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News of the Past.

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1985 Reunion Photographs   >> Click here
1986 Reunion Photographs >>>Click here
Bishop John Noonan >>>Click here
News of the Past, arranged by year of leaving >>>Click here
News of former Staff >>Click here
John O'Brien enrolled into Past Pupils' Roll of Honour >>>Click here
Grudge Match  between Brebeuf  class of 1977 and their teachers held  in May 2007, 30 years later.>>>Click here
Class of 1987—20 Year Reunion >>>Click here
Class of 1967—40 Year Reunion >>>Click here
Ray Jordan >>>Click here
'Ali Baba Crescent 1980 production>>Click here for photos
Class of 1977—30 Year Reunion >>>Click here

'Ali Baba Crescent 1980 production
For more pictures Click on http://gallery.mac.com/lyncher#100017

Grudge Match

1956 Reunion - June 24th 2006.

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Bishop John Noonan. Past pupil John Noonan was consecrated auxilary bishop of Miami on 24th August 2005. John attended Crescent till 1967. He then went as a boarder to Mungret College S.J., where he completed his Leaving Certificate in 1969. We attach a photograph of the confirmation Class of 1961, where John is on the left in the front row.
Front Row:   8th: Michael McNamara; 12th: Maurice Kerr Second Row: 4: Bernard Whelan, 5: Morgan McMahon; 6: Shee; 17: Michael Barron (to the rear); End of row: Alan Conway. Back Row: 6: David Hough; 7: Clem Murphy; 8: Willis Walsh.

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Class of 1955
Leonard O'Brien, telephone 061 338559, organised a class reunion for the Leaving Certificate class of 1955, which was held in Limerick in June, 2005 .

Louis Mulcahy
		Louis' family came to live in Limerick in 1953, and he began to attend the Crescent till he completed his Leaving Certificate in 1958. Today he runs Louis Mulcahy Pottery, Clothar, Baile 'n Fheirtearaigh, Dingle, Co. Kerry. http://www.louismulcahy.com/ . In 2004 he became the first craftsperson to be honoured by the National University of Irleand with an honorary doctorate. Louis is married to Lisbeth Mulcahy, the designer, weaver and tapestry artist.

Class of 1967

Class of 1972

Kevin Wallace (1972) is the producer of "The Lord of the Rings" currently on stage at the Drury Lane Theatre, London. Kevin has also produced the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals "Whistle Down the Wind", The Beautiful Game", "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Sunset Boulevard". His other London productions include the critically acclaimed "Gagarin Way" and "Eden". Saul Zaentz, whose film productions include the award-winning "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Amadeus", " The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "The English Patient", was awarded the BAFTA 'Academy Fellowship'. (Source http://www.tolkiensociety.org/event_musical.html, also Wikipdeia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Wallace

Class of 1976

Brian KELLY took his solemn profession as a monk of the abbey of Our Lady of Quarr, Isle of Wight, England, on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 2005.

	Brother Brian Gerard Kelly	His profession	The Chapel at Quarr Abbey

1979
Reamonn KEARY (Wadding 1979) is head examiner for the Royal Irish Academy of Music. In 2005 they will examine 30,000 students this year. Every Tuesday from March 29th for 8 weeks Ray will de-mystify the terminology and give helpful hints for students on Drivetime Classics on Lyric FM.

Donald P.McDONALD (Delaney 1979) is Professor of MCB Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, USA. Donald visited the school in October as part of an Irish visit to promote the study of Science in Irish Schools.

1981.
Mike McMahon (1981) qualified as a chartered accountant and worked for the IDA and Shannon Development. He is married and lives in Nenagh, and now works as a financail advisor.

1983
Danny DEPTUCK (Doyle 1983) studied Physics in Queens University in Canada, and did a PhD in Princeton in 1994. He taught Physics at Queens and now works in Optoelectronics with the Canadian Microelectroics Corporation. Danny has received several awards and has numerous publications.

Seamus (Shay) DOWNEY (1983) qualified as an accountant, and after working for BP in Bruselles, he now runs a chain of hairdressing salons in Poland.

Paul FITZGERALD (Doyle 1983) is married and lives in Ennis, where he works as a representative for a drinks company.

Eddie FITZGIBBON (Doyle 1983) is working in the financial services sector. He is married and lives in Ennis.

Colin McMAHON (Doyle 1983) worked for a Vetinary Surgeon for 16 years, and had a practice in Kildysard, Co. Clare, since 1996. Colin is married with a family of 3. He is now pursuing a career in teaching Science, which includes some teaching at Crescent.

1985
John HERLIHY (Canisius) is the Google European Director of online sales and Operations.                (Irish times - November 16th, 2006)

Gary KIRBY is the trainer of the Limerick Hurling team that have earned a place in the 2007 All Ireland Final. Gary has been entered in the Crescent College Comprehensive Roll of Honour, for his achievemnts in hurling, which included his captaining of the Limerick Hurling Team's National League title.

Reunion Photographs - December 28th 2005. (School names are used. Unfortunately the photographer left early.)

Sheila Crowley and John O'Dwyer		Karen Clarke and Alan Creane
Sara McDonagh, Anna Gibson Steel and Bronagh Kernan.		Roisin Breen and Fiona Ferraira
Carolyn Heagney, Tessa Duffy and Karen Clarke.		John Herlihy, Joseph Sloane and Niamh O'Carroll.
Neil Clifford, Jan Keane and John Lane.		J.Malone, Grainne Leonard, Grainne Doyle, and David Wallace.
Kenneth McKeon, Paul Tinney and David Walsh.		Malcolm Clein and Simon D'Arcy.
Michael Collins, John Dundon and Ger O'Mahony.		Denis McDaid, Carolyn Heagney and Denis Moloney.
Thanks to the organisers Sheila Crowley, Niamh O'Caroll, Simon Darcy, Noel Clarke and Brona Kernan.

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1986

Aengus Darcy, William McConkey, Kevin Hussey and Diarmuid Crowley.		Redmond Burke, Joyce McInerney and Carmel Normoyle.
Anne O'Leary, Gerard O'Riordan, Ronan Hanrahan.		Elaine O'Toole, Brenda Magan and Michelle Foster.
Aoife Colline, Patricia Moore and Sheila Hickey.		Sean O'Neill, Brian Kirby and Redmond Burke.
Helen Normoyle, Anne Ryan and Maire O'Sullivan		Anne Ryan, Donal O'Carroll, Helen Normoyle and John McDermott.
Aengus Darcy and Andrew Cleary.		Maire O'Sullivan, Carmel Normoyle and Caitriona Dunworth.
Diarmuid Crowley, Sean O'Neill, Gerard O'Riordan and William McConkey.		Mark O'Donoghue, Deirdre O'Malley, Aoife Collins and Sheila Hickey.
John Prendergast, Valerie O'Dwyer and Mark O'Donoghue.		Geraldne Brosnan, Eddie Barry and Aisling Meade.
		Thanks to the organisers: Ronan Hanrahan              Donal O'Carroll  Aedamer Wood                Helen Kelly-Holmes         Ann Ryan                        and to Woodfield House Hotel..

Stephen IMBUSCH (Fielde 1986) is the Assistant Principal of Walpole High School in Massachusetts, and the father of Luke, Ciaran and Sean.

Brian KIRBY (Fielde 1986) has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Irish College of Physicians of Ireland, to be conferred in June 2005.

John McDERMOTT (Jogues 1986) lives in San Francisco. John is married, and has a son and daughter. He is director of Technical Services for a technology company, and has a second career as a musician. John is in contact with other Past Students who live in the Bay Area, namely Kevin Hussey 19 86, Conor Neville 1985, Liam Murray 1985, Jimmy Maher 1985.

Class of 1987—20 Year Reunion

The 20 year reunion was held on Friday 28th December 2007.

Venue: Upstairs@Dolans, Dolan's Warehouse, Dock Road, Limerick.

If you have any captions/names....any other details to go with photos please contact webmaster.

Organising committee:
Neil Curtis ( neil.curtis@lafarge.com  ) + 33 6 21 78 32

Siobhan Hannan (shivvy16@hotmail.com) + 353 876077335

George Heslin (origintheatrecompany@yahoo.com) + 1 212-604-4806

Ken O'Dea (ken.o'dea@diageo.com) + 353 86 8178909

 

1987

		Tony O'Connor (Gonzaga ): While at school Tony rowed with Shannon RC. He won the World Championship Rowing Gold Medal in the lightweight coxless pair with Gearoid Towey in Lausanne in 2001. Tony had previously won two silver medals in the same event in 1996 and 1997. He represented Ireland at theOlympic Games in Atlanta 1995 (4th Place) and in Lausanne 2000 (11th place). He coached the Irish rowers in Athens in 2004. Tony was inducted into the Irish Rowing Hall of Fameand is currently the teacher in charge of rowing at Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand. One of his early sporting memories is of being on a Crescent Gaelic Football team that was defeated 3 - 27 to 0 -1 by St. Clement's in Gaelic Football, but he points out that Crescent scored first.
Tony O'Connor, with Gearoid Towey in 2001 with their Gold Medals.

Garech MULCAHY (Gonzaga) is married to Valerie Collins, and they have a baby boy, Rian. Garech has been working for Apple for the last 4 years. They recently moved to Austin, Texas.

		Rosemary REDDAN (Stephenson) now lives in Bolton, Lancashire, UK, where she works for a firm of Accountants, as a Secretary in the Insolvency Department. The photograph shows her on a visit to Ireland in 2006, with her partner Neil, and children Erin and Matthew.

1988

Ray Jordan who left Crescent in 1988 has been appointed as Director of Self Help , http://www.selfhelp.ie/selfhelp/Main/Home.asp an Irish development agency engaged in promoting and implementing integrated sustainable development programmes in rural Africa. Ray was previously the Emergency Coordinator for GOAL, and he is pictured at a recent visit to the JVI offices in Limerick.

Orla KIRBY (Meyer 1988) has been appointed as an International Golf Rules Official, with five assignments in the Southern Region in 2006. Orla, who is handicap secretary at Adare Manor Golf Club, obtained one of the highest marks ever recorded, after four days of intensive tests at St. Andrews in Scotland.

Eoin O'SULLIVAN (Xavier 1988). Eoin did a M.Des in Industrial Design
and M.Sc in Multimedia. He now lives in Derry where he has been
working in IT industry for over 10 years. Eoin enjoys enjoys the great
outdoors .. hiking, biking and travel ... particularly travel. He
organises the Magee Hillwalkers club, and edits their
websitewww.hillwalkers.com. Eoin's email is theman@eoinosullivan.com

1991
Ed RICE (Chabanel 1001) has been appointed asHead of Sports Presentation for the 2006 Asian Games. These will feature some 5000 athletes and will take place in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to 15, 2006. Athletes from 45 countires will compete in 39 sports, and will provide more than 2000 hours of TV programming with 50 countires expected to broadcast pictures during the 15 day schedule. Previously Ed had been Head of TV and Media for the International Triathlon Union.

1992
Andrew McNAMARA (Canisius) is having considerable success as a National Hunt jockey, and won the Queen Mother Championship Chase on Newmill, on March 15th 2006 at Cheltenham..

1993:
Joseph CONWAY works as a Pharmacist in Melbourne, and was married in the Spring of 2005 to an Australian, Kathleet Stevens.

Tadgh CONWAY qualified as a Plumber, and now works in Sydned, where he is in contact with a group of othe past Crescent stduents.

Paul GLEESON (Xavier): . On 29th November 2005 Paul set out with Toni Holmes to row across the Atlantic. Paul and Toni have written an account of their successful 86 day voyage in Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, - Rowing the Atlantic. The publisher is Collins Press, October 2006, ISBN 1-905172-34-6.

David WALLACE (Carvahlo) has been named in the Irish Rugby squad to Play Italy on Febryary 4th 2006. David already has 22 caps for Ireland and two Lions caps.

1999:
Caitriona JACKMAN (Hayes) finishing her doctorate at the University of Leicester, where she analysed Saturn's magnetic field and its dynamics. In July 2006 she started post-doctoral research at Imperial College, University of London. She is working on the associate on the Cassini Huygens space mission, the largest interplanetary spacecraft ever built and destined for a four-year tour of Saturn and its moons . Caitriona is a regular contributor, in Irish, on scienctific topics, at TnaG.

:Eoin REDDAN (Delaney) who plays rugby for Wasps, is the only uncapped player to be included in the panel of 22 players to play for Ireland against Italy on February 4th 2006.

Peter LAWLOR (Lalemant) is a member of the Limerick Hurling Team (2007) that have earned their place in the All Ireland Final.

2003:
Orla DRUMM (Loyola) was awarded an Athletics Sports Scholarship for her Third Year at University College Cork.

Kieran NOONAN (Spinola) was presented with an award for obtaining 1st place his First Year Examinations at the University of Limerick. This CAODO Solutions award was made on 23 rd October 2006 at the University.

2004
Paul DANAGHER (Rhodes) plays soccer regularly for Limerick City F.C.

2005:
Barry O'MAHONY (Bellarmine) was awarded a Rughy Sports Scholarship for his Second Year at University College Cork.

2006:
Gillian HOULIHAN was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to University College, Dublin.

		Robbie McNAMARA was awarded the Irish Examiner National Junior Sports Star Award for horse racing for 2006 at a special ceremony held in Dublin.

Eoin O'CATHASAIGH has been awarded an Entrance Exhibition Award into Trinity College, Dublin. Eoin is also appearing in the TG4 drama series, Aifric, which depicts the big issues of life which affect young teens. It is broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5.00 p.m.

Ronan O'SULLIVAN was awarded a Rughy Sports Scholaship to University College Cork in September.

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Staff :
In the last three years the following teachers have retired from teaching: Sean Ahern, Aedine Collins, Marie Cummins, Michael MacMahon, Tom O'Donnell and Gerry Trehy.

Fr. Paddy TYRRELL works in the Chichago region, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Glenview, Illinois, U.S.A. Fr. Hugh DUFFY teaches English and Theology at Seattle University, Seattle, Oregon, USA.

John O'Brien enrolled by the Past Pupils' Union into the Roll of Honour -February 1st, 2007, by Helen Kelly Holmes, President of the Union  

The Past Pupils' Union President, Helen Kelly Holmes gives the citation.
John Quinn with John O'Brien		Tom O'Donnell, John and Dave Barry
Helen Kelly Holmes gives the citation, watched by John and Paula.		Paula O'Brien and Carmel O'Farrell.
Roisin Breen, Fiona Ferera and Valerie Smith		Hilary Hurley, Aidan O'Sullivan and Joe O'Connor.
Sean Ahern and Claire Hanley		Caroline Waters, Pat O'Connell and Hilary O'Farrelly
Geraldine Broslan, Maoliosa Quinn, Helen Kelly and Marie Kelly		Deirdre O'Malley, Sheila Hickey and Ann O'Carroll.
Gerry Trehy, Terri Hurley, Frank Prendergast and Paula O'Brien.		Liam O'Connell, Dermot Murray, Sean Hanley and John O'Brien.

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