5th Year

1ST YEAR:

GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

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Thomas AmbroseFionn O’DubhghaillEmmet Treacy


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Brendan BeattieLiam CurranDavid Fanagan


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Finnian FloodLiam McGinleyVincent Sheridan


RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AWARD

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Matthew CullenDomhnaill DrummSebastian Ryan Flynn


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Killian BarnwellCian ClynesStephen Mitchell

Student of the Year AwardLIAM McGINLEY

French AwardCILLIAN WORRAL


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Darragh CaldwellMark GillmorCathal Tuffy


1AThomas AmbroseMatthew CullenMark FallonCillian GalloglyConor HoganRory KellyAaron MartinHugh McGovernPatrick MitchellEoin MulcahyGerard NashFionn O’DubhghaillCiaran O’ReillySeán ReillySebastian Ryan FlynnWilliam SlatteryConor SweeneyEmmet TraceyDavid TurleyGerard WalshJack Wynne

1A1Killian BarnwellBrendan BeattieCian ClynesLiam CurranLuke DowlingDomhnaill DrummStephen DunneDavid FanaganHugh GormallyRoy GrimsonDavid HolmesRonan LoweSeamus McCahillEvan McIntyreJames McKennaStephen MitchellHarry NortonDavid O’HalloranAndrew PacittiKevin RocheMark StauntonCian TisdallJonathan WagnerMaurice Walsh

1A2Darragh CaldwellPeter CurtinFinnian FloodMark GillmorThomas HayesShane KearneyLiam McGinleyMark McMahonEoin MoriartyConor MurrayLuke O’ConnorAndrew O’KeefeMyles RooneyVincent SheridanSamuel StephensonSamuel TolandCathal TuffyCillian Worral

U13s RugbySEAMUS McCAHILL

1ST YEAR CREDIT LIST

ADDITIONAL EXTRA-CURRICULAR AWARDSU13s RUGBYDavid FanaganMark Gillmor

BASKETBALLCathal Tuffy

ATHLETICSStephen Mitchell

SQUASH Stephen Mitchell

DEBATING Finnian Flood (also Best Speaker)

Vincent SheridanCathal Tuffy

BEST QUESTION FROM THE FLOOR Brendan Beattie

BadmintonSAM TOLAND

AthleticsRONAN LOWE

AthleticsEOIN MULCAHY

AthleticsMAURICE WALSH

CricketANDREW O’KEEFE

SquashPATRICK MITCHELL


2ND YEAR:


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Simon CeillierLewis KennedyStephen McAuley


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Gary Blackburn Neal FlynnRonan O’Mahony


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Andrew KennedyJ.J. McLoughlin Benjamin Shaffrey



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David Ferris Sean LarneySam Wallis


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John JonesSimon O’DonnellRoss Williams


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Killian Grumley TraynorBrendan O’ConnellPeter Roche

Student of the Year AwardBENJAMIN SHAFFREY


ChessSEAN CORCORAN

ChessPHILIP McCORMACK

BadmintonCIAN O’CONNOR

CricketNIALL CROKE

Best Question from the FloorMARK SWEENEY

U14s RugbyDARRAGH FITZGER-

U14s RugbyDAIRE HORGAN

U14s RUGBYBrendan O’ConnellRonan O’Mahony

BASKETBALLDaire Horgan

DEBATING J.J. McLoughlinBenjamin ShaffreyKillian Grumley Traynor(also Best Speaker)

CHESS Gary Blackburn

2ABrian BourkeOdhran ByrneLuke CareySimon CeillierMatthew CreedonRichard DalyDeclan DoyleDavid FerrisNeal FlynnDarragh FitzgeraldJeffrey GlynnConor HandDaire HorganLewis KennedySean LarneyPaul MonksSean MulliganCian O’BrienCian O’ConnorJohn O’LearyTimothy RyanSam Wallis

2A1Gary BlackburnJonathan DoyleJohn JonesDavid KiernanNiall McGovernKevin O’DonnellSimon O’DonnellRonan O’MahonyChristopher RedmondAaron WalshRoss Williams

2A2Christopher BondConor BurkeDavid CallananMichael CaseyDaniel CollumNiall CrokeMark DolanBrian FitzgeraldConall FoynesKillian Grumley TraynorCillian HegartyAndrew KennedyNeill MacCartaighJ.J. McLoughlinKevin MurphyPeter NolanBrendan O’ConnellFabien OmanPeter RocheBenjamin Shaffrey

2ND YEAR CREDIT LIST

ADDITIONAL EXTRA CURRICULAR AWARDS


3RD YEAR:


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Stephen CulliganMichael FitzsimonsKeith Wharton


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Eoin Drumm Cian FanningAaron Smith


3A2

Richard BentStephen MurrayAlbert Traynor



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Owen McGillPaul MurphyRory Sweeney


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Ian BatheDerek NugentKarl O’Sullivan


3A2

Keith BrutonAlan KeaneGerry Whelan


IRISH LANGUAGEAWARD

Mr. Kirby’s Class

Brian GoodeDonal McEvoyConor O’Doherty

IRISH LANGUAGEAWARD

Ms. Roche’s Class

Ronan ByrneSeán GeraghtyShane Tuffy

IRISH LANGUAGEAWARD

Mr. Hurley’s Class

Michael Gannon Caolan SmithJames Speers


3ADaniel BarnwellJames BradyHarry BuggySean ConnaughtonStephen CulliganKevin DohertyMichael FitzsimonsSean MasseyOwen McGillPaul MurphyConor O’DohertyDaragh ReillyCaolan SmithRory SweeneyIan VerdonKeith Wharton

3A1Ciaran ArdaghIan BatheRonan ByrneIan DowneyEoin DrummCian FanningMichael GannonTommy HughesSimon MurrayDerek NugentIan O’NeillAaron Smith

3A2Jamie BakerRichard BentKeith BrutonSean CarolanRobert FerrisRobbie FieldSeán GeraghtyEoin HallinanAlan KeaneEamon LoughmanJohn McCarthyJames O’BrienCiaran O’FiachainDermot SheridanSam StringerAlbert TraynorShane TuffyGerry Whelan

Art AwardJAMES BRADY

RugbyDARREN HUDSON

RugbyROBBIE FIELD

CricketBRIAN ROEBUCK

RugbyDAVID McGANN

3RD YEAR CREDIT LIST

Student of the Year AwardEOIN DRUMM


5TH YEAR:


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Ross ChurchNeil CowheySimon Walsh


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Christopher BarryStephen CullenJoseph Tiernan


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David DunneNeil Griffin Sam Mehigan

Student of the Year AwardNEIL GRIFFIN


5AJack BuggyMark CallananRoss ChurchSean ConnollyNeil CowheyDavid DixonRobert EdgeAndrew HoganMark KellySam McArdleMark SextonSimon WalshNiall White

5A1Christopher BarryStephen CullenJamie DoddyEnda MulkerrinIan MulrennanFergal O’SheaJoseph SloweyJoseph Tiernan

5A2Nick CunninghamRoss DelahuntyPhilip DoranDavid DunneMark EnnisNeil GriffinSam MehiganEamonn MoranColin SweetmanMark Sweetman

5TH YEAR CREDIT LIST

LATIN ROUND-UP (TEMPUS LATINUM): PART 1A – (l-r) Jack O’Donoghue, Neil Murphy, Michael Gannon, Ray Crotty, Donal McEvoy.B – (l-r) Simon Murray, John McCarthy, Michael Gannon, Derek Nugent, David Nolan, Albert Traynor. C – Back Row (l-r) Simon Murray, James Speers, John McCarthy, Neil Murphy, Jack O’Donoghue, Albert Traynor,

Ray Crotty.Front Row (l-r) Rory Sweeney, David Nolan, Seán Connaughton, Derek Nugent, Stephen Culligan, John Breslin,Owen McGill, Ian O’Neill, Michael Gannon, Jack McGrath, Donal McEvoy.

D – Maurice Walsh, David Fanagan and Ronan Lowe.E – Colin Walsh and Fionn O’Dubhghaill.F – (l-r) Cian O’Brien, Conor Leaden, Peter Roche being strangled by Conor Hand, David Ferris, Simon Ceillier.

RELIGIOUSEDUCATIONAWARD

Seán ConnollyRobert EdgeZachary Murray-Golden

MusicalPHILIP DORAN

RugbyKEVIN GALLIVAN

AthleticsNICK CUNNINGHAM

RugbyPADRAIG LALOR

RugbyMARK SEXTON

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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, OCTOBER 2004

CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)

The Family:Tevye, the dairyman:........ RICHARD SHAFFREYGolde, his wife: ............ KATRINA McDONALD

His daughters:Tzeitel: .......................... FIONNUALA BARRETTModel: ...................................... SIOBHÁN FORDChava:.......................................... CIANA NOLANShprintze: .............................. JESSICA O’BYRNEBielke: ........................................ SINEAD LYNCH

Yente, the Matchmaker: .......... NAIMAH OUAFIMotel, the Tailor: .............. BRIAN HAMMONDPerchik, the Student: ...... DANIEL AHLSTROMLazar Wolf, the Butcher: .. MICHAEL TYNDALLMordcha, the Innkeeper: .......... PHILIP DORANRabbi: .................................. MARCUS O’LAOIREMendel, his Son: ...................... BEN SHAFFREYAvram, the Bookseller: .......... RICHARD FAGANNachum, the Beggar: ................ SEÁN LARNEYGrandma Tzeitel:................ SIOBHÁN POLLARD

Fruma-Sarah: ............................ CIARA O’BRIENConstable: ............................ DECLAN HARMONFyedka: .................................. CONOR McGLADEShaindel, Motel’s Mother: .... KATIE FINNEGANThe Fiddler: ................................ AINE QUIGLEYRussian Soldiers: ........................ DAVID FERRIS

GARY BLACKBURNDAVID KEANE

Russian Tenor: .... KILLIAN GRUMLEY TRAYNOR

The Villagers: (Chorus)Ian Hickey, Sinéad Slattery, Niamh Slattery,Ruth Buckley, Sinéad O’Mahony, Orla Reaper-Reynolds, Sarah Lyndsey, Katie Kent, Patrick Reynolds, Gavin Hickey,Ciarán Cullen, Mark Sweeney, Fiona Howard,Jennifer Cassidy, Aoife McManus, Anita Walker, Kelly Hickey, Kathy Kennedy,Andrew Nolan, Conor Hogan, Andrew Godfrey.

PRODUCTION TEAMDirector ...................................... LEO KILROYMusical Director ................ MARIA CORBETTChoreographer .................... MARY GODFREY

St. Mary’s College in association with St. Louis High School present

(The first musical in the Fr. Barry Hall) Wednesday 20th – Friday 22nd October 2004

A – Richard Shaffrey & Katrina McDonald.B – Brian Hammond & Fionnuala Barrett.C – Killian Grumley-Traynor, Declan Harmon.D – Daniel Ahlstrom, Siobhán Ford.E – Ciana Nolan , Conor McGlade.F – (l-r) Mark Sweeney, David Ferris, Michael Tyndall,

Richard Shaffrey, Phil Doran, Gary Blackburn, Conor McGlade, David Ferris (cossack-dancer),Killian Grumley-Traynor, David Keane, Gavin Hickey, Richard Fagan, Ben Shaffrey.

G – Patrick Reynolds, Andrew Nolan.H – (l-r) Fionnuala Barrett, Ciana Nolan,

Marcus O’Laoire, Ben Shaffrey. I – Andrew Nolan, Richard Fagan, Áine Quigley,

Katie Finnegan.

J – (l-r) Ciana Nolan, Fionnuala Barrett, Jessica O’Byrne, Brian Hammond, Daniel Ahlstrom, Richard Shaffrey.

K – (l-r) Ciaran Cullen, Andrew Godfrey, David Ferris,Killian Grumley-Traynor lead the chorus.

L – (l-r) Sinead O’ Mahony, Gavin Hickey, Richard Shaffrey, Patrick Reynolds, Andrew Nolan.

M – The wedding scene including (l-r) Michael Tyndall,Daniel Ahlstrom, Richard Fagan, Patrick Reynolds,Conor Hogan, Richard Shaffrey, Brian Hammond,Fionnuala Barrett.

N – (l-r) David Keane, Katrina McDonald, Richard Shaffrey, Phil Doran (behind), Declan Harmon, Marcus O’Laoire, Ben Shaffrey,Andrew Nolan and Michael Tyndall.

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On Sunday 24th April 2005, a JubileeMass was celebrated to mark the 50thanniversary of the opening of the CollegeChapel. Staff, pupils, past pupils andparents were among those who joinedwith members of the CSSp Community at a concelebrated Mass and, afterwards,enjoyed a commemorative gathering inthe College. Fr. Patrick Palmer CSSp(Provincial) was the principalconcelebrant and Fr. James Hurley CSSp,former President and Principal here,preached the homily. The sacred musicfor the Mass was sung by the CelticChoristers led by, their conductor, EthelGlancy.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLLEGE CHAPELFollowing the re-opening of the Collegein 1926, it quickly became obvious thatthe old Oratory (now rooms in the priests’residence) was neither worthy of thegrowing College, nor large enough toaccommodate the student bodyadequately. However, because of financialreasons and a world war, it was notpossible to build a fitting chapel formany years.

Eventually, in 1951 Fr. Joseph GilmoreCSSp (President) and his communitydecided to proceed with the building ofthe new Church – and endeavoured tocombine features of tradition andsimplicity in the design. Planning wasunder the guidance of the College bursar,Dr. Michael Kennedy CSSp, who hadalready built the beautiful KimmageManor Church. Our Chapel was built byW. & J. Bolger Ltd., and the architectswere Robinson, Keeffe and Devane.Externally the building comprised rusticbrick, white granite and blue slate with asixty foot high bell tower – which issuitably shown off by the stretch ofgreen in front of the College. Internallyit comprises a rectangular nave, with acircular apsidal end containing the HighAltar, and an Organ Loft.

The foundation stone was laid on 3rd July1953. The first Mass was offered in thenew Chapel on Easter Sunday, 10th April1955. Archbishop McQuaid blessed theChapel on 16th January 1957.

The new Church was dedicated to theImmaculate Heart of Mary, Refuge of


GOLDEN JUBILEE OF COLLEGE CHAPEL

GOLDEN JUBILEEOF COLLEGE CHAPEL

Fr. Tom Tarmeyreads the Gospel.


Sinners – which, coincidentally, is alsothe titular dedication of the beautifulRathmines Parish Church. (It was to theImmaculate Heart of Mary that Fr.Libermann had dedicated his MissionarySociety. It remains the co-title of theCongregation of the Holy Ghost).

THE APSE MOSAIC When the Chapel was built it wasdedicated to Our Lady. About this timePope Pius XII proclaimed Our Lady Queenof the Universe and so, when the Apsemosaic was installed in 1959, it wasunder this title that Mary was depicted. It is made from Venetian vitreous glassand brilliant gold mosaic.

Mary sits on golden clouds, with asceptre in one hand and the sphere of theworld in the other. She is a crownedQueen and is seated beside our Lord (whoholds in his hands a book with Alpha andOmega – the beginning and the end –written on it ).

Arranged underneath are the figures of St Michael the Archangel – leaning on his shield;St John the Baptist – on one knee, andwith a tiny banner of the Cross;St Peter – with keys and a book; andSt. Paul – holding his sword.

There are also Aisle Mosaics which(beginning from the back of the Chapel)show three sacrifices of the Old Law,often mentioned in the Mass – Abel(depicted as a lamb), Abraham (Isaac) andMelchisidech (bread and wine).

Few colleges have such a Chapel or oneso beautifully adorned. It is a gift andprivilege to generations of students.

The details contained in this articleare based on material contained inthe 1958 College Annual.

(front) Rory Kellyfollowed by (l-r)Robert Carmody,

Domhnaill Drummand LukeO’Connor.

Ciarán Cullen.

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LATIN ROUND-UP (TEMPUS LATINUM): PART IIA – Marcus Phelan and Evan McIntyre.B – (l-r) Roy Grimson, David Turley and Sebastian Ryan-Flynn.C – (l-r) Cian O’Carroll, Jake Murray Golden, Cian O’Brien,

JJ McLoughlin, Odhrán Byrne.D – Myles Rooney and Jack Wynne.E – Tom Ambrose and Cian Clynes.F – Which one is Andrew Nolan’s fake hand? G – Rory Sweeney and Seán Connaughton.


Many of you will be aware that the twoScout Associations in Ireland joinedforces on 1 January 2004 to becomeScouting Ireland. The St. Mary’s groupretained the name 6th/7th/8th St. Mary’sCollege and we are now part of theDublinia Scout County. St. Mary’swould be one of the biggest groups inthe Dublinia Scout County. Recentyears have shown a steady growth inour membership. St. Mary’s currentlyhave one Cub pack with 36 members,made up of boys in, 4th and 5th class, inthe Junior School. Max Smyth and ateam of 5 leaders run the Cub pack. Wehave two Scout troops, the 6th and 7th

Scout troops, with 55 members fromboys in 6th class to 4th year. DanielCarvill runs the 6th Troop while GavinFogarty runs the 7th Troop. The 8thtroop is currently on ice, until we havesufficient numbers to open a thirdsection. We had no Venturer group this year but we hope to reopen theVenturer group in September. All of our male leaders are past pupils of the College and past Scout members. All our female leaders are pastVenturers. Without their hard work and dedication scouting would not be what it is in St. Mary’s – a uniqueexperience.

6TH SCOUT TROOP IN BRUGESFront Row: David Keane (PL), Colin Bergin, Ciaran Cullen, Michael Devlin, Brian Bourke, John Jones, David Galligan.

Back Row: James Mullen (PL), David Ferris, David Donovan, Gary Blackburn, John Loughman (leader), Sean Corcoran, Ben Shaffrey, Paul O’Reilly (leader), Daniel Carvill (leader), Simon Ceiller, Thomas Hayes,

William Parkinson (PL).

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The Cubs had an enjoyable, but wet,seven days in Walesby Forest CampSite, Nottingham. The 6th Troop spentan eventful twelve days in Merkenveld,Belgium. The 7th Troop spent anactivity-packed twelve days in Foxleasein Southampton. Congratulations toCub of Camp, Ben McAuliffe and Six ofCamp, Ross O’Grady. 6th Troop campawards were given to Ciaran Cullen forRawlie of Camp, John Jones for Scoutof Camp and Patrol of Camp wasawarded to William Parkinson’s FoxPatrol. 7th Troop camp awards were

given to Donal O’Brien for Rawlie ofCamp, Peter Curtin for Scout of Campand Patrol of Camp was awarded toJack O’Donoghue’s Ravens Patrol. The highlight of the year was,undoubtedly, the invitation to oursenior Scouts to attend the CederbergAdventure just outside Cape Townduring December. Three leaders andseven Scouts travelled to South Africafor three weeks. Thanks to Jerry Kellyfor securing the invitation and for allhis help in preparing for the trip.

Karl McBrien, Group Leader,6th/7th/8th St. Mary’s College CSSp.

6TH SCOUT TROOP SUMMER CAMP, MERKENVELD CAMPSITE, BELGIUMA – Scouts enjoying Camp Fire: Colin Bergin, Ciaran Cullen, David Donovan, Gary Blackburn,

Ben Shaffrey, David Keane, Thomas Hayes, Brian Bourke, Sean Corcoran, Liz Elliott (leader),John Loughman (leader).

B – Is there a problem with your meal? Will Parkinson (PL).C – Hair dressing scout style, David Donovan and Gary Blackburn (stylists), Fionn Ó’Dubhghaill

(model).D – Dinner Time at the Cobra Patrol: Brian Bourke, Michael Devlin, Liz Elliott (leader),

Ben Shaffrey, Thomas Hayes, Colin Bergin.E – Enjoying dinner at the Fox Patrol: Sean Larney & David Galligan. F – Bivouac Night: David Galligan, Michael Devlin, James Mullen, Ciaran Cullen, Colin Bergin,

Fionn Ó’Dubhghaill.G – Where’s our PL? John Jones, Simon Ceiller, David Ferris & David Galligan.H – PL’s on their Patrol Leader outing in Bruge, James Mullen, Will Parkinson & David Keane.

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6TH SCOUT TROOP SUMMER CAMP,MERKENVELD CAMPSITE, BELGIUM

The campsite of Merkenveld, in northernBelgium, was the destination of choicefor the first solo summer camp of the 6thScout Troop in over ten years. Threepatrols, led by William Parkinson, JamesMullen and David Keane braved trains,planes and automobiles to reach the sitethat would be home for two, gloriouslysunny, weeks at the end of June. Acampsite, to confound all sceptics ofscouting abilities, was constructed overthe first day and a bit, followed bycuisine to make a 5 star chef’s mouthwater. From early morning to late, late atnight the Troop made the most of everysituation.

On the occasions when the PL’s believedthe local population could handle aninvasion of Irish scouts, we visited thepicturesque town of Bruges; with itscanals and ancient churches, not tomention the obligatory McD’s visit, therewas something for everyone. To assuagethe kid in both scouts and leaders we alsomade a trip to the nearby amusementpark, 6 Flags. Nerves and adrenaline werepushed to the max, until we could takeno more, and we returned victorious withour spoils of war, aka sweets and stuffedteddies. When the Troop returned toDublin airport the PL’s were satisfied theyhad passed on all they had learned andthat next year’s Patrol Leaders would

continue the 6th’s tradition of “fun andadventure in the outdoors”.

CEDERBERG ADVENTURE, SOUTH AFRICA, 3RD-26TH DEC. 2004

In August of 2004 a former scout leaderin St. Mary’s College, Jerry Kelly,contacted one of the current leaders andasked if the 4th year scouts would beinterested in taking part in the CederbergAdventure, a hiking event that takes placein South Africa every two years. After amoment of stunned silence, came aresounding yes. Jerry Kelly, through histime as Chief Scout of the World,developed strong contacts in SouthAfrica, and through these friends camethe invitation to take part in the 2004Cederberg Adventure.

Informing the scouts & parents was thenext step. Most of the parents thoughtwe were having them on. Finally, after ameeting in the Scout Den with GroupLeader, Karl McBrien, Jerry Kelly and theleaders of the 7th and 6th Troops, GavinFogarty and Dan Carvill, the parentsrealised we were serious.

The following three months went by in aflurry of fund raising, hiking, injections,talks on South Africa, decisions onactivities pre and post Adventure as wellas an absolute avalanche of e-mails toand from South Africa.


CEDERBERG ADVENTURE, SOUTH AFRICA, 3RD-26TH DECEMBER 2004 – PART 1A – Boulders Bay: James Mullen, Colm Quinn, Richard Shaffrey, Karl McBrien (Group Leader), Shane Timmons.B – Colm Quinn gets friendly with the natives.C – Future stars take first glimpse of Newlands Rugby Stadium:

(back row) David Keane, Colm Quinn, Brendan Shortt, Shane Timmons, William Parkinson, James Mullen.(front row) Richard Shaffrey, Karl McBrien (Group Leader), Gavin Fogarty (leader).

D – The Patrol & leaders stop for a Kodak moment; (back row) Daniel Carvill (leader), Shane Timmons, Brendan Shortt, Richard Shaffrey, Gavin Fogarty(leader), Colm Quinn, William Parkinson. (Front row) James Mullen, David Keane.

E – Post Table Mountain hike: Karl McBrien (Group Leader) David Keane, Colm Quinn.F – Last night on Cederberg Adventure:

David Keane, Brendan Shortt, Colm Quinn, Shane Timmons, Gavin Fogarty (leader), Richard Shaffrey.G – Panning for Gold: (Standing) William Parkinson, Brendan Shortt, David Keane.H – Cooling off at the end of a hard day’s hiking.

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With trepidation Colm Quinn, WilliamParkinson, Shane Timmons, BrendanShortt, David Keane, Richard Shaffrey,James Mullen (all 6th Scout Troop), KarlMcBrien (Group Leader), Gavin Fogarty(7th Troop Leader) and Dan Carvill (6thTroop Leader) stepped on board a directflight to Cape Town with the assurancesof the South African Scout Associationthat everything would be fine. They werenot wrong. From the moment we got offthe plane we were helped out in everypossible way. The leaders and scouts wemet along the way bent over backwardsto help us. From lifts to and from theairport, to a guided hike up and downTable Mountain, to advice on theupcoming event.

With plenty of time before the eventstarted, the patrol was taken on a trip toKhayelitsha Township. This was asobering experience for us all, havingwitnessed first hand the abject conditionsthe people were living in. There was asmall glimmer of hope in that the localgovernment were actively trying toimprove the situation. The following daywe travelled around the Cape peninsulafirst visiting Boulders Bay in Simonstown,Cape Point where we had a closeencounter with a baboon and then on toHout Bay for lunch of the freshest fishimaginable. Robben Island and theDistrict Six museum were next on thecards for the patrol, ending it all withpizzas in a restaurant around the cornerfrom the Sea Scout base we were stayingat, before the Adventure.

The Cederberg Adventure started with awelcoming ceremony for all 500 scoutsand 100+ leaders in the blazingafternoon sun and the sun didn’t stopthere. For the entire event we basked intemperatures ranging from a balmy 35 toa slightly uncomfortable 44 Celsius. Westarted our hiking, on the side of theroad, deep in the Cederberg National Parkwith a map, food for two days and ourwits. The scouting skills they guys hadpicked up, over the previous 4 years, wereput to the test at every juncture of theevent – from the cooking of the “food”to deciphering the routes; through themost barren landscape, to deciding onthe best place to sit out the mid day sun.

At the end of each day’s hiking we wererewarded with a base to sleep at and anactivity to take part in. Killing a chickenfor dinner, panning for gold, paragliding,dutch oven cooking, tie dyeing,astronomy and archery, were just a few ofthe activities we took part in. At eachbase we met up with other patrols fromSouth Africa, Ghana and Namibia. Friendswere made, songs were sung and fun washad at every base throughout theAdventure.

At the end of it all the scouts of 6/7/8thSt. Mary’s College C.S.Sp. had establisheda name that would pave the way forfuture patrols to uphold.

On St. Stephen’s Day the scouts andleaders returned to Dublin, laden withgifts for family, fantastic tales andmemories.


A – Sheltering from the midday sun. David Keane, James Mullen, Gavin Fogarty (behind), Brendan Shortt, Colm Quinn, William Parkinson.

B – Brendan Shortt, Gavin Fogarty (leader).C – (l-r) Shane Timmons, James Mullen, William Parkinson, Gavin Fogarty, Karl McBrien, Richard Shaffrey, Colm

Quinn, Brendan Shortt, David Keane.D – Chef hard at work at Dutch Oven Cooking: William Parkinson.E – The Cape point baboon incident!F – Ascent of Table Mountain (Top to Bottom) David Keane, Colm Quinn, Richard Shaffrey, William Parkinson,

Brendan Shortt, Shane Timmons & Guides.G – (l-r) Karl McBrien, Colm Quinn, David Keane, Richard Shaffrey, Shane Timmons, James Mullen, and

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Senior Cup Team Report2004-2005

Pre-season Our journey began at the end of 5th

year with an immensely successfulrugby trip to Italy. There were somehugely memorable moments on thistrip, both on and off the pitch. We hadthree good wins, the pinnacle of whichwas a triumph over a rowdy Englishteam. Also, two good wins againstItalian sides whose defence left a lot tobe desired. The curse of the captain issaid to have afflicted our travellingparty, with myself and Robert Gannonpicking up injuries. Off the pitch, therewas a small altercation at our hotelwith some Italian “pups” as Mr Denis

Murphy politely referred to them. Ofcourse, our big red wing, Darragh “TheFange” Fanning was at the centre ofthe fracas. Ronan Good got to fulfil hisCable Guy fascinations when oneevening we attended a medieval timesbanquet. Also Kieran Traynor, KevQuinn and Rich Sweeney deservehonourable mentions as they capturedevery magic moment on camera! A lotof hard work then went into clipping aDVD which was presented to eachmember of the squad. Thanks lads.

In-Season After a summer of hard work, the startof our season couldn’t have gotten offto a better start with a super winagainst ‘Rock. Our momentumcontinued until we suffered a narrow

SPORT IN ST. MARY’S COLLEGE 2004-2005

SENIOR CUP TEAMBack Row (l-r) Mr. John Wynne, Mr. Rodney O’Donnell, Mr. Clive Byrne, Ronan Good, Robert Maher, Robert Gannon, Kevin Gallivan,

Barry O’Flanagan, Richard Kilcoyne, Darragh Fanning, Mr David Breslin.Middle Row (l-r) Patrick Morris, Neil Cowhey, Russ Bowe, Marc Aboud, Kevin Quinn, Richard Sweeney,

Front Row (l-r) Matthew Conway, Alan Dalton, Stephen Hannigan, Conor McInerney, Brian Moran, Gavin Meehan, Conor Hogan.


loss to St. Michael’s, just beforeChristmas. It was this form that led usto be considered as one of thefavourites for the cup. Everyone agreedthat one of the best results of ourseason was an away win, down inRockwell. There were a number ofplayers out injured and others playingrepresentative rugby but the depth ofour squad shone through for a greatwin. Conor Hogan, Alan Dalton andStephen Hannigan led the way. BrianMoran finished as the season’s top tryscorer. (I like to remind Brian that if itwasn’t for the rest of his pack, doing allthe pushing in the mauls, he mightn’thave been so fortunate). Paddy Morris,a better 2nd row partner would be hardto come by, and Shane O’Connelldeserve a lot of the credit for Brian’sglory, as does our scrum half, MattyConway, who was always on hand to

marshal his pack. Unfortunately MarkSexton suffered a bad break of his legduring the season which kept him outof rugby for the rest of the year.

SENIOR FIRSTSBack Row (l-r) Richard Kilcoyne, Mark Sexton, Patrick Morris, Ronan Good, Ross Bowe, Shane O’Connell, Barry O’Flanagan, David Flood.

Middle Row (l-r) Brian Moran, Neil Cowhey, Conor Hogan, Robert Maher, Kevin Gallivan, Kevin Quinn, Robert Hudson, Alan Dalton, Marc Aboud.Front Row (l-r) Stephen Hannigan, Darragh Fanning, Richard Sweeney, Conor McInerney, Robert Gannon, Matthew Conway, Gavin Meehan,

Absent: Robert Miley.

IRISH SCHOOLS’ INTERNATIONAL PLAYERSConor McInerney, Richard Sweeney.


SENIOR CUP GAMES

St. Marys v CBC Monkstown 20-0This match was always going to betougher than it looked, at first glance,and so it proved to be. Cowhey had agood game with the boot, which keptthe scoreboard ticking over. Aboud andmyself got over for tries. After the

match it was a case of job done, moveon. Unfortunately for us though,Robbie Hudson injured the ligaments inhis knee during the match and wasruled out for the rest of the cupcampaign. This proved to be a big lossfor the team.

St. Marys v Roscrea 32-10What a start! Barry got over from atraining ground move, off a lineout (allcredit goes to Bres of course!). We wenton to put a few more tries on the scoreboard, and won out well. One of thehighlights of the match was RichieKilkoyne smashing his opposite winger.After the game pundits said we wereone dimensional, but that match wasplayed in what were some of the worstconditions I’ve ever played in. A lot ofit was played in close quarters, with noother way to play the conditions, andwe handled them the better.

SENIOR SECONDSBack Row (l-r) Padraig Lalor, Sam McArdle, Ian O’Sullivan, Kevin Quinn, Joseph Slowey, Marc McKay.

Middle Row (l-r) David Byrne, Jack Ardagh, Conor Higgins, Robert Maher, Darran Kennedy, Jack Buggy, David Breen, Conor Cullen.Front Row (l-r) Nick Cunningham, Eamon Moran, Aidan Reynolds, Bryan Gary, Gavin Meehan, Andrew Hogan, David Carpenter.


LEINSTER SCHOOLS PLAYERSRichard Sweeney, Conor McInerney, Robert Gannon.

St. Marys v Belvedere 12-17What can I say about this match? I canmake no excuses; we came up against aseriously good team who had the betterof us on the day (a team which we beatduring the season). Belvo rode their luckand took their chances when theymaterialised. We went behind early butcame back to within a score, when MarcAboud got over the line, with fiveminutes to go, in the first half. Thismarked a fine cup campaign for Marc.Regrettably we let Belvo in for anotherscore before half time. As was always theway, we never gave up and fought foreach other right until the end, at whichpoint we did get in for another try.However it was just a little bit too late inthe day. Rod’s lucky boxers didn’t quiteget us over the line on this one.

Although this was an extremelydisappointing day for the whole squad,

when I look back at the season, as awhole, there were some hugely specialand memorable moments which even,to this day, some of the lads talk about.All this could not have been possiblewithout the help of our backroom teamof coaches, managers and all theparents, who came along and supportedus throughout the year. A big thank youto John Wynne, David Dunne, CliveByrne, Kieran O’Donnell and, of course,Rodney O’Donnell and David Breslin forall the hours they put in, that gounseen. All the hard work throughoutthe year was much appreciated. I’d alsolike to take this opportunity to thankthe entire squad for their unwaveringcommitment throughout the year andto my vice captain, Robert Gannon, forall his help. It was a pleasure and aprivilege to captain such a great bunchof lads.

Conor McInerney

SENIOR FIFTHSBack Row (l-r) Kieran Raymond, Oisin Cahill, Billy Burke, John McGill, Alan Godfrey, Aidan O’Dea, Hugh Lyons, Stephen Byrne,

Billy Clancy, Conor Geraghty.Middle Row (l-r) Mr. Brian Moran, Gary O’Doherty, Stephen Turley, Cian Morris, John Toomey, Peter Barrett, Simon Walsh, Chris Costello,

James Robinson, Brian Drumm, Mr. Barry Leonard.Front Row (l-r) John Hanlon, Peter Reilly, Tony Flynn, Thomas O’Reilly, Stephen Cullen, Conor McGlade, David Franklin.



SENIOR THIRDS

Back Row (l-r) Gavin Rooney, Eanna Brennan,David Beirne, San McArdle, Mark McKay, Eamon Moran,Aidan Reynolds, Danny Spring.

Middle row (l-r) David Carpenter, Alan Godfrey,Hugh Higgins, Conor Breen, Ian O’Sullivan, Brendan Shortt,Colm Quinn, Adam Devereux, Mr. Barry Leonard.

Front Row (l-r) Andrew McCarthy, Ross Church,Nick Cunningham, Kieran Traynor, Conor Cullen,Eoin Lynagh, Killian Finlay.

SENIOR FOURTHS

Back Row (l-r) Nick Croke, Brendan Shortt,

Sean Connolly, Adam Devereux,Killian Finlay, Richard Shaffrey.

Middle Row (l-r) Niall Sheedy, Cian Morris,

Hugh Higgins, Shane Levins,Hugh Doddy, Paul Gannon,

Mr. Barry Leonard.

Front Row (l-r) Peter Barrett, Alan Godfrey,

Ross Church, Andy McCarthy,Colm Quinn, Tony Flynn,

Danny Spring.

SENIOR CUP MOMENTS 2005

A – (l-r) Ronan Good, Kevin Gallivan, Richard Sweeney and Brian Moran.B – Matthew Conway.C – (l-r) Richard Sweeney, Brian Moran, Ronan Good.D – (Dan Casari, Ross Cullen.E – (l-r) Barry O’Flanagan, Patrick Morris, Conor McInerney. F – (l-r) Conor McInerney, Brian Moran.

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Junior Cup Team Report2004-2005

The 2004/2005 season was an excitingyear for Junior Cup rugby in St.Mary’s, as it saw the U13 cup winnersfrom the 2003 season, progress to thesemi final stage of the competition.

The pre-season saw great victoriesagainst big schools in Leinster and alsoschools in Munster and Belfast. Thevictories included wins over Terenure,Blackrock, Belvedere and ClongowesWood. This junior cup side was one ofthe biggest packs ever seen, at thislevel, in St. Mary’s, and also in thecompetition. We were coached by Mr.Brian Moore and Mr. Anthony Leahy – resulting in an inspiring combinationof Leinster flair with Munster passion.

The captain and vice-captain werechosen as Mark Conway and StephenCulligan. Nearing Cup time, there wasalso extra excitement with the newsthat this year, for the first time,School’s Rugby would be televised bySetanta Sports. (This resulted in JackMcGrath trying out a number ofdifferent hair cuts in the weeks leadingup to the first match).

Our first tie was against St. Pat’s ofNavan, which posed a serious threat asthey possessed a huge pack and also aspeedy back line. The coaches had usbelieve that they were as good as anyteam in the competition, which keptour attention firmly on the job ahead.The venue was Lakelands and asalways St. Mary’s enjoyed greatsupport. I was fortunate enough toscore the opening try (having bashed

JUNIOR CUP TEAM 2005Back Row (l-r) Alan Glenn, David McGann, Colin Franklin, Neil Murphy, Robbie Field, Owen McGill, Shane Maguire, Benjamin Connery,

Jack McGrath, William Andreucetti.Middle Row (l-r) Mr. Brian Moore, Robert Ferris, Eamon McAleese, Raymond Crotty, Karl O’Sullivan, Brendan O’Connell, Peter Finnigan,

Richard Bent, Daniel Barnwell, Stephen Culligan, Gareth Redmond, Mr. Anthony Leahy.Front Row (l-r) Rory Sweeney, Niall Dalton, James Speers, Conor O’Doherty, Mark Conway, Ciarán Ardagh, Jack O’Donoghue,

Ian O’Neill, Darren Hudson.

JUNIOR SECONDS 2005Back Row (l-r) Eamon McAleese, Robert Ferris, Alan Glenn, Owen McGill, Shane Maguire, Ben Connery, William Andreucetti.Middle Row (l-r) Sean Carolan, Ian Downey, Seán Connaughton, Ciarán Ardagh, Cathal O’Doherty, Alan Meehan, Niall Dalton,

John McCarthy, Brian Roebuck, Simon Murray, Mr. Anthony Leahy.Front Row (l-r) Michael Gannon, James Speers, Conor O’Doherty, Rory Sweeney, Eoin Drumm, Brendan O’Connell, Daragh Holohan.

my way through what seemed like theentire St. Pat’s pack). Other trys wereadded by Colin Franklin, Ian O’Neilland the powerful Richard Bent.

Two weeks later, the quarter final wasagainst Clongowes Wood which wouldbe a massive battle. St. Mary’s startedwithout winger Ray Crotty due toinjury – and the popular question onthe day was if Ray would be alright toplay at all? The match proved to bethe expected tough encounter withJack McGrath, Richie Bent and DavidMcGann leading at the front. Thematch was nearing the end, with a certain draw at 3-3 when, thesubstitute, Ray Crotty saw a gap in the Clongowes defence and scored abrilliant try. The match ended 10-3with St. Mary’s progressing into thesemi-finals.

The semi final was a typical derby ofMary’s and Terenure, and was alwaysgoing to be a close match. ThisTerenure side filled the Donnybrookpitch with physical aggression and,equally, the St. Mary’s team faced upto everything that was thrown at them.A Gareth Redmond penalty put Mary’sin the lead, 3-0, but just after halftime Terenure used their pack to maulover the line placing the score at 5-3.And there it stayed for the rest of thehugely tight and physical game. Thiswas a really disappointing end to therugby year for us.

We would like to thank Mr. Moore andMr. Leahy for all the hard work anddedication they showed throughout theyear and to all the supporters andparents who helped the players before,during and after the rugby season.

Robbie Field


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JUNIOR CUP MOMENTS 2005A – Super subs! (l-r) Rory Sweeney, Ben Connery, Niall Dalton, Robert Ferris, David McGann.B – (l-r) Neil Murphy, Owen McGill, Gareth Redmond, Colin Franklin.C – (l-r) Jack O’Donoghue, Stephen Culligan, Ciarán Ardagh, Gareth Redmond, Darren Hudson, Richard Bent,

Robert Ferris, Jack McGrath, Niall Dalton, Peter Finnigan, Colin Franklin, Ben Connery, Mark Conway, Owen McGill, Karl O’Sullivan.

D – (l-r) Colin Franklin, David McGann, Jack McGrath. E – (l-r) Brendan O’Connell, William Andreucetti. F – (l-r) Stephen Culligan, Neil Murphy.G – David McGann.H – (l-r) Jack McGrath supported by Richard Bent, Colin Franklin, Stephen Culligan.

Under 13s Report2004-2005This year’s Under Thirteen teams werecoached by Mr. Richie Hughes, helpedby two past pupils, Tony Gallagher andGavin Cullen. This was a very able andcommitted group, with many peoplerepresenting St. Mary’s for the firsttime. Throughout the training regimewas an emphasis on fitness – whichmany of us had never experiencedbefore. We were the better for it, as itallowed us to play a wide expansiverunning game, which by the end of theseason resulted in a total score of

around 120 tries. Our wingers, HarryNorton and David O’Halloran, scoredover 20 tries each.

During the friendly games, we hadsome very impressive performances.Against Terenure away we came from0-17 down to win 40-17! Other goodaway performances were againstClongowes, Pres. Cork, Castleknock andothers. Harry Norton scored six triesaway to Roscrea. We drew 29-29 withSt. Michael’s and lost to Willow Parkby a few points.

By cup-time the panel was strong, witha lot of thanks due to replacements in

UNDER 14A RUGBY 2005

Back Row (l-r) Timothy Ryan, Ronan Lennon,Eoin Carroll, Sean Corcoran, Niall Croke, Jeffrey Glynn,

Middle Row (l-r) Stephen McAuley,

Simon O’Donnell, Shane Clarke,Daire Horgan, John O’Leary,

Brendan O’Connell, Jack Wynne,Gary Blackburn, Ronan O’Mahony

Front Row (l-r) Sam Stephenson, Andrew Coughlan,

J.J. McLoughlin, Ian Hickey,Darragh Fitzgerald,

Christopher Redmond, Richard Daly

various games. Playing at home, webeat Rockwell heavily and then wenton to beat St. Michael’s, due to greatdefence. We lost to Willow Park,unluckily, with a late try. In the semi-final we faced St. Michael’s again, butit was a different story thistime. Unfortunately, we lost thisgame – a sad end to a great season.

Our forwards were well served byShane Kearney, Ed. Mahon, CiaranO’Reilly, Domhnaill Drumm, ConorBurke, Liam Curran, Mark Fallon,Conor Sweeney and Killian Barnwell.Backs who played regularly throughoutthe season included David Fanagan,Killian Grumley Traynor, MauriceWalsh, Eoin Moriarty, Harry Norton,David O’Halloran and Eoin Mulcahy.

It cannot be stressed enough that allother members of the panelcontributed to forming a very strongteam.

Our other Under 13 teams enjoyedconsistent success throughout theseason also, and many will knowsuccess at JCT and Senior level in thefuture.

Thanks again to everyone involved in agreat season for all in this age-group.Particular tribute must go to ourcoaches (Mr. Hughes, Tony, Gavin) andto our Manager Fr. McNulty, whoorganised everything and ensured thatmaximum participation, for all, wasachieved.

Maurice Walsh


UNDER 14B RUGBY 2005

Back Row (l-r) Brian Fitzgerald, Neal Flynn,Declan Doyle, David Mortimer,Ciaran Murray, Simon Ceillier,Shane Clarke, Brian Bourke,Peter Nolan, Niall McGovern.

Front Row (l-r) Sean Mulligan, Sam Wallis,Conall Foynes, Jack Goulding,Luke Reddy, Kevin O’Donnell,Mark Dolan

UNDER 13s IN ACTION 2005

A – David O’Halloran.B – (l-r) Eoin Mulcahy, Mark Fallon.C – (l-r) Harry Norton, Eoin Mulchay.D – (l-r) Maurice Walsh, David Fanagan.E – Conor Sweeney and Killian Grumley Traynor.F – Killian Grumley Traynor with Edmund Mahon, Ronan Lowe and Shane Kearney in support.

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UNDER 13B RUGBY 2005

Back Row (l-r) Conor Burke, Fionn O’Dubhghaill, Mark Gilmore, Ciaran O’Reilly.

Middle Row (l-r) Emmet Tracey, Gerard Nash,Patrick Doran, Hugh McGovern, CillianGallogly, Kevin Roche, Max Grant.

Front Row (l-r) Mark McMahon, Cian Clynes,Andrew O’Keefe, Finnian Flood, Conor Hogan,Seamus McCahill, Aaron Martin.

UNDER 13A RUGBY 2005Back Row (l-r)

Conor Burke, Mark Fallon, Fionn O’Dubhghaill,

Liam Curran, Eoin Moriarty,Edmund Mahon, Ciaran O’Reilly,

Killian Barnwell.Middle Row (l-r)

Killian Grumley Traynor, Aaron Martin, Emmet Tracey,

Andrew O’Keefe, Eoin Mulcahy,David O’Halloran,

Hugh McGovern, Harry Norton,Mark Gilmore, Conor Sweeney,

Seamus McCahill, Domhnaill Drumm.

Front Row (l-r) Finnian Flood, Shane Kearney,

David Fannagan, Maurice Walsh,Ronan Lowe, Cian Clynes,

Conor Hogan.

UNDER 13C RUGBY 2005

Back Row (l-r) Peter Curtin, Cathal Tuffy,

David Turley, Jeffrey Mullins, Max Grant, David Ferris, Jack Ebbs,

Jonathan Wagner Coffey.

Middle Row (l-r) Cillian Gallogly,

Sebastian Ryan Flynn, William Slattery, Patrick Doran,

Mark Staunton, Brendan Beattie,Colm Walsh, Kevin Roche,

Thomas Ambrose.

Front Row (l-r) Marcus Phelan, Richard Barrett,Luke Dowling, Liam McGinley,Hugh Gormley, Cillian Worrall,

Evan McIntyre.

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UNDER 16B BASKETBALL

Back Row (l-r) Hugh Gormley, Patrick Mitchell,Conor Murray, Jack Wynne,Stephen Mitchell, John Sheridan, Thomas Ambrose, Cillian Worrall.

Front Row (l-r) Luke O’Connor, Darragh Caldwell, Conor Hogan, Cathal Tuffy, Liam McGinley,David Turley, Mark Staunton.

UNDER 16A BASKETBALL

Back Row (l-r) Sean Mulligan, Daire Horgan,Niall Croke, Ronan Lennon,

Michael Casey, Cillian Hegarty.

Front Row (l-r) Jack Goulding, Conor Hogan,

Tom Ambrose, Brian McCarthy,Shane Tuffy, Jack Wynne,

Ronan O’Mahony.

2ND YEAR BASKETBALL 2005

Back Row (l-r) Sean Mulligan, Shane Tuffy,Ronan Lennon, Jack Wynne,Niall Croke, Michael Casey.

Front Row (l-r) Neill MacCartaigh,

Daire Horgan, Conor Hogan,Ronan O’Mahony,

Jack Goulding, Cillian Hegarty,Brian McCarthy.

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BASKETBALL ACTION 2004-05

A – 1st Year Basketball semi-final: Jack Goulding.B – Jack Wynne.C – (l-r) Shane Tuffy, Ronan Lennon, Niall Croke.D – Brian McCarthy.

E – Jack Goulding.F – Ronan O’Mahony.G – Brian McCarthy.

ATHLETICS

(l-r) Eoin Mulcahy, Patrick Mitchell, Ronan Lowe, Stephen Mitchell, Maurice Walsh.

2ND YEAR TENNIS

Back Row (l-r) David Kiernan,

Brendan O’Connell, Luke Carey, Ian Hickey, Niall Croke, Tim Ryan,

John O’Leary.

Front Row (l-r) Daniel Collum,

Simon O’Donnell, Chris Redmond, Ross Williams,

Kevin O’Donnell, John Jones.

SENIOR BADMINTON

(l-r) John Jones, Michael Casey, James Mullen, Declan Bourke.


JUNIOR BADMINTON

(l-r) Cian O’Connor, Michael Casey, Niall Croke, Cillian Hegarty, John Jones.

BADMINTON TEAM

Back Row (l-r) Andrew O’Keefe,

Fionn O’Dubhghaill, Peter Curtin.

Middle Row (l-r) Luke O’Connor,

Thomas Ambrose, James McKenna,

Kevin Roche.

Front Row (l-r) Samuel Toland,

Cian Tisdall, Brendan Beattie,

Rory Kelly.

BADMINTON

(l-r) Brendan Beattie, Cian O’Connor, Rory Kelly, Samuel Toland, Cian Tisdall.


SENIOR BADMINTONPRACTICE

(l-r) Luke O’Connor, John Jones, James McKernan,Ian Mulrennan.

REPRESENTATIVEHONOURS –LEINSTER CRICKET

Robert Miley, Darragh Fanning, Alan Godfrey.

SENIOR CRICKET 2005

Back row (l-r) Sam Mehigan,

Darragh Fanning, Robert Miley, Alan Godfrey, Ciaran Murray.

Front Row (l-r) Niall Croke, Sean Masey,

Brian Hammond, Neil Griffin,

Simon O’Donnell.


SENIOR SCHOOL SPORTSDAY 2005

A – (l-r) Benjamin Shaffrey, Brendan O’Connell, Matthew Creedon, Ross Williams.

B – Edmund Mahon, Mr Mark Hurley.C – (l-r) Alan Keane, Sean Connaughton.D – Jeffrey Mullins, Thomas Hayes. E – Fergal O’Shea receives his trophy from Mr. Clive Byrne. F – Darragh Fanning accepting the trophy from

Mr. Clive Byrne. G – Shane Kearney, Evan McIntyre, Kevin Roche.H – Stephen Mitchell is presented with the 100m trophy by

Mr. Clive Byrne. I – Evan McIntyrne throws the javelin.

VICTOR LUDORUM Victor Ludorum winner Nick Cunningham receives

the trophy from Mr Clive Byrne.

JUNIOR CRICKET 2005

Back Row (l-r) Marcus Phelan, Roy Grimson, Mark McMahon, Mark Staunton, Jonathan Wagner Coffey.

Front Row (l-r) Thomas Ambrose, David Holmes, Cian Tisdall, Andrew O’Keefe, Matthew Cullen, Brendan Beattie, Hugh Gormley.

INTERMEDIATE CRICKET 2005

Back Row (l-r) Richard Bent,

Sean Connaughton, Brendan O’Connell,

Leo Delaney, Sean Massey.

Front Row (l-r) Brian Roebuck, Ciaran Ardagh,

Simon O’Donnell, Niall Croke,

Conor O’Doherty, Harry Buggy, Sean Carolan.

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St. Mary’s College RFC 2004-2005- Extract from Report included in St. Mary’s College PPU Newsletter –

Senior RugbyThe Senior XV finished second in theAIB All-Ireland League Division Two,and the Club was promoted to DivisionOne for next season. This was amagnificent achievement by a youngsquad of players and their coachingand management team. Congratulationsto Steven Hennessy, Peter Smyth, BrianRoantree, Peter Horgan, Brian Grimsonand all involved. St. Mary’s who,previously, had been the only Leinsterclub never to have been outsideDivision 1, had returned in just 364days. The year had a promising start,with the winning of the Navan HighKings Tournament. A real gloss was puton the season with the winning of theLeddin Finance Leinster League Cup,formerly the Leinster Senior Cup, forthe ninth time and the first time in tenyears. Incidentally, the trophy was the100th Leinster Branch trophy to bewon by St. Mary’s.

For the third season in a row we lostour Captain early in the season. DavidClare, incurred a serious ankle injury inOctober and was unable to play formuch of the season. Paul Nash, arecent St. Mary’s College SCT star andgraduate, deputised ably for much ofthe season.

The Club would like to record it’sappreciation for the sporting gesturemade by University College Cork inagreeing to postpone our AIL fixturewhen it became clear, on the day of thematch, and after UCC had arrived atTempleville Road, that most of the St.

Mary’s team were suffering from severegastroenteritis.

Junior RugbyThe J1s had a disappointing season.They made the semi-final of the J1League, but lost in the quarter-final ofthe Collie Smith trophy, a newcompetition for all junior teams inLeinster. Other teams performed withvarying degrees of success and therewere a good number of quarter andsemi-finals contested. Stars of JuniorRugby were the J6 Team who retainedthe Fox Cup beating Bective Rangers inthe final. Towards the end of theseason Kevin Potts, capped 31 times forLeinster, was appointed to the new

John V. Carvill, President, St. Mary’s College RFC 2004-2005

position of Domestic Game Manager with the IRFU. We wish Kevin the verybest in his new career.

Representative Honours St. Mary’s provided the greatestnumber of players of any club toLeinster during the season, 11 in all.Emmet Byrne, Victor Costello, PeterCoyle, Keith Gleeson, Denis Hickie,Gavin Hickie, Shane Jennings, KieranLewis, John McWeeney, MalcolmO’Kelly and Ciaran Potts all wore theLeinster jersey. Indeed, St. Mary’s alsoprovided four of the Captains. VictorCostello, Shane Jennings, MalcolmO’Kelly and Keith Gleeson all enjoyingthe honour. On the International sceneMalcolm O’Kelly made history bybecoming Ireland’s most cappedInternational, beating Mike Gibson’slong-standing record. Victor Costello,Keith Gleeson, and Denis Hickie alsorepresented Ireland during the season.

Under 20sThis year’s Under 20 Team was ably

coached by Rodney O’Donnell andDavid Breslin and captained, more thanably, by Gary Roche. The Pennant teamwas coached by Arthur McEvoy, BobbyO’Connor and Derek Gillen, andcaptained with solid determination and commitment by Collie Smith.

OtherYouth development, women’s rugby,under age and even over-age (veteransover 35) rugby continue to beimportant elements of the Club ethosand we thank all who helped at thislevel.

ObituarySadly, George Payne, having played aSaturday match, died, after suffering aheart attack, in his car, in the Club carpark. We extend our sympathy toGeorge’s family and friends. He is agreat loss to all at St. Mary’s CollegeRFC.

EOIN QUINNSecretary, St. Mary’s College RFC

David Clare, Captain, St. Mary’s College RFC 2004-2005

Denis Hickie, Lions 2005



OFFICERS

Pat Shaffrey (President)

Brian Fanning (Immediate Past President)

Don O’Higgins (Vice-President)

David McCormack (Hon. Secretary)

Paul Moloney (Hon. Treasurer)

Ruaidhri McSharry (Hon. Membership Secretary)

COMMITTEEMarcus SpringMichael CraigCiaran LennonDaragh ColemanBernard Kennedy

Liam ByrneRonan Lynagh (’04 School Captain)

Conor McKenna (’04 School Vice-Captain)Fr John Flavin CSSp (President of the College)

UNION SPORTS DAYThe day was, once again, a greatsuccess. Over 100 past pupilsand family membersattended – we had our usualmix of young and old withthe, ever present, 1979 teampitting themselves againstyears as recent as the present6th years. A total of 10 teamscompeted. This year it camedown to 1979 vs. 2003 (TheStormers) and 2000 vs. 6th years.The final was a tense affair withboth teams squandering their fair shareof chances – in the end, a sweetly struckhalf volley from Darragh Fanning, inextra time, gave the 6th years victory.

5TH ANNUAL UNION BUSINESS LUNCHThe 5th Annual Union Business Lunchwas held on Friday the 22nd of April.The Four Seasons Hotel represented achange in venue this year and it provedto be very popular, nearly 200 peoplewere in attendance. The Guest Speakerwas one of our very own, DavidO’Sullivan, the General Secretary of theEuropean Commission. David spokeextremely eloquently on the affairs ofthe European Union and, in particular,in relation to the Proposed Constitution.

David recalled very fond memoriesof his time in St Mary’s and,indeed, many of his fellowclassmates of 1971 werethere to support him.

THE ANNUAL UNION DINNEROur Annual Union Dinnertook place on the evening ofFriday the 12th of Novemberin the College Hall as is

traditional. Once again, it was avery enjoyable event, with 210

people in total dining in the Hall. Thenumbers were well up on the previousyear and the Hall was at its full capacity.If the event continues to be this popularthe option of moving the dinner to thenew Fr Barry Hall will have to beseriously considered.

HONORARY TREASURER’S REPORT2004/2005 was a very similar year to2003/2004. Most of our functions losemoney. However, as we now have alarge percentage of our members payingthe correct sub by direct debit, it ispossible for us to absorb losses at ourfunctions. The committee feel that it ismore important to have a goodattendance at our events than to makea profit. Our expenses are generally very

St. Mary’s College Past Pupils’ Union 2004-2005


consistent. However this year did see usdonate an increased amount to charityon behalf of the Union. Overall we arein good shape and we should post a€1,500 surplus.

OBITUARYWe offer our deepest sympathy to thefamilies and friends of the followingwho have passed away since our lastAGM

Paddy ByrneJohn CorriganTommy KearnsPaddy JenningsTom Lynch (Past-President PPU)

May they rest in peace

UNION GOLF OUTINGThe St Mary’s annual golf outing washeld in the Grange Golf Club onThursday 19th May. Congratulations toConor McCarthy who brought in thebest score on the day to win thePresident’s prize and Perpetual Cupwith a score of 35 points. Paul Deanalso with a score of 35 points (beatenon the back nine) was second andDeclan Coleman with 34 points wasthird. Steve Hennessy won the VicePresidents Prize to the visitors, with ascore of 35 points and Frank Dowlingwas the winner of the past President’sprize. We had two categories for prizeson the day with handicaps 0-18 and19-28. In category one, first prize wentto Fr Flavin with a score of 34 points,second to Martin Kennedy (33pts), thirdBarry O’Donovan also 33pts and fourthJeremy Kelly with 32 pts. In categorytwo, the winner was Gerry Cullen witha score of 34 pts, second FrankDowling (32 pts), third David Moloney(32pts) and fourth to Don O’Higgins

(30pts) The prize for the longest drivewent to Martin McDonnell and nearestthe pin to Ray Sloan. The prize for thefront nine went to Chris Maguire andsecond prize to Niall Coleman. StephenBlake won the back nine prize andsecond prize went to Canice Wolahan.

TABLE QUIZThe Annual Table Quiz took place in St.Mary’s Rugby Club on Thursday the10th of March. Numbers were up onprevious years and the upstairs barproved an ideal venue for over 30teams. The popularity of the quiz canbe largely attributed to the attractiveraffle prizes on offer. Sincere thanksmust go to all our contributors. Thequiz itself catered for ‘all sorts’ ofinterest with the emphasis on fun. Theoverall winners were a team from NewIreland Assurance, while the main raffleprize was won by Stephen Blake (2001)who brought his father Dick (1971)along to the Ireland v France game.

THE ANNUAL FAMILY MASSThe Annual Family Mass was held inthe College on Sunday the 7th ofNovember. The Memorial Mass is acelebration of the contribution of PastPupils and Staff to the St Mary’s ethosand tradition.

GRADUATION NIGHT– 26TH MAY 2005For the last number of years the Unionhas jointly hosted the CollegeGraduation night. The format for this isa sit down meal and presentation ofawards for all the graduating 6th yearstudents, along with their parents.Whilst the expense of such a night isconsiderable in terms of the Unionsfunds, it is nevertheless a worthwhile

exposure for the Union to both futuremembers and very importantly, for theinitial period of a young students life, a chance to put forward the aims andaspiration of the Union to the parents.This year’s graduation included 75 boyswho were leaving St. Mary’s. TheCaptain of the School, Brian Moranmade an interesting and well thoughtout speech. The notion of what St.Mary’s had done and provided for theboys was positively made and was wellreceived by his classmates. A greatevening, it was held in the new Fr.Barry Hall and is an important but notwidely known event in the Union’sannual calendar.

PPU MEMBERSHIP REPORTMembership of the Union continues tobe a stable 800 plus members.

JUNIOR FUNCTIONThe Past Pupils Union Junior Functiontook place on December 27th in the

Dropping Well in Milltown. As usualthere were a couple of free drinks andsome food for everyone present. Manythanks to Charlie Chawke and thewonderful staff at the Dropping Wellfor the use of the venue and also to theRugby Club who as always contributedgenerously to the evening.

www.stmaryscsspunion.netThe Union website is now in its thirdyear and continues to act as a means ofcommunication between all unionmembers. We have also had to take thestep of introducing a vetting system formessages posted to the message board.Our guidelines are as follows: messagesshould be honest, respectful of others,generally of interest to other pastpupils and should use the full realname of the sender. Any messages thatdo not meet these requirements willnot be posted. Our stated webobjectives are as follows:


CLASS OF 1971.Tom O’Flaherty, Henry McGannon, Gerry Harrington, David O’Sullivan, Tommy Tierney and Martin Gately.


• To highlight the activitiesundertaken by the Union onbehalf of the membership

• To encourage the ongoing linksbetween members at home andabroad

• To highlight the social benefits tobe gained from membership

• To encourage current members tobe more active

• To increase membership

• To act as a reference point foranyone wishing to find out aboutthe St Mary’s and its alumni.

The internet is interactive, and wedepend on you to make the websitework. So put a message on the message

board, tell classmates where you are,make contact with long lost friends,reclaim monies owed to you since theschoolyard and get the website workingfor everyone.

LORCAN GOGAN MEMORIAL DEBATEThis year’s debate did not take placewith difficulties in securing anappropriate date, due to exams andother commitments.

SAMACORA FUNDThe Union Benevolent Fund continuedto receive monies this year. There havebeen a number of requests forassistance which are being considered, in confidence, by the Trustees of theFund, before deciding on the level of assistance to be offered in each case.

PPU COMMITTEE 2004/05Bernard Kennedy (’77), Daragh Coleman (’94), Paul Moloney (’91), Ruaidhri McSharry (’81), Liam Byrne (’81), Brian Fanning (’62),

Pat Shaffrey (’72), Michael Craig (’00), David McCormack (’91), Don O'Higgins (’73).

The first AGM of the St. Mary’s CollegeParents’ Association took place on 7th

October 2004 and was attended byapproximately 70 people. The mainbusiness of the meeting was to elect twoparents per class in the school to act asrepresentatives on the inauguralcommittee. A draft Constitution for thenew Parents’ Association (prepared by aParents’ Advisory Group during theprevious year) was circulated. Fr. JohnFlavin, President of the College, chairedthe AGM and undertook the electionprocess with Mr. Clive Byrne, Principal,Senior School and Mrs. Mary O’Donnell,Principal, Junior School acting asoverseers. The following people wereelected to the Parents’ AssociationCommittee

CLASS REPRESENTATIVESJunior School Form 2 Lorraine Needham

John O’MahoneyForm 3 John Hoey

Suzanne Ryan-O’RiordanForm 4 Rachel Larney-Phelan

William McAuliffeForm 5 Ruaidhri Moran

Aisling O’GradyForm 6 Barbara Gallivan

Caitriona Shaffrey

Senior School1st Year Margaret Fanagan

Marian Moriarty2nd Year Leonie Blackburn

Siobhan Clarke3rd Year Judy Murphy

Michael O’Doherty

St. Mary’s College Parents’ Association 2004-2005


THE OFFICERS OF THE FIRST ST. MARY’S COLLEGE PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE (l-r) William McAuliffe, Secretary, Leonie Blackburn, Chair, Maura Parkinson, Vice-Chair, Marian Moriarty, Treasurer.


4th Year Arthur CostelloMaura Parkinson

5th Year Brendan McArdleVivienne Spring

6th Year Mary GodfreyDermot O’Connell

2004-2005 REPORT Events and activities undertaken by theParents’ Association during the year:

Survey: The Committee surveyed parentsfor their requirements of the Association.

Social Evenings: Informal get-togethersfor the parents of each of the years in theschool were arranged by the classrepresentatives.

Class Directories: Lists ofparents/guardians names and phonenumbers were prepared and distributedfor each class by their class representative.

Information Talks: Two events tookplace, in conjunction with the schoolprincipals. A Drugs Awareness talk forparents of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year parents wasarranged in February. In May, parents of5lh and 6’h class boys were invited to a talkentitled “Making the Transition fromPrimary to Secondary School”.

Newsletter: Three newsletters were issued(one during each academic term).

Table Quiz Fundraising Event: Over€8,000 was raised to grant-aid, or fully-fund, small school-related capital projects.The projects chosen to avail of the fundsraised were: Line markings/recreationfacilities in the School Yard, Music Roomfacilities in the Junior School, Upgradingthe Chaplaincy Room in the SeniorSchool, Donation towards Re-Roofing theScout Den, Provision of Materials for the

Chess Club and for the Science andTechnology area.

Book Swap: To meet the request for 2nd

hand books to be made available a “bookswap” event took place in the JuniorSchool.

Sub-Committee and Other Work:Members of the Parents’ Association areinvolved with a number of Collegeinitiatives including:

• The biennial ST. MARY’S COLLEGEGOLF CLASSIC which raised €22,500for the School Building Fund.

• The PARENTS’ SOCIAL EVENING -which takes place in St. Mary’s CollegeRFC in October each year.

• JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS DAY - atwhich refreshments were provided forparticipants and spectators.

• FIRST YEAR DISCO - Committeemembers volunteered to help supervisethe Christmas event organised by theStudents Council.

• PROTEST AGAINST PHONE MASTS - inconjunction with school principals andSt. Louis’ School.

• PARENTING COURSE - run by NoelDoyle.

Committee Meetings: A monthly meetingwas held, on the first Tuesday of eachmonth from 8.00 -9.30pm, during themonths of November, December, January,February, March, April, May, Septemberand Records of Attendance and Minuteskept.

Other: The Association was affiliated tothe National Parents’ Council - PrimaryAssociation and a special TrainingMeeting (facilitated by a National Parents’Council trainer) was held. Public LiabilityInsurance was also established for theCommittee.


On the 27th July, fifty players alongwith twelve coaches and mentors fromSt. Mary’s College and ColeraineAcademical Institution returned homeafter 14 games on 7 game days, 10flights, 28 days and 26,000 miles oftravel. It was a tour that took us fromthe tropical Cook Islands to a frostyNew Zealand to the watery winter sunof Australia.

Our rugby on tour will leave all of uswith fond memories, from theopposition we played, to the pitches, tothe history of the schools themselves.We donned our boots on fields whichranged from the Cook Islands NationalStadium (which lay impressivelysandwiched between volcanicmountains and coral reefs) to rainsoaked mud baths in New Zealand andthe concrete of Australia. We first faceda haka, one of many, while beinghosted at the remarkable, all Maori, TeAute School. While along the way weplayed some very talented players,which included Issy Dagg of

Lindisfarne, who has subsequentlyearned caps for the Highlanders in theSuper 14 and for the New ZealandSevens team.

We also played teams who have helpedgroom some of rugby’s greatest players,such as St. Edmunds in Canberra, whonot only schooled Matt Giteau,Australia’s current playmaker but alsoGeorge Gregan, the most cappedinternational ever. Coming away fromthe tour, as players I think the moststriking difference we came across wasthe physicality and intensity thesouthern Hemisphere teams brought tothe games, not to mention theirambitious style. This is something wehope we have learned from andbrought home with us.

While primarily a rugby tour, there wasplenty of down time for both coachesand players alike. Along the way wevisited Six Flags Theme Park in LosAngeles, which quickly sorted out thefearless from the fearful, the sulphur

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE TOUR - as recalled by Tour Captain, Neil Cowhey

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE TOUR 2005

A – Kevin Gallivan and Mark Sexton.B – Back Row: Mr. Brian Wall, Mr. Brian Moore, Mr. John Wynne, Mr David Dunne.

Front Row: Mr Barry Leonard... look on in Lindisfarne College, New Zealand.C – Andrew Hogan makes a line break against Lindisfarne College, New Zealand.D – Colin Daly tackles against Central Hawkes Bay College supported by Jack Ardagh and Neil Cowhey.E – Joseph Slowey claims a line-out during training in Te Aute College, New Zealand.F – David Carpenter enjoys the Australian Parliment in Canberra. Mark McKay in backround.G – David Carpenter and Jack Buggy get up close and personal with a kanagroo.H – Andrew Hogan, Colin Farrington, Sam McArdle.I – Paul Gannon enjoys one of the tourist stops in New Zealand.J – Mark Robinson, Colin Daly, Philip McAllister look on while Nick Cunningham videos the game in Lindisfarne

College, New Zealand.

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SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE TOUR 2005D

smelling mud pits of New Zealand’sRotarua, the sobering War Memorialand impressive House of Parliament inAustralia’s Capital, Canberra; someclimbed the Harbour Bridge or visitedthe Opera House in Sydney, while a fullday was spent by all snorkelling andscuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef.

Before such a tour can take place, ahuge amount of people had to worktogether to make it happen andtherefore a massive thanks must beextended to the parents and others whoorganised and contributed to both thefund raising and planning of the tour.A special mention must be made tothose who made the St. Mary’s Pride ofLions night a success and also to those

who produced and sponsored the TourBrochure. Without all of this supportthe tour would not have been possible.

On behalf of the players I would like tothank all the coaches and mentors whoorganised, billeted and supervised usthroughout the tour, it was greatlyappreciated by all of us and by ourparents at home. Finally I would like tothank St. Mary’s and CAI for providingall us young players with theopportunity to have all these greatexperiences. I hope the sameopportunities will present themselves tofuture St. Mary’s and CAI studentsalike, so that they too can representIreland to the highest standards bothon and off the pitch, while abroad.


Back Row: Killian Finlay, Colin Farrington, Sean Connolly, Andrew McCarthy, Mark McKay, Mark Sexton, Joseph Slowey, Brendan Shortt,Mark Kelly, Sam McArdle.

Middle Row: Ciaran O’Donnell, Conor Breen, Jack Buggy, Jack Ardagh, Nick Cunnigham, Mark Callanan, Padraig Lalor, Eamon Moran,Paul Gannon, Darran Kennedy, Mr. David Dunne.

Front Row: David Beirne, Ross Church, Shane Timmons, Mr. David Breslin, Neil Cowhey, Mr. Clive Byrne, Kevin Gallivan, Mr. Brian Moore,Hugh Higgins, Andrew Hogan, David Carpenter.


ST. MARY’S TOURING SQUAD

PlayersTour Captain: Neil CowheyTour Vice-Captain: Kevin Gallivan

Jack Ardagh, David Beirne, Conor Breen, Jack Buggy,Mark Callanan, David Carpenter,Ross Church, Sean Connolly, Nick Cunningham, Colin Farrington, Killian Finlay, Paul Gannon, Hugh Higgins,Andrew Hogan, Mark Kelly, Darran Kennedy,Padraig Lalor, Sam McArdle, Andrew McCarthy, Mark McKay, Eamon Moran, Mark Sexton, Brendan Short,Joe Slowey, Shane Timmons.

Coaches and MentorsMr. Clive Byrne, PrincipalMr. David Breslin, Senior CoachMr. Dave Dunne, Senior Seconds’ CoachMr. Ciaran O’Donnell, Senior Seconds’ CoachMr. John Wynne, Senior Seconds’ CoachMr. Barry Leonard, Senior Thirds’, Fourths’,

Fifths’ CoachMr. Brian Moore, Junior CoachMr. Denis Murphy, 6th Year DeanMr. Brian Wall, Prevention of Vice and

the Promotion of Virtue

RESULTS

Cook IslandsTereora School 6-5 victoryCook Islands U19’s 10-21 defeat

New ZealandTe Aute Juniors 80-0 victoryCentral Hawkes Bay 39-17 victory

HastingsLindisfarne First XV 9-25 defeatLindisfarne Second XV 5-11 defeat

AustraliaMelbourneVictoria Schools 10-26 defeatTrinity Grammar School/ 8-0 victoryScotch College

CanberraSt. Edmund’s College First XV 6-26 defeatSt. Edmund’s College Second XV 0-24 defeat

SydneyOakhill First XV 22-12 victoryOakhill Second XV 10-19 defeat

BrisbaneSt. Patrick’s First XV 12-5 victorySt. Patrick’s Second XV 43-7 victory

The Coleraine Academical Institute touristsBack Row: Stuart Evans, Willie Dean, David Hanna, Richard Cochrane, Steven Bates, John Torrens, Michael Mullans.

Middle Row: Peter Gilpin, Chris Cochrane, Andrew McIntosh, Neal Linnegan, Christopher Gowland, Ross Scott, Adam Teacy.Front Row: Chris Smyth, Colin Daly, Adam Christie, Colin McNay, Archie Linnegan, Mark Robinson, Steven Graham, Andrew Urquhart,

Philip McAllister, Andrew Quigley, Neal Vallelly.

EARLY DAYSIn the early days of the jointCongregation of the Holy Ghost and ofthe Immaculate Heart of Mary, veryinsistent letters came from the Catholicsof Trinidad to the Superior General, thesuccessor of Fr. Libermann, to providesome priests for a secondary college onthe island. Two such arrived in Trinidadin July 1863 (four years after a similargroup arrived in Ireland for the samepurpose).

Preparations were begun immediately forthe opening of the new College under thename the College of the ImmaculateConception (CIC). The College was to befor boarders and day-boys and openedon 1st August 1863 with 14 pupils. Theisland Governor, Robert W. Keate, wasvery opposed to a college “for Papistpupils and would prefer them to attendthe Collegiate (Anglican) school, wherethey would be sure to lose theirridiculous faith in time!”. When the newschool year began on 1st February 1864(the same year Rockwell College opened)there were 80 boys on the roll.

Difficulties arose with the new DominicanArchbishop of Trinidad; no parochialministry was to be undertaken etc., buthe gave them use of a defunct Collegebelonging to the diocese for a ten yearperiod. By1865 they acquired a nearbysite to which they moved in 1875, andthis is the one that is still used today.

Irish students for the priesthood andbrothers of the Congregation soonarrived and by 1870 English replacedFrench as the teaching language. Achapel was built and other buildingdevelopment took place.

DIFFICULTIESThe College was perpetually understaffedand personnel were overworked, rising at4.45 am and retiring at 10 pm. At timesthe College was almost like a hospital,since back in Paris it was believed thatTrinidad had a climate beneficial to TBpatients. Each decade from 1871, pupilnumbers rose from 67 to 137, to 167, to


ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDADJohn Flavin, CSSp.

(Our College in Rathmines is not the only Holy Ghost College dedicated to our Blessed Mother. Here we introduce you to the history and development of another

Spiritan Marian college in a different part of the world.)


213. The central administration of theHoly Ghost Order in Paris was neverenthusiastic about the foundation inTrinidad. Several times tentative effortswere made to close down the College,which proved very disturbing for thedifferent headmasters.

Discipline among the boys, especiallyamong the boarders, was a perennialproblem. As in England and elsewhere atthe time, corporal punishment was thecommon practice and this wasadministered unevenly. There wasinternal dissension too between the Irishand French priests : “the Irish do notunderstand the people and they are moreEnglish than the English themselves”, itwas reported to Paris. There was, as inIreland, intense competition forUniversity scholarships, not always to theadvantage of the Catholic college.

In 1894 an Irishman, Fr. NicholasBrennan, became headmaster, a mostfortuitous happening. He was moreindependent of Paris, demanded localadaptations of regulations and adopted afar less rigid approach. The IrishPrincipals who succeeded him brought St.Mary’s, as it was popularly known, to thepeak of success by the time the schoolcelebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1913. Infact, Dr. Edward Crehan CSSp, principalof St. Mary’s Rathmines (1900-1904)became the ninth Principal of CIC (1910-1920). “He set up the science laboratoriesand his kindliness is still legend.”

POST WORLD WAR IThis war had a great impact on CIC. Over200 past students were to fight with theAllies. The College became basically anIrish staffed school. The war broughtconsiderable economic hardship toTrinidad. There was a change in thestructure of society. Education became astatus symbol. The percentage of non-

white students increased greatly. Thesystem of education itself changed. Theold classical system gave way to an ever-increasing emphasis on science. Therewas an increasing sense of pride in beinga Trinidadian. Successive archbishopsmade more demands on the Spiritans forhelp in parishes. For the first time greatnumbers of Protestants and non-Christians were enrolled. (whereas in1921 85% of pupils were Catholics, by1952 almost 29% were non-Catholics).Between the wars, there was anextraordinary flourishing of religioussocieties in the College. No attempt wasmade at proselytising in the school.Trinidadians of East Indian descent whowere Catholics began to apply for placesfor their sons. In 1946 there were over1,300 students on roll.

Fr. English and Fr. Meehan played a hugerole in the physical expansion of theCollege plant. A new chapel was openedin 1943. As elsewhere, lay teachers beganto take on a greater role in all areas ofCollege life. Trinidad-born Holy Ghostpriests also took on a major role in thelife of the College and the local religiousfamily. The Spiritans founded a newsecondary school in Port of Spain, FatimaCollege, in 1945.

FR. LEONARD GRAF CSSpSpecial mention must be made of Fr.Leonard Graf. He came from Germany as

a student-teacher in 1905, returning as apriest in 1911. He taught andadministered in the College until 1966,when he retired. In 60 years teaching, hemissed only two days of class! He wasDean of Studies for the whole schoolfrom 1920 to 1957, taught eight HigherCertificate classes a day, ranging fromGreek to French to Botany and Zoology.He directed a Shakespeare play each year;ran the boys’ library; produced theCollege Annual; was in charge of thechoir and played in the school orchestra!In the context of the time, theaccomplishments of Fr. Graf and hispriestly colleagues were truly remarkable.Among his collaborators were Fr. MartinMaiben and Rathmines past-pupil Fr.John Farrell. The work of our own Fr. JimMcNulty and many other Irish Spiritanstudent-teachers (Prefects) was of equalvalue in building up every aspect ofCollege life. (In turn several TrinidadianSpiritan prefects spent one or two yearsteaching in Rathmines!)

The CIC motto now is Virtus et Scientia –manliness and wisdom. In 1957 Fr. Pedro

Valdez CSSp became the first Trinidadiancollege principal. Following independencefrom Britain in 1962, the governmentsought more control over education. Theold classical curriculum had given way togreater emphasis on science and latterlyon business subjects. The College hadtremendous success in sport, particularlyin soccer and cricket.

Alumni of CIC have been leaders of theChurch in Trinidad (Archbishop AnthonyPantin, Fr. Michel de Verteuil), leaders inTrinidadian social endeavours (Fr. GerardPantin of Servol Social services, Fr.Gerard Farfan, of the national schoolteachers’ union) and in national sport(cricketers Brian Davis and WillieRodriguez) – to mention only a few. May the great educational endeavourthat is the College of the ImmaculateConception, Port of Spain continue toflourish!

(Grateful acknowledgement is made to Fr.Anthony de Verteuil CSSp, author of TheHoly Ghost Fathers of Trinidad formaterial used in this article.)


ST. MARY’S COLLEGE

JUNIOR SCHOOL 2005

JUNIOR SCHOOL STAFF 2004-2005

Back Row (l-r): Úna Wall, Judith Keane, Anne Walsh, Gareth Agnew, Colm Sweeney, Bernadette McCormac, Tanya Tynan, Ruth Sm

ith.

Front Row (l-r): Mary O’Sullivan, Bean Uí Eoghain, Fr. Paddy Cleary, M

ary O’Donnell, Frances Bane, Dan Dunne and Marion Fitzpatrick.


JUNIOR SCHOOL STAFF

PRESIDENT: Fr. John Flavin CSSp

CHAPLAIN: Fr. Paddy Cleary CSSp

PRINCIPAL: Mrs. Mary O’Donnell

SECRETARY: Mrs. Marion Fitzpatrick

DEAN: Bean Uí Eoghain

RESOURCE: Mrs. Frances Bane

CLASS TEACHERS:

Junior School 2004-2005

JUNIOR SCHOOL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Mrs. Margaret Campbell (Chairperson)Mr. Aidan WalshSr. Thomasina Finn Mr. Fintan WallisMr. Colm SweeneyMs. Mary IrvingMr. Kevin Finlay

Mrs. Mary O’Donnell is Secretary to the Board

FORM 2 Mrs. Úna WallFORM 21 Ms. Judith Keane

FORM 3 Mrs. Bernadette McCormacFORM 31 Bean Uí Eoghain

FORM 4 Ms. Mary O’Sullivan

FORM 5 Mr. Dan DunneFORM 51 Mr. Gareth Agnew

FORM 6 Mr. Colm SweeneyFORM 6¹ Mrs. Anne Walsh

P.E. Mr. David BreslinMUSIC Mrs. Ruth Smith ART Ms. Tanya Tynan


Andreucetti, MathewBarden, CillianBarrett, TiernanBathe, AndrewBergin, ColinBrady, AaronBrown, JackButler, LukeConway, TimothyCullen, Ciarán

Devlin, MichaelDix, PhilipDobey, ConorDonnelly, PaulDoyle, AdamDrislane, DomhnallDunne, ConorDunne, GarethDunne, StephenGallagher, David

Galligan, DavidGallivan, GerardGodfrey, AndrewHallinan, ConorHaydon, ArthurHickey, IanHogan, Ben, Johnson, FionnánKernan, AidanMcDunphy, Ian

FORM 6

Daly, SeánGlynn, ConorJennings, DavidLarchet Paul, PiersLynch, EóinMacCarvill, ConorMacMathuna, EoinMassey, WilliamMatthews, BenMcGill, Manus

McKenna, RossMcWeeney, NeilMoran, SeánMurphy, AaronO’Brien, DonalO’Carroll, StephenO’Donoghue, JamesO’Driscoll, DáireO’Dwyer, CiaránO’Fiacháin, Barry

O’Reilly Moorkens, RowanRyan, AlexanderRyan Flynn, UlyssesScott, HarrySexton, JerryShaffrey, TimothySwift, DavidTracey, JackWalsh, JackWynne, Sam

FORM 61

Blackburn, JeffBoyle, EoinByrne, ColmCorcoran, AdamCosgrove, DavidCulligan, EoghanDaly, BrendanDonnelly, Matthew

Duggan, RoryFanning, ShaneFarrell, DeanFerris, AndrewFitzpatrick, PeterGates-Hardiman, LouisGrumley, BenjaminHalpin, Jack

Hannin, JohnHicks, DaireHollywood, PatrickLevins, JackLivingston, EoinYoung, Tomás

FORM 5

Junior School Roll 2004-2005


Corcoran, ConorHogan, JackLarney, ConorLynch, GarethMahon, OisínMcCionnaith, PearseMcCloskey Kiernan, PearseMcDermott, Niall

McDonald, SamMoran, LucasMurphy, MarkMurphy, RobertO’Donoghue, CillianO’Grady, RossO’Kane, NeilO’Mahony, Jack

Reddy, AustinSimmons, NathanSheridan, ConorTalbot, LukeTisdall, RoryWagner-Coffey, Marcus

FORM 51

Bent, ChristopherConnery, JackCorcoran, StephenDevlin, FrankDonnelly, JeffreyDuke, AdamFielding, MichaelFitzgerald, GavinFlood, BrendanHealion, Carl

Holohan, RossKeane, NiallKeogh, DavidKernan, RonanLarney, MatthewMadden, Jake, Maguire, StephenMcAuliffe, BenMcCahill, AodhánMcCarthy, Mark

McSweeney, LukeNoonan, JamesO’Leary, ConorO’Mahoney, SeánO’Neill, DylanPhelan, LeoPhillips, DanielPurcell, MichaelTozer, AugustusWallis, Luke

FORM 4

Butler, HarryCoghlan, NeilCogley, DaraghDiepman, HugoDonnelly, GregoryDonnelly, James

Dunne, AaronFeerick, EmmetFinlay, CallumFinnegan, EoinFogarty, PatrickGarry, John

Hoey, BennKennedy, TerryLarney, FionntánLynch, TomMackey, AndrewMannion, Bryan

FORM 3

Finnegan, JordanMaguire, AidanMcCarthy, AndrewMcKay, ColmMitchell, EoinMullen, JackMurphy, Gregory

Murphy, KevinMurru, BrianÓ hAllúin, RónánO’Brien, SeánO’Keeffe, TadhgO’Riordan, MichaelOpperman, Matthew

Scrivener, JackShaffrey, DanielSloan, DavidTalbot, MatthewToma, NicolaeWhelan, Conor

FORM 31


Armen, AndrewBeausang, MorganByrne, BearachCollins, SeánComan, BillCosgrave, Michael

Dignam, OdhránDuggan, DavidDunne, HarryFarrell, JordanFitzpatrick, HughFitzpatrick, Mark

Flood, DavidHealion, AlexHughes, NiallMacGabhann, Jack

FORM 2

Carmody, ConorFogarty, MarkGibney Finglas, ChristopherMacCann, DavidMacGabhann, PatrickMatthews, David

McCahill, SeánNeedham, AlexNolan, JamesO’Brien, ColmO’Kane, BarryO’Mahoney, Killian

O’Neill, CianPhillips, RossRooney, MaxToma, Domenico

FORM 21

FORM

6Back Row (l-r):Fionnán Johnson, Aaron Brady, Luke Butler, Philip Dix, Ciarán Cullen, Gerard Gallivan, Jack Brown, Tiernan Barrett, M

athew Andreucetti, Arthur Haydon.

Middle Row (l-r):Adam Doyle, David Gallagher, Conor Hallinan, Stephen Dunne, Gareth Dunne, Andrew Godfrey, Colin Bergin, Conor Dobey, David Galligan, Ben Hogan, Cillian Barden.

Front Row (l-r):Conor Dunne, Tim Conway, Dom

hnall Drislane, Andrew Bathe, M

ichael Devlin, Ian McDunphy, Aidan Kernan, Ian Hickey.

FORM

61

Back Row (l-r):Ben Matthews, David Jennings, Tim Shaffrey, Donal O’Brien, Stephen O’Carroll, Rowan Mookens-O’Reilly, Jerry Sexton, Dáire O’Driscoll, Ciarán O’Dwyer, James O’Donoghue.

Middle Row (l-r):Neil M

cWeeney, Eoin Lynch, Bill Massey, Seán Daly, David Swift, Eoin MacMahuna, Manus McGill, Jack Walsh, Barry O’Fiacháin, Sam Wynne, Conor McCarvill,

Ulysses Ryan-Flynn.

Front Row (l-r): Seán Moran, Aaron Murphy, Alex Ryan, Conor Glynn, Ross McKenna, Jack Tracey, Piers Larchet, Harry Scott.

FORM

5Back Row (l-r):Daire Hicks, Shane Fanning, Peter Fitzpatrick, Eoghan Culligan, Tom

as Young, John Hannin, Louis Gates-Hardiman.

Middle Row (l-r):Jack Halpin, Andrew Ferris, Patrick Hollywood, Brendan Daly, Matthew Donnelly, Adam Corcoran, Eoin Boyle.

Front Row (l-r):Eoin Livingston, Jack Levins, Dean Farrell, Benjamin Grumley, Colm Byrne, Rory Duggan, David Cosgrove, Jeff Blackburn.

FORM

51

Back Row (l-r):Lucas Moran, Jack Hogan, Oisín Mahon, Luke Talbot, Conor Sheridan, Neil O’Kane.

Middle Row (l-r):Gareth Lynch, Rory Tisdall, Austin Reddy, Jack O’Mahony, Sam McDonald, Mark Murphy, Pearse McCloskey Kiernan.

Front Row (l-r):Pearse McCionnaith, Conor Corcoran, Robert Murphy, Niall McDermott, Marcus Wagner-Coffey, Ross O’Grady, Cillian O’Donoghue, Nathan Simmons.

FORM

4Back Row(I-r):Carl Healion, Ross Houlihan, Ronan Kernan, Ben McAuliffe, Luke Wallis, M

ark McCarthy, Aodhán McCahill, James Noonan, Conor O’Leary, Jack Connery.

Middle Row(l-r):Dylan O’Neill, Daniel Philips, Frank Devlin, Augustus Tozer, Leo Phelan, Jake Madden, Michael Fielding, Matthew Larney, Adam Duke, Niall Keane.

Front Row(l-r):Luke McSweeney, Brendan Flood, Gavin Fitzgerald, Christopher Bent, David Keogh, Seán O’Mahoney, M

ichael Purcell, Stephen Maguire.

FORM

3Back row (l-r):Patrick Fogarty, Aaron Dunne, Hugo Diepm

an, Tom

Lynch, Daragh Cogley, Gregory Donnelly, Terry Kennedy, Callum Finlay.

Front Row (l-r):James Donnelly, Eoin Finnegan, Neil Coghlan, Harry Butler, Em

met Feerick, Benn Hoey, John Garry, Andrew Mackey.

FORM

31

Back Row (l-r): Nicolae Tom

a, Conor Whelan, Daniel Shaffrey, Aidan Maguire, M

atthew Talbot.

Middle Row (l-r):Jack Mullen, Kevin Murphy, Sean O’Brien, Andrew McCarthy, Brian Murru, Tadhg O’Keeffe, Gregory Murphy.

Front Row (l-r): Jack Scrivener, M

atthew Opperman, Colm McKay, David Sloan, Jordan Finnegan, Eoin Mitchell, Ronan O’hAlluin, M

ichael O’Riordan.

FORM

S2 and 21

Back Row (l-r): Mark Fogarty, Odhran Dignam, Ross Phillips, David McCann, Sean McCahill, Alex Needham, Killian O’Mahoney, Harry Dunne, Patrick MacGabhann, Andrew Armen,

Colm O’Brien, Jordan Farrell.

Second Row (l-r): Morgan Beausang, M

ark Fitzpatrick, Niall Hughes, David Flood, Seán Collins, Barry O’Kane, Bill Com

an, David Matthews, Christopher Gibney-Finglas,

Michael Cosgrave, James Nolan, M

immo Toma.

Front row (l-r):Hugh Fitzpatrick, Conor Carmody, Alex Healion, Cian O’Neill, Bearach Byrne, David Duggan, Jack MacGabhann, M

ax Rooney.

Fr. Cleary Trophy and Silver Medal for General ExcellenceCIARÁN O’DWYER

Fr. Hourigan Trophy for Religious Knowledge EOIN LYNCH

Fr. Hurley Trophy for Languages DOMHNALL DRISLANE

Fr. Little Cup for Excellence in Conduct DAVID SWIFT

Máire Cranny Perpetual Cup for Excellence in Speech EOIN MACMAHUNA

Fr. Gilmore Trophy for Art CONOR HALLINAN

Mr. Joe Fitzgerald Trophy for Singing MATHEW ANDREUCETTI

DramaROWAN MOORKENS O’REILLY

Principal’s Award CLASS 6 – AARON MURPHYCLASS 61 – CIARAN CULLEN

Dr. Brendan Deasy Trophy and Silver Medal for Sportsman of the Year

GERARD GALLIVAN

Victor Ludorum BEN MATTHEWS

Junior School Prizewinners 2004-2005ST. MARY’S COLLEGE ANNUAL 2005 127

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FORM 6 RUGBYBack Row (l-r) Conor Dobey,Aidan Kernan, Ciarán Cullen,Cillian Barden, Philip Dix, Gerard Gallivan, David Gallagher,Mathew Andreucetti, Aaron Brady, Arthur Haydon, Neil McWeeney.Middle Row (l-r) Stephen Dunne,Ian McDunphy, Conor McCarvill,Fionnán Johnson, Andrew Bathe,Andrew Godfrey, Jack Brown,David Jennings, Eoin Lynch, Luke Butler, Ben Hogan, Tiernan Barrett, David Galligan,Jack Walsh, Ian Hickey, Paul Donnelly.Front Row (l-r) Adam Doyle,Manus McGill, Domhnall Drislane,Tim Conway, Michael Devlin,Conor Hallinan, Sam Wynne, Seán Daly, David Swift.

FORM 5 RUGBY

Back Row (l-r)Andrew Ferris, Shane Fanning, Jack Levins, Eoghan Culligan, Peter Fitzpatrick, John Hannin,

Louis Gates-Hardiman.

Middle Row (l-r) David Cosgrove, Ben Grumley,

Jack Halpin, Brendan Daly, Matthew Donnelly,

Adam Corcoran, Tomas Young.

Front Row (l-r) Eoin Livingston, Colm Byrne, Rory Duggan, Jeff Blackburn,

Dean Farrell.

FORM 51 RUGBY

Back Row (l-r) Pearse McCionnaith, CillianO’Donoghue, Robert Murphy,Mark Murphy, Lucas Moran,Marcus Wagner-Coffey, Neil O’Kane.

Middle Row (l-r) Ross O’Grady, Sam McDonald,Rory Tisdall, Niall McDermott,Conor Sheridan, Pearse McCloskey Kiernan, Austin Reddy, Oisín Mahon,Gareth Lynch.

Front Row (l-r) Luke Talbot, Jack O’Mahony, Jack Hogan, Conor Corcoran,Conor Larney.

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FORM 4 RUGBY

Back Row (l-r) Matthew Larney, Michael Fielding, Leo Phelan,Gavin Fitzgerald, Adam Duke,James Noonan, Augustus Tozer,Ronan Kernan, Dylan O’Neill.

Middle Row (l-r) Jack Connery, Sean O’Mahoney,Luke Wallis, Aodhán McCahill,Mark McCarthy, Christopher Bent,Conor O’Leary, Ben McAuliffe,Stephen Corcoran, Jake Madden,David Keogh.

Front Row (l-r) Stephen Maguire, Daniel Phillips,Ross Houlihan, Frank Devlin, Luke McSweeney, Brendan Flood,Carl Healion.

FORM 4HOLY CHILDHOOD LEAGUE WINNERS

Back Row(l-r) Ross Houlihan,Jack Connery,

Aodhán McCahill,Dylan O’Neill.

Front Row(l-r) Luke McSweeney,

Luke Wallis,Stephen Maguire.

FORM 3 RUGBY

Back Row (l-r): Patrick Fogarty, Aaron Dunne,Benn Hoey, Tom Lynch, Andrew Mackey, Callum Finlay.

Middle Row (l-r): Terry Kennedy, Fionntain Larney,Gregory Donnelly, Neil Cogley,John Garry, Daragh Cogley.

Front Row (l-r): James Donnelly, Hugo Diepman,Eoin Finnegan, Emmet Feerick,Harry Butler.



FORM 31 RUGBY

Back Row (l-r) Jack Mullen, Nicolae Toma, Aidan Maguire, Conor Whelan, Gregory Murphy, Andrew McCarthy.

Middle Row (l-r) Brian Murru, Kevin Murphy,Michael O’Riordan, Matthew Talbot, Ronan O’hAlluin, Colm McKay, Tadhg O’Keeffe.

Front Row (l-r) David Sloan, Jack Scrivener,Jordan Finnegan, Matthew Opperman, Eoin Mitchell.

FORMS 2 and 3 RUGBYWinners of the

Paul Griffin Trophy

Back Row (l-r) Brian Murru, Nicolae Toma,

Jordan Finnegan, Jack MullenGregory Murphy.

Middle Row (l-r) Patrick MacGabhann,

David Matthews, Alex Needham,Ronan O’hAlluin,

Domenico (Mimmo) Toma.

Front Row (l-r) David Duggan, Jordan Farrell,

Michael Cosgrave, Sean McCahill,Harry Dunne.

FORMS 2 and 21 RUGBY

Back Row (l-r) Morgan Beausang, Sean Collins,Barry O’Kane, Mark Fogarty,Conor Carmody, Bearach Byrne,Odhran Dignam.

Middle Row (l-r) David Flood, David McCann, Jack MacGabhann, Bill Coman, Mark Fitzpatrick,Hugh Fitzpatrick, Killian O’Mahoney, Ross Phillips,Max Rooney, James Nolan.

Front row (l-r) Christopher Gibney-Finglas, Niall Hughes, Cian O’Neill, Colm O’Brien, Alex Healion.

Junior School Sportsday 2005SATURDAY 21st MAY 2005

Form 2 & 211 Hugh Fitzpatrick2 Seán McCahill3 Seán Collins

Form 3 & 311 Matthew Opperman2 Tadhg O’Keeffe3 Hugo Diepman

Form 4 & 411 Luke Wallis2 Carl Healion 3 Mark McCarthy

Form 5 & 511 Eoin Culligan 2 Andrew Ferris 3 Sam McDonald

Form 6 & 611 Ben Matthews 2 Conor Glynn 3 Rowan Moorkens

O’Reilly

Form 2 & 211 Alex Healion 2 Alex Needham3 David Duggan

Form 3 & 311 Brian Murru2 Daragh Cogley3 Michael O’Riordan

Form 4 & 411 Aodhán McCahill2 Luke McSweeney3 Mikey Fielding

Form 5 & 511 Peter Fitzpatrick 2 Louis Gates Hardiman 3 Conor Sheridan

Form 6 & 611 Ben Matthews 2 Donal O’Brien3 Donal Drislane

100 METRES

150 METRES

Form 2 1 Hugh Fitzpatrick and Mark Fitzpatrick 2 Bill Coman and Niall Hughes

Form 211 Seán McCahill and Mark Fogarty2 Conor Carmody and Barry O’Kane

Form 3 1 Terry Kennedy and Neil Coghlan2 Tom Lynch and Ben Hoey

Form 311 Daniel Shaffrey and Nicolae Toma 2 Jack Mullen and Matthew Talbot

Form 4 1 Mark McCarthy and Mikey Fielding 2) Gavin Fitzgerald and Ronan Kernan

Form 5 1 Jack Halpin and Patrick Hollywood 2 David Cosgrove and Jack Levins

Form 511 Austin Reddy and Neil O’Kane 2 Niall McDermott and Robert Murphy

Form 6 1 Paul Donnelly and Stephen Dunne2 Colm Dobey and Aidan Kernan

Form 611 Ciaran O’Dwyer and Conor McCarvill2 Stephen O’Connell and David Jennings

THREE LEGGED RACE


Form 2 1 Mark Fitzpatrick 2 David Duggan 3 Bearach Byrne

Form 211 Cian O’Neill2 Seán McCahill3 Mark Fogarty

Form 31 Ben Hoey 2 Hugo Diepman3 Neil Coghlan

Form 311 Matthew Opperman 2 Jack Scrivener3 Michael O’Riordan

Form 41 Aodhán McCahill2 Gavin Fitzgerald 3 Carl Healion

OBSTACLE RACEForm 2 & 211 Andrew Armen2 James Nolan

Form 3 & 311 Conor Whelan 2 Jordan Finnegan 3 Gregory Donnelly

Form 5 & 511 Patrick Hollywood 2 Tomas Young 3 Eoin Boyle

Form 6 & 611 Gerry Gallivan 2 Bill Massey 3 Arthur Haydon

SHOT PUTT

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Form 21 Niall Hughes2 Seán Collins 3 Jack MacGabhann

Form 211 Alex Needham2 Seán McCahill3 Mark Fogarty

Form 31 Terry Kennedy2 Harry Butler 3 Ben Hoey

Form 311 Matthew Opperman2 Michael O’Riordan 3 Rónán Ó’hAllúin

Form 41 Leo Phelan2 Ben McAuliffe 3 Michael Purcell

Form 51 Patrick Hollywood 2 Louis Gates Hardiman3 Dean Farrell

Form 511 Oisín Mahon2 Austin Reddy 3 Robert Murphy

Form 61 Cillian Barden 2 Aaron Brady 3 Conor Dobey

Form 611 Conor Glynn2 Aaron Murphy 3 Harry Scott

EGG AND SPOON RACE

Form 2 and 21David MatthewsPatrick MacGabhannColm O’BrienRoss Phillips

Form 3 and 31Ben HoeyHarry ButlerFionntán LarneyJames Donnelly

Form 4 and 41Christopher BentJames DonnellyAugustus TozerAdam Duke

Form 5 and 51David CosgroveBen GrumleyMatthew DonnellyJack Levins

Form 6 and 61Tiernan BarrettConor DobeyConor HallinanAaron Brady

RELAYS – FIRST PLACE

Form 2 and 21Mark FitzpatrickMichael CosgraveJordan FarrellNiall Hughes

Form 3 and 31John GarryEmmet FeerickTom LynchEoin Finnegan

Form 4 and 41Matthew LarneyStephen MaguireSeán O’MahoneyDavid Keogh

Form 5 and 51Colm ByrneDean FarrellShane FanningAndrew Ferris

Form 6 and 61Dáire O’DriscollCiarán O’Dwyer Jerry SextonConor McCarvill

RELAYS – SECOND PLACE PLACE

Form 5 and 511 Adam Corcoran2 Jack Hogan3 Jeff Blackburn

Form 6 and 611 Ben Matthews2 Donal Drislane3 Conor Glynn & Donal O’Brien

200 METRES

Ben Matthews

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTSDAY, MAY 2005A – Patrick Hollywood gives his all, watched by (l-r sitting) David Jennings, Daire O’Driscoll and Ciarán O’Dwyer.B – David Jennings (left) and Stephen O’Carroll in the three-legged race.C – Andrew Bathe.D – (l-r) James Nolan (hidden), David Matthews with David Flood, David Duggan.E – 3rd Class Sack Race; (l-r) Fionntain Larney, Emmet Feerick, Daragh Cogley, Benn Hoey, Tom Lynch.F – Adam Corcoran, Jeff Blackburn, Marcus Wagner-Coffey, Colm Byrne.G – 4th Form Sack Race: (l-r) Luke Wallis, Dylan O’Neill, Stephen Corcoran, Jake Madden, Augustus Tozer,

Carl Healion, Gavin Fitzgerald, Niall Keane, Jeffrey Donnelly, Ronan Kernan, Jack Connery, Luke McSweeney, Aodhán McCahill, Leo Phelan, James Noonan, Stephen Maguire, Brendan Flood, Matthew Larney.

H – Obstacle Race: (l-r) Augustus Tozer, Ronan Kernan, Gavin Fitzgerald, Luke Wallis, Carl Healion, Leo Phelan.I – (l-r): (Running) Sean McCahill, Mark Fogarty, Barry O’Kane, Ross Phillips, Alex Needham.J – Cillian Barden leads the field with Aaron Brady and Paul Donnelly in pursuit.K – Tomás Young watched by Eoin Boyle, Niall McDermott, Patrick Hollywood, Conor Corcoran (front) and

Shane Fanning (behind).L – Terry Kennedy.M – Oisín Mahon.


SECONDCLASS 2004

FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL

A – (1-r) David Matthews, Barry O’Kane, Conor Carmody, Alex Needham.B – (1-r) Bill Coman, Alex Healion, Michael Cosgrave, Harry Dunne, Hugh Fitzpatrick.C – (1-r) Harry Dunne, Odhran Dignam (front), Sean Collins, Niall Hughes (behind), Bill Coman (very back).D – (l-r) Max Rooney, Killian O’Mahoney, Mimmo Toma.E – Denis Hickie, Irish and Leinster rugby player, visits the 2nd class boys.F (1-r) Ross Phillips, Patrick MacGabhann, James Nolan, David MacCann.G – (l-r)Jack MacGabhann, Odhran Dignam, David Flood, Morgan Beausang.H – (l-r)Niall Hughes, Sean Collins, Mark Fitzpatrick, David Duggan, Jordan Farrell, Bearach Byrne.

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