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ST. MARY’S COLLEGE CSSp, RATHMINES

2003 and 2004ANNUALS

ST. MARY’S CO

LLEGE A

NNUALS 2003 and 2004

Published by

ST. MARY’S COLLEGE CSSp, RATHMINES, DUBLIN 6.www.stmarys.ie

ST. MARY’S COLLEGE ANNUAL 2003

103rd ACADEMIC YEARPUBLISHED BY ST. MARY’S COLLEGE CSSp, RATHMINES, DUBLIN 6.

Contents

Editorial 3

The Arms of the College 4

Dedication 5

College Community and Staff 2002-2003 6

Senior School Roll 2002-2003 7

Senior School Class Photographs 2002-2003 12

Senior School Prizegiving 27

That Was The Year That Was! 29

Fr Daniel Curtin – an appreciation 33

Oliver! 34

St. Mary’s College RFC 2002-2003 36

Senior School Rugby 2002-2003 39

St. Mary’s College Past Pupils’ Union 2002-2003 46

Junior School Staff 2002-2003 49

Junior School Roll 2002-2003 50

Junior School Class Photographs 2002-2003 52

Junior School Prizewinners 2002-2003 60

Junior School Sportsday 2002-2003 61

Development and Opening of Fr. Barry Hall 63

Scouting in St. Mary’s 2002-2004 67

Transition Year 2003 and 2004 70

Then follows the 2003-2004 College Annual 77

EditorialMemories are important. They say your school days are the best of your life. Sotoo, the task of capturing the memories of these years is of great importance tous. Every St. Mary’s College Annual is published retrospectively but the productionof these particular volumes is very late indeed. The ideal way to record memoriesis quickly. They fade with the passing of time. Working on the 02/03 and 03/04Annuals after such a length of time has been difficult; records have been filedaway, memories are rusty and some things which we would like to have includedare simply gone.

We have done our best and have been assisted by many staff, pupils, past andpresent and parents who have raided attics for lost photos, racked their brains toput names to faces and, most importantly, offered their support in producingthese memories.

We must apologise to those students whose photos are not in this annual, someof the originals have gone missing. We can only assure you that the more recentfiles are intact and that future annuals will have your photo in them. Wherepossible we have included classes that do not have formal photos by using asmany informal photos of them as possible.

How did this all happen? One is reminded of the old joke, with three haplessindividuals called somebody, nobody and everybody. Everybody thoughtsomebody was doing it, somebody nearly did it but in the end nobody did it.This situation has now been corrected.

It has taken the organisational skills of Leonie Blackburn and, the proximity tothe action of, your Editor to gather all that remains and put it together into thisvolume. We hope it will stand well with the rest on the shelves of the wider St.Mary’s family. And, to a greater or lesser degree, it will allow us to relive thememories that are so precious.

These Annuals are dedicated to the individuals and groups that made thedevelopment of the Fr. Barry Hall and the extension to the Senior School possible.This is particularly fitting as the development spanned the two academic years.The hall is a remarkable addition to the school buildings.

Special thanks are due to the many that helped this Annual see the light of day;but in particular Fr. John Flavin, Clive Byrne, Liam Naughton, Brian Wall, ColmSweeney, Denis Murphy, Isabel Kelly, Pauline Fox, Georgina Collins, MaryO’Donnell, Marian Fitzpatrick and a host of current and past students. Withouttheir help the pages you hold would be empty.

On a technical note, these Annuals represent a record of the 103rd and 104th

Academic Years of the College’s operation. It is not 103 years since the Collegeopened but it was closed for a decade during the last century. We have alsoabandoned the idea of numbering the Volumes of the Annual as the yearsthemselves are the best reference. Keen observers will also notice that thedescription of the Arms of St. Mary’s has changed. Rest assured we have notchanged the crest, rather made its description a little more user friendly.

JOHN NISBET,Editor, 2003 and 2004 College Annuals

The Arms of the College

SYMBOLISM

The 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 DESCRIPTION

On 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.

DEDICATION to all who helped our Development Programme

As we celebrate the opening and initial usage of the Fr. Barry Hall and theadjacent development, it is right that we should dedicate these Annuals toall those who supported us so magnificently in making this enterprisepossible. Most particularly, we salute the parents of current pupils for theirexceptional generosity in their response to our Fundraising Campaign. Weremember too the Project Committee members, together with the architect,surveyor, builder and other service providers. We trust that our studentsand other users of the new facilities will appreciate their work andcontribution, and respect the magnificent amenities provided for them.

College Community and Staff(2002-2003)

COLLEGE SPIRITAN COMMUNITYFr. T. Tarmey CSSp (Superior)

SENIOR SCHOOL STAFF

6 ST. MARY’S COLLEGE ANNUAL 2003

Fr. M. Buckley CSSp (Bursar)Fr. P. Cleary CSSp Bro. Ignatius Curry CSSpFr. D. Curtin CSSp Fr. H. Fagan CSSp

Fr. J. Flavin CSSpFr. P. Kelly CSSpFr. L. Layden CSSpFr. J. McNulty CSSpFr. W. Nugent CSSp

Mr. Clive Byrne (Principal)Mr. Noel Doyle (Deputy Principal)Mr. Michael BrennanMr. David BreslinMs. Sarah Collins (H.Dip.)Ms. Brid DoodyMr. David DunneMr. Malachy DunneMs. Joanne EganMr. Brendan FeehanMrs. Moira FingletonMr. Nicholas Fitzsimons (Fourth Year Dean)Mr. Frank FoleyMr. John GillespieMr. Noel GuilfoyleMr. Richard HughesMr. Mark Hurley (First Year Dean)Ms. Midori InagakiMr. Laurence KavanaghMr. Garrett Kelleher (Second Year Dean)Ms. Nora Kennedy (H.Dip.)Mr. Jim KirbyMr. Declan Lacey (Gamesmaster)Ms. Mary LawlorMr. Anthony LeahyMr. Barry LeonardMr. Michael Leonard (Sixth Year Dean)Mr. Kevin Lewis (Guidance Counsellor)Ms. Joan Manning

Mrs. Catriona McCahillMr. Sean McCarthyMr. Brian Moore (Third Year Dean)Mr. Denis MurphyMr. Liam NaughtonMr. John Nisbet (H.Dip.)Mr. Fred O’GormanMr. Adrian O’Scannlain

(Transition Year Co-Ordinator)Ms. Deirdre RocheMs. Tanya TynanMr. Brian Wall (Fifth Year Dean)

CHAPLAINCYFr. James McNulty CSSpFr. John Flavin CSSp

SENIOR OFFICE STAFFMrs. Isabel Kelly Ms. Brenda Naughton Ms. Georgina Collins

LIBRARY STAFFMrs. Maria NolanMrs. Isolde Banahan

BURSAR’S OFFICEFr. Michael Buckley Mr. Gerry Cahill

Fr. J. Flavin CSSp (President)

ST. MARY’S COLLEGE ANNUAL 2003 7

Beatty, StephenBreathnach, ColmBrew, NiallBrophy, PhilipButler, PaulCarroll, PatrickCasari, RudyConnaughton, Barry

Corbet, DavidCostelloe, DavidDalton, ColmDaly, KevinDawson, RossDelaney, KillianDillon, MichaelDoddy, Cormac

Donoghue, EoinDwyer, PeterFinlay, MichaelFlynn, DeclanGallagher, GerardGallagher, Stephen

Senior School Roll 2002-2003

SIXTH YEAR A

Amod, YousefGrissing, StephenHammond, VincentHorgan, ShaneHouilhan, MichaelHutchinson, AlexKane, Evan

Kearney, HughKeegan, PhilipKelly, Conor GregoryLernihan, EoinLucas, CianLynch, CaolanMaguire, Colm

McDonnell, PatrickMooney, KennethMulvey, RossNash, PaulO’Dwyer, Robert

SIXTH YEAR A1

Nolan, DanielNorton, JosephO’Brien, JonathanO’Connor, IainO’Connor, RoryO’Dea, NiallO’Dea, Rory

O’Doherty, JohnO’Driscoll, EdmondO’Kelly, BrianPeakin, JosephPurcell, PatrickQuinn, EoinRichardson, Barry

Roche, GaryRyan, RobertSalmon, SeanSmith, BrendanSweeney, PeterTracey, Sean

SIXTH YEAR A2

Ahern, MarkBuckley, EdwardCampbell, BryanCooney, ShaneDaly, TomDoran, SeamusGibson, DavidHennessey, Paul

Keane, DarrenKelly, JamesLeahy, JohnLynagh, RonanMcGovern, BrianMonks, RobertO’Brien, TimO’Driscoll, Conor

O’Rourke, CraigQuinn, NiallShaffrey, DavidSkrivanek, AlesSmith, ColmWaldron, CormacWoods, David

FIFTH YEAR A


Aristizabal, MarkBruton, DanielByrne, MarcCollins, James Culligan, AndrewDonnelly, MichaelDunne, PadraicFagan, BrianFinnigan, Jack

Geraghty, RoryHefferon, MichaelHughes, EoghanKelly, IanKing, GavinMcDermott, BrianNolan, DavidO’Carroll, Marcus O’Meara, Gavin

Queenan, HughSexton, JonathanSheridan, MichaelSmith, BrianStafford Donovan, MichaelTraynor, RaymondTreanor, RobertWilkes, John

FIFTH YEAR A2

Aboud, MarcBrennan, EannaByrne, Matthew Cahill, OisinClancy, Joseph Coveney, BrianDalton, AlanDoyle, RonanFlood, DavidGarry, Bryan

Godfrey, AlanHardiman, DanielHogan, ConorHudson, RobbieKilcoyne, RichardLyons, HughMcDonnell, MarcMcLoughlin, RonanMeehan, GavinMorris, Patrick

Murray, GregoryO’Connell, ShaneO’Flanagan, BarryO’Shaughnessey, OisinQuinn, KevinSweeney, RichardTraynor, KieranWu, Daniel

FOURTH YEAR A

Amod, AarifBurke, BillyCarron, RoryCoffey, GaryCullen, ConorDelaney, EoinDrumm, BrianFlynn, MarkGood, RonanHanlon, John

Harvey, MichaelHosey, RossKeegan, PeterLarkin, DavidMaher, RobertMcGill, John McSherry, RossMiley, RobertMoore, EoinMulligan, Liam

O’Briain, NiallO’Dea, Aidan O’Hara, KillianO’Sullivan, IanRaymond, KieranReilly, TiernanRooney, GavinTierney, BrianTyndall, Michael

FOURTH YEAR A1

Andreucetti, JohnBrady, KarlBurke, ColinCaulfield, MichaelCoyle, JamesDaniel, NeilDinh, Vu HoangDoyle, Killian

Emerson, SimonFallon, DavidFeely, JohnGanly, DavidGorman, ConorKeane, SeanKennedy, RoyMcAndrew, Keith

McKenna, ConorMorris, RichardMurphy, CormacO’Byrne, JohnReid, SimonSheedy, ColmStefanuik, RobertWhite, James

FIFTH YEAR A1


Bowe, RossBracken-Clarke, DaraByrne, StephenCasari, DanielConway, MatthewCullen, RossDonoghue, ConorFanning, DarraghGannon, Robert

Geraghty, ConorHannigan, Stephen Hennelly, James Huddie, PaulKenny, PatrickLernihan, DaraMcCabe, SimonMcInerney, ConorMcTague, Sean

Mooney, GaryMoran, BrianMurphy, BryanO’Brien, StephenO’Doherty, GaryO’Loughlin, DavidPhelan, DavidSomerville, TerenceTimmons, Vincent

FOURTH YEAR A2

Ali, HusnainArdagh, JackBarry, ChristopherBlaney, David Buggy, JackCallanan, MarkCarpenter, DavidChurch, RossConnolly, Sean

Cowhey, NeilCuddy, Geoffrey Cullen, Stephen Cunningham, NickDelahunty, RossDixon, DavidDoddy, HughDoddy, JamieDonnelly, Anthony

Doran, Philip Dunne, DavidEdge, RobertEnnis, MarkFarrington, Colin Hollywood, DavidKennedy, DarranSweetman, Mark

THIRD YEAR A

Finlay, Killian Foynes, CillianGallivan, KevinGarvey, ThomasGriffin, NeilHiggins Murphy, HughHogan, AndrewHunt, Patrick LeoKeane, Ruairi

Kelly, Mark Lalor, PadraigLangan, JustinLevins, ShaneMaher Keenan, GrahamMahon, TonyMcArdle, SamMcCarthy, AndrewMehigan, Sam

Moran, Eamon Mulkerrin, EndaMulrennan, Ian Murphy, Joseph Murray-Golden, ZacharyO’Neill, RowanSweetman, Colin

THIRD YEAR A1

Devereux, AdamNeill, Nason Norton, DanielO’Connell, CormacO’Connell, KevinO’Reilly, Thomas O’Shea, Fergal Redmond, MiltonReynolds, Aidan

Roebuck, NealRowland, RichardRyan, GrahamRyan, Mark Sexton, Mark Slowey, Joseph Smith, OisinSomerville, Aidan Spring, Danny

Stone, MerllinTiernan, JosephTwomey, John Vather, JohnWalsh, RobertWhelan, Gavin White, Niall

THIRD YEAR A2


Ahlstrom, DanielBourke, DeclanCarey, DeclanConway, Mark Croke, NicholasDunne, Philip Evers-Donnelly, KeithFernihough, IanGannon, Paul

Godfrey, PadraigGoulding, ConorHarmon, DeclanHickey, GavinKeane, David Leddin, DouglasMcCabe, Mark McGovern, Keith Moore, Emmet

Mountaine, AlanO’Callaghan, AlbanO’Kelly, Alan O’Neill, CianRaymond, Shane Reilly, Peter Robinson, James Sheedy, Niall Turley, Stephen

SECOND YEAR A

Barrett, PeterBreen, Conor Coman, NiallCostello, ChristopherEarly, PaulEnnis, Karl Fagan, Richard Fitzgerald, Edward Geraghty, Kevin

Grehan, GarethHayden, KeithHogan, Conor Kiernan, PatrickLynagh, EoinMcGinley, EoinMcHale, James Morris, CianMullen, James

Nolan, Andrew O’Connor, DavidO’Kelly, Cormac Parkinson, William Redmond, GarethShaffrey, RichardShortt, Brendan Tracey, Daragh

SECOND YEAR A1

Beirne, DavidBulger, NiallConroy, NiallCoveney, ConorFallon, KillianFranklin, DavidGlynn, Jamie Hammond, BrianHeavey, Brian

Hosey, Luke Lambert, Hugh Mahon, David-OwenMcGlade, ConorMcKay, MarcMorris, EamonnMurphy, Austin Nolan, IarlaO’Gorman, Marc

O’Laoire, MarcusQuinn, ColmReynolds, Patrick Shaw, ConorSmith, Damien Timmons, Shane Tuffy, KrisWalsh, Stephen

SECOND YEAR A2

Andreucetti, WilliamBarnwell, DanielBrady, JamesBuggy, Harry Connaughton, SeánCulligan, StephenDoherty, KevinDunne, Niculae Fitzsimons, Michael

Franklin, Colin Glenn, AlanHiggins, RichardHudson, DarrenLamb, Kenneth Massey, SeanMcDermott, Ruairi McGill, OwenMeehan, Aaron

Murphy, Paul Nolan, DavidO’Doherty, ConorReilly, DarághSmith, CaolanSweeney, Rory Verdon, Ian Wharton, Keith

FIRST YEAR A


Baker, Jamie Bent, RichardBruton, KeithCarolan, SeanCrotty, Raymond Delaney, Leo Ferris, Robert Field, RobbieGeraghty, Seán

Hallinan, EoghanHorton, David Keane, Alan Loughman, EamonMcCarthy, JohnMcGann, DavidMcNeill, Christopher Murphy, Neil Murray, Stephen

O’Brien, James O’Fiachain, CiaranRedmond, GarySheridan, DermotSpeers, JamesTraynor, Albert Tuffy, ShaneWhelan, Gerry

FIRST YEAR A2

Ardagh, Ciarán Bathe, IanBreslin, John Byrne, Ronan Connery, Benjamin Dalton, NiallDowney, IanDrumm, EoinFanning, Cian

Finnigan, PeterGannon, Michael Goode, BrianHolohan, DaraghHughes, Tommy Maguire, Shane McAleese, Eamonn McEvoy, DonalMcGrath, Jack

Meehan, AlanMurray, Simon Nugent, DerekO’Donaghue, Jack O’Neill, IanO’Sullivan, Karl Roebuck, BrianSmith, Árón

FIRST YEAR A1

SIX A

Back row

(l-r): N

iall Brew

, Barry Con

naug

hton

, Declan Flynn, Steph

en Gallagh

er, S

teph

en Beatty, Paul B

utler, Michael Finlay.

Middle row (l-r):

Eoin Don

oghu

e, Philip Broph

y, Rud

y Ca

sari, Ross Daw

son, Cormac Dod

dy, G

erard Gallagh

er, D

avid Corbet.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Michael Dillon

, Kevin Daly, Colm Dalton, M

r. Clive By

rne, M

r. Michael Leonard, P

atrick Ca

rroll, Killian Delaney, C

olm Breathn

ach.

SIX A1

Back row

(l-r):

Michael Hou

lihan, R

oss Mulvey, Cian Lu

cas, Philip Keegan, Paul N

ash, Kenneth M

ooney.

Middle row (l-r):

Hug

h Ke

arney, Evan Ka

ne, A

lex Hutchinson, Rob

ert O’Dwyer, Patrick McD

onnell, Caolan Lynch.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Stephen Grissing

, Shane Horgan, Vincent Ham

mon

d, M

r. Clive By

rne, M

r. Michael Leonard, C

olm M

aguire, E

oin Lernihan, Y

oursef Amod

.

SIX A2

Back row

(l-r):

Edmon

d O’Driscoll, Ia

in O’Con

nor, Ro

bert Ryan, Rory O’Con

nor, Joseph

Peakin, Peter Sweeney.

Middle row (l-r):

Rory O’Dea, D

aniel N

olan, G

ary Ro

che, Joseph Norton, Joh

n O’Doh

erty, S

ean Salm

on, S

ean Tracey.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Niall O’Dea, Jon

atho

n O’Brien, M

r. Clive By

rne, Brendan Smith

, Mr. Michael Leonard, B

arry Richardson, Patrick Pu

rcell, Eo

in Quinn

.

FIVE A

Back row

(l-r):

Tom Daly, Bryan Cam

pbell, Tim O’Brien, Seamus Doran, Jam

es Kelly, Joh

n Feely, Roy Kennedy.

Middle row (l-r):

Colm

Smith

, David Gibson, Rob

ert Mon

ks, N

iall Quinn

, David W

oods, H

ugh Queenan , David Nolan, R

ory Geraghty.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Neil D

aniel, Ro

bert Stefanu

ik, S

imon

Emerson, Shane Coo

ney, Ron

an Lynagh, M

ark Ah

ern, Craig O’Rou

rke, Edw

ard Bu

ckley.

FIVE A1

Back row

(l-r):

Keith

McAnd

rew, P

adraic Dun

ne, Joh

n An

deucetti, Michael Sherid

an, M

ichael Caulfield, Jam

es Collin

s, Neil D

aniel, Richard Morris.

Middle row (l-r):

John

Wilkes, S

eán Ke

ane, Killian Doyle, C

onor M

cKenna, C

onor Gorman, D

avid Fallon, Raymon

d Trayno

r, Michael Don

nelly.

Fron

t row (l-r):

James Coyle, C

ormac M

urph

y, Jam

es W

hite, D

avid Ganly, K

arl B

rady, Joh

n O’Byrne, B

rian Sm

ith, S

imon

Reid.

FIVE A2

Back row

(l-r):

Robert Treanor, T

im O’Brien, M

arc By

rne, Jon

atho

n Sexton

, Michael Stafford Don

ovan, B

rian McG

overn, Gavin O’M

eara, M

ichael Hefferon, And

rew Culligan.

Middle row (l-r):

John

Leahy, M

arcus O’Carroll, Colm Sheedy, Eog

han Hug

hes, Neil D

aniel, Jack Finnigan, Daniel B

ruton, David Fallon, Colin Burke.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Gavin King, Bria

n McD

ermott, Co

rmac W

aldron

, Darren Ke

ane, David Shaffrey, Ia

n Ke

lly, B

rian Fagan, M

ark Aristiz

abal.

THRE

E A

Back row

(l-r):

Sean Con

nolly, M

ark En

nis, Philip Doran, D

avid Dixon

, Christoph

er Barry.

Middle row (l-r):

Mark Sw

eetm

an, N

eil C

owhey, Ross Delahun

ty, H

usnain Ali, M

ark Ca

llanan, David Hollywoo

d.Fron

t row (l-r):

Jack Bug

gy, Jack Ardagh

, Ross Ch

urch, S

teph

en Cullen, Antho

ny Don

nelly, D

avid Carpenter, G

eoffrey Cu

ddy, Nick Cu

nningh

am.

THRE

E A1

Back row

(l-r):

Sam M

ehigan, Joseph Murph

y, Ton

y Mahon

, Kevin Gallivan, S

am M

cArdle, P

atrick Hun

t, Hug

h Higgins.

Middle row (l-r):

Andrew

McCarthy, Ia

n Mulrenn

an, M

ark Ke

lly, R

uairi Keane, E

nda Mulkerrin, C

olin Sweetm

an, S

hane Levins.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Andrew

Hog

an, C

illian Fo

ynes, K

illian Finlay, E

amon

Moran, T

homas Garvey, Neil G

riffen, Row

an O’Neill, Graham M

aher.

THRE

E A2

Back Row

(l-r):

Mark Ryan, K

evin O’Con

nell, Gavin W

helan, Fergal O

’Shea, Nason

Neill, Joseph Slow

ey,

Middle Ro

w (l- r):

John

Twom

ey, Danny Spring, Joh

n Va

ther, A

idan Reyno

lds, Tho

mas O’ R

eilly, Joe Tiernan, M

ark Sexton

.Fron

t Ro

w (l-r):

Robert W

alsh, G

raham Ryan, Neal R

oebu

ck, C

ormac O’Con

nell, M

erlin

Stone, R

ichard Row

land

, Daniel N

orton, Adam Devereux.

TWO A

Back row

(l-r):

Cian O’Neill, Ia

n Fernihou

gh, E

mmet M

oore, G

avin Hickey, Niall Sheedy, D

eclan Harmon

, Paul G

anno

n, Declan Ca

rey.

Middle row (l-r):

Dou

glas Leddin, Alban O’Callagh

an, S

teph

en Turley, Shane Raymon

d, Nicho

las Croke, Con

or Gou

lding, Alan Mon

taine, Padraig God

frey.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Declan Bo

urke, K

eith Evers-D

onnelly, P

hilip Dun

ne, P

eter Reilly, M

ark McCabe, Jam

es Rob

inson, M

ark Co

nway, D

aniel A

hlstrom.

TWO A1

Back row

(l-r):

David O’Con

nor, Cian M

orris, C

onor Breen, B

rend

an Sho

rtt, An

drew

Nolan, K

evin Geraghty, Cormac O’Kelly, R

ichard Shaffrey.

Middle row (l-r):

William Parkinson

, Jam

es M

ullen, Christoph

er Costello, E

dward Fitzgerald, C

onor Hog

an, Ka

rl En

nis, Richard Fagan,

Fron

t row (l-r):

Daragh Tracey, G

areth Redm

ond, Gareth Grehan, Eoin McG

inley, Peter Barrett, E

oin Lynagh

, Keith Hayden, Patrick Kiernan.

TWO A2

Back row

(l-r);

Colm

Quinn

, David Franklin

, Patrick Reynolds, M

arc McKay, M

arcus O’Laoire, S

teph

en W

alsh, D

amien Sm

ith.

Middle row (l-r):

Niall Co

nroy, S

hane Tim

mon

s, Con

or M

cGlade, N

iall Bu

lger, A

ustin

Murph

y, David Beirne, Con

or Shaw.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Brian Ham

mon

d, Ia

rla Nolan, M

arc O’Gorman, C

onor Coveney, K

illian Fallon, Kris Tuffy, L

uke Hosey, B

rian Heavey.

ONE A

Back row

(l-r):

Kevin Doh

erty, O

wen M

cGill, C

olin Franklin

, Steph

en Culligan.

Middle row (l-r):

Cono

r O’Doh

erty, W

illiam And

reucetti, Alan Glenn

, Seán Co

nnaugh

ton, Caolan Sm

ith, R

ory Sw

eeney.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Paul M

urph

y, Harry Bug

gy, Ian Verdo

n, Sean Massey, M

ichael Fitz

simon

s, Keith W

harton

, Jam

es Brady, A

aron

Meehan.

ONE A1

Back row

(l-r):

Karl O’Sullivan, D

onal M

cEvoy, Ben Con

nery, Ian Bathe, Jack McG

rath, P

eter Finnigan.

Middle row (l-r):

Michael Ganno

n, Shane M

aguire, B

rian Goo

de, E

amon

n McAleese, Joh

n Breslin

, Sim

on M

urray.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Niall Dalton, Ia

n Dow

ney, Arón Sm

ith, B

rian Ro

ebuck, Ron

an Byrne, E

oin Drumm, D

aragh Holoh

an, A

lan Meehan.

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Gold Medal for The School CaptainBRENDAN SMITH

Vice CaptainSTEPHEN GRISSING

General Excellence in Studies – Presented by the PPUEOIN LERNIHAN

General Excellence in StudiesKENNETH MOONEY PHILIP KEEGAN

COLM MAGUIRE NIALL O’DEA

EOIN QUINN JOSEPH PEAKIN

COLM BREATHNACH

General Excellence in Studiesand Bonn Oir Duais na GaeilgeRORY O’DEA

Senior School Prizegiving, May 2003

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Pere Barry Memorial Medal for FrenchPHILIP KEEGAN

English Debating PrizePATRICK CARROLL

Sports Person of the yearSTEPHEN GRISSING

College President’s AwardMICHAEL HOULIHAN


Students who received awards for activites outside the college

In RugbySTEPHEN GRISSINGPAUL NASH

In Club RugbyVINCENT HAMMONDJOE NORTON

In I.T.COLM MAGUIRE

For the College Musical SEÁN SALMON

In SquashDAVID CORBET

In ChessKILLIAN DELANEY

Merit ListSTEPHEN BEATTYPHILIP BROPHYPAUL BUTLERDAVID CORBETROSS DAWSONMICHAEL FINLAYDECLAN FLYNNSTEPHEN GALLAGHERSTEPHEN GRISSINGALEX HUTCHINSONCIAN LUCASPAUL NASHDANIEL NOLANJONATHAN O’BRIENJOHN O’DOHERTYROBERT O’DWYERPATRICK PURCELLGARY ROCHESEAN TRACEY

FIRST TERM

August 29th

While the students had an additional dayon their holidays the staff were planningfor the year ahead.

August 30th

It had to end some time; the studentsreturn after the holidays and attendedyear assemblies. A gentle start with theweekend to get over it all...

September 2nd

Full class resumed; it was almost as if wehad never been away.

September 8th

The Past Pupils’ Union AGM took place,with Paul Maguire elected President.

September 15th

The Mass for Opening of School Year forParents and Students of 4th, 5th and 6th

Years took place at 11am.

September 16th

Building Programme InformationMeetings were held to update donors onthe progress with the BuildingProgramme.

September 22nd

The Mass for Opening of School Year forParents and Students of 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Years Years took place at 11am.

October 5th

A Parents Social Night BBQ was held in St.Mary’s RFC.

October 25th

Mid-term commenced at 1.00 p.m. toloud cheers and laughter from pupils andstaff alike.

November 4th

Classes resumed

November 10th

In this month of remembrance a FamilyMass for Deceased Past Pupils andTeachers of the College was held.

12th and 14th November6th Class Retreats today and the boys atlast found their inner calm.

November 15th

The Annual PPU Dinner was held.

November 21st

Service of Commitment for theConfirmation Class.

November 25th

House Exams for the Senior Schoolcommenced with some teachers callingthem Christmas exams. Some pupils feltthat November is simply too early forChristmas and said they would prefer tohave the exams later or not at all.

November 29th

The St. Vincent de Paul Society in theschool held its annual Cake Sale today,

December 3rd-7th

The School musical ‘Oliver’ took place thisweek and we will not mention theincident involving Richard Fagan and thebaby.

December 9th-13th

This week saw the 6th and 3rd Yearparent/teacher meetings, fueled by theresults of the House exams. Some nervousstudents were seen checking out foreignChristmas holiday destinations. This weekalso saw the Junior School’s Readathon inconjunction with the College Library,which is run annually in aid of MultipleSclerosis sufferers.

That Was The Year That Was! 2002-2003


December 17th

The hall was packed to capacity for the 2nd /3rd / 4th class Christmas plays.

December 19th

5th and 6th Class Christmas plays and thebudding thespians took to the stageamazed by the lack of a text-in vote forthe best act.

December 20th

With only 4 days shopping to go theChristmas holidays commenced at 1.00 p.m.

December 24th

On Christmas Eve the Mass for Parentsand Students of 6th Year was held.

SECOND TERM

January 7th

With New Year resolutions in tow, classesresumed. This week also saw the 5th Yearparent/teacher meeting.

January 13th

It was the turn of 2nd Year to be discussedthis week. They had their parent/teachermeeting.

February 3rd

The SCT had their first match againstClongowes.

February 8th

Young sportsmen from Terenure Collegeplayed the lads from Forms 2 and 3 in theJunior School. Apparently the amount ofmud displaced led to several studentsbeing wrapped in refuse sacks before beingallowed into the car for the journey home.

February 10th

Dara Bracken-Clarke, Niall O’Briain, DanielWu and Oisin Cahill (4th Year) representedSt. Mary’s at the Conference of theEuropean Parliament of Ireland.

February 13th

Service of Light for the Confirmation class.

February 14th

Love was most definitely in the air as thesecond mid-term began. St. Mary’s wasjoined by the students from Brynteg inWales. This year marked the 25th year ofthe Junior School rugby based exchange.Once again, Colm Sweeney presided.

February 15th

The SCT faced their second game againstCBC Monkstown.

February 26th

The SCT faced a tough battle againstBlackrock in Donnybrook which ended ina draw.

March 3rd

The SCT replayed Blackrock and securedthe win.

The mock exams began today with theSenior and Junior Cup campaignscompeting for the 6th and 3rd Years’attention.

March 5th

Ash Wednesday saw the usual commentsabout giving up homework for Lent.

March 8th

The Confirmation of the Junior Schoolstudents took place today in RathminesParish Church. Those confirmed donatedmoney amounting to €1,350 to a fundfor the Holy Ghost Missions in Mexico.

March 14th

The Form 2 boys had their firstconfessions today and thankfully no majorpenances were served.

March 17th

SCT final day, with much excitement anda strong fight the boys in blue were notable to overcome Terenure.

March 20th

The funeral of Fr. Curtin took place today.

March 28th

The Form 6 lads travelled to Brynteg for


the return leg of the exchange. They werenot successful in three games againstBrynteg, but defeated Bishopstown inSwansea.

March 31st

As lambs to the grindstone the TransitionYear students mixed metaphors andstarted their work experience.

April 12th

The Junior School rugby finals took placetoday with the coveted Paul Griffentrophy up for grabs.

April 16th

Easter Holidays began.

April 28th

Classes resumed.

THIRD TERM

May 2nd

The Cake Sale to support the Holy GhostMissions in Mexico took place today.

May 8th

The College Golf Classic took place today.

May 17th

The boys from the Junior School had theirfirst Communion today.

May 22nd

The Senior School Sports day took thelads mind’s off the approach of the end ofyear exams.

May 24th

The 6th Year Students bid farewell toclasses and attended their GraduationMass.

The Junior School Sports day suffers fromexcess precipitation and has to be put offuntil the following week.

May 26th

No graduation for the rest of thestudents; they began their end of yearexams.

May 27th

The Transition Year students were letloose on the football pitch in the final oftheir soccer league.

The Junior school sports day took placeand fittings for the new compulsorySchool Jacket took place.

6th class graduation/prize-giving night.

May 28th

The Transition Year students said goodbyeto the school with their prizegiving.

May 30th

And just like that it was gone – for 1st, 2nd

and 5th years, the school year ended atnoon.

June 4th

The Leaving & Junior CertificateExamination began today.

June 18th

Latin is examined at Junior Certificatelevel for the first time (in a long time) inSt. Mary’s.

Other notable events of 2002-2003

Mr. Noel Doyle retired from his service asDeputy Principal since 1996 and as ateacher.

Mr. Liam Naughton was appointed DeputyPrincipal with effect from September2003.

Mrs Mary O’Donnell was appointedPrincipal of the Junior School replacingMr. Dan Dunne.

The U13 A team won the Fr. ProvincialCup beating St. Michael’s 33-0.

The SCT reached the final of the SeniorCup.

The JCT lost narrowly to Belvedere – thematch described as the best in eithercompetition.


Individual Achievements

First YearsIan O’Neill was a member of the IrishGymnastics team.

Leo Delaney was chosen for the IrelandUnder 13 swimming squad and won theLeinster freestyle championship.

Ray Crotty was All-Ireland 600m athleticschampion in his age group.

David McGann played for Dublin Countyin Gaelic Football and Soccer.

Shane Tuffy played hurling in Croke Parkand Parnell Park. He also played for theDublin Under 12 Gaelic Team.

Dermot Sheridan won a show-jumpingprize.

James O’Brien won silver and bronzemedals in swimming and scuba-divingcertificate.

James Brady won GAA medals and fourart prizes.

Stephen Culligan won two badmintontrophies.

Michael Fitzsimons was a gold-medallistin cross-country running.

Darren Hudson was Captain of the St.Mary’s RFC – Leinster Under 12 CupWinners.

Second Year StudentsHugh Lambert was a member of theIreland Under 14 Soccer team.

Gareth Grehan won the Ashbrook LTCUUnder 16 tennis championship.

Shane Timmons, Shane Raymond andDavid Keane took 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizesrespectively in Barnardo’s inter-schools ArtCompetition.

David Franklin won the ESB AnniversaryFishing competition at PoulaphucaReservoir.

Kenneth Lamb won a swimming goldmedal.

Marc O'Gorman won the Irish KartingChampionship and travelled to representIreland at the inter-nations challenge inRowrah England.

Students from other yearsJames Collins (5th Year) received the IrishWater Safety/Seiko Award for Bravery. LastJune a car drove off the pier in DunLaoghaire harbour. James jumped in,broke the glass, took the woman to thesurface and gave her mouth-to-mouthresuscitation. Thankfully she survived.

Killian Delaney (6th Year) was a member ofthe Ireland Under 20 Chess Team againstScotland and Wales.

Ross Cullen (4th Year) played for theIreland Under 17 Table Tennis team versusEngland, Denmark and Sweden.

Conor Kelly (6th Year) was a member ofthe Irish Senior Cricket Squad.

Paul Nash (Capt.), Stephen Grissing andJonathan Sexton represented Leinster, theSchools’ Rugby inter-provincialchampions.

Stephen Grissing played on the triple-crown winning Ireland Schools’ Rugbyteam. Paul Nash and Jonathan Sextonwere final trialists for the same team.

Michael Sheridan (5th Year) ran andfinished the Dublin City Marathon.

The St. Mary’s Golf Team of LiamMulligan, Dara Lernihan and Ronan Doylefinished in first place in the regionalqualifying group and thus advanced tothe Leinster Schools Golf final.



Fr. Dan was born in BallycommaneHouse, Tournafulla, Newcastle West,Co. Limerick. After secondary school atBlackrock College, he obtained a B.A. inphilosophy, wining also the prestigiousPierce Malone Award. Following aH.Dip.Ed, from University CollegeDublin, Dan studied theology inKimmage Manor and was ordained onJuly 11, 1948. Two other brothers alsobecame priests – Mgr. Jerome (DublinDiocese) and Dr. Maurice (Dean ofStudies for some years in St. Mary’s,Rathmines).

Fr. Dan’s first appointment was toNigeria in 1949, where he taught inPort Harcourt before becomingPrincipal at Mbaise Secondary School inOwerri. Bishop Joseph Whelan CSSp(former Dean of Studies in St. Mary’sRathmines) said of him at the time: “Hebuilt up Mbaise Secondary School,supervising the actual construction andat the same time organising the school.His school was extremely successful andthe school ranks among the best inEastern Nigeria.”

In 1966 Fr. Dan returned to Ireland andtaught in Blackrock College. He was awidely read man, being particularlyknowledgeable about Greek and Latinclassical literature and had his ownquiet sense of humour. In 1980 heretired from teaching and wasappointed to parish ministry in Schull,Co. Cork and then St. Andrew’s inWestland Row, Dublin. He encounteredhealth problems at this time, so hemoved to St. Mary’s CollegeCommunity in 1986, from where heministered to the St. Louis ConventRetirement Community to within ashort time of his death. He died after ashort final illness on 20th March 2003.

ObituaryFR. DANIEL F. CURTIN, CSSp

(1920-2003)

Fr. Daniel F. Curtin, CSSp.

CAST

Oliver Twist Ben ShaffreyThe Artful Dodger Brian HammondFagin Ronan LynaghBill Sykes Shane CooneyDoctor Grimwig Cormac MurphyMr Bronlow Seamus DoranMr Sowerberry Aidan O’DeaMr Bumble Conor McKenna

Beth Anne Marie KeoghNancy Laura O’MahonyWidow Corney Corinne DempseyMrs Bedwin Aoife BradyMrs. Sowerberry Tanya FarrellCharlotte Meadhbh HalpennyOld Sal Rachel O’Connell

All were ably supported by a fantasticchorus of boys from St. Mary’s and girlsfrom St. Louis playing the roles of:orphans, street urchins, Fagin’s boys,street traders, tavern frequenters andmore besides.

The 2002 production of Lionel Bart’sOliver! was the final musical to takeplace in the Junior School hall in St.Mary’s College. The students of St.Mary’s College and St. Louis HighSchool had the enticing challenge ofdoing justice to one of the mostfamous and well-loved musicals, in avenue that had held some outstanding

shows down the years. A large numberof the cast had been in several musicalsbefore, while others were embarking ontheir performing careers for the firsttime. The fact that these schoolproductions see so many cast membersreturning, as well as many budding,new performers joining them, istestament to the enjoyment that isgained from each production that goeson between the two schools. The sixweeks that preceded the show saw the


ST. MARY’S COLLEGE in association with

ST. LOUIS HIGH SCHOOLpresents

OLIVER!Tuesday 3rd – Saturday 7th December 2002

Brian Hammond (The Artful Dodger), Ben Shaffrey (Oliver Twist) and Marc McCabe

(one of Fagin’s Gang)


David Shaffrey with Anne Marie Keogh (Beth), Laura O’Mahony (Nancy). Meadhbh Halpenny (Charlotte)and a backstage helper.

production team of Leo Kilroy (director)Mary Godfrey (choreographer) andMaeve McSwiney (musical director)bring out the “Oom Pah Pah” in thisgroup of promising, enthusiasticpeformers. The traditional group spiritthat goes almost hand-in-hand withtaking part in these musicals was seenin abundance in Oliver!, from youngOliver’s first scene in the orphanage onthe opening night, to the final chorusof “Consider Yourself” by theentire ensemble on the last. For thosewho saw the show, the memorableperformances of some of the bestknown musical numbers, such as “WhoWill Buy”, “Pick a Pocket or Two”,and “I’d Do Anything”, as well as themany outstanding individualperformances, will stand out. For thoseinvolved, both cast and crew,some highlights include thechorus’s genuine fear of Bill Sykes’stick, Mr. Bumble losing his trousers on

the final night, and the customary AfterParty in Rathmines. On behalf of thecast I would like to thank theproduction team, all those who helpedwith lighting, sound, stagemanagement, and make-up & props, inputting together what was a fantasticachievement for all involved.

Ronan Lynagh

Sean Salmon with two of the ensemble

This was a disappointing andfrustrating season for the Club. TheClub lost out in eight semi-finals andfour finals. However, reaching thesestages of competitions does illustratethe level at which the Club performs.

SENIOR RUGBYThe Senior XV finished 10th of 16 inthe AIB All-Ireland League. The non-availability of our contracted playerswith Leinster was a contributory factorto our lack of success. A silver lining tothe AIL cloud was our retention of theShay Deering and Mick Smyth trophies,with a draw against Garryowen andvictory over Terenure respectively. Wereached the semi-final of the LeinsterSenior Cup and the quarter-final of the Leinster Championship. The teamwas captained by Gareth Gannon,whose individual performance andcommitment throughout the seasoncould not be faulted.

JUNIOR RUGBYThe JI s had a good season, losing thefinal of the JI League and, mostunusually, losing both the quarter-finaland the final of the Metropolitan Cup.Work that one out! The team wascaptained by Alan Shirley. The J2s,captained by Gavin Kelly, reached thefinals of the League and the O’ConnellCup, but were beaten in both. The J3sreached the final of the League, andthe quarter-final of the Cup. The J4smade it to the semi-final of theirLeague, but were beaten in the firstround of the Cup. The J5s also reachedthe semi-final of their League and,

similarly, were beaten in the first roundof the Cup. The J6s reached the semi-final of the Cup.

UNDER 20sThe Under 20s had a particularly goodseason, even if they were ultimatelydeprived of silverware. Under thecaptaincy of Simon Gibney, the teamreached the semi-final of both the JPFanagan League and the McCorry Cup.The team also competed in the AllIreland Millennium Cup where CorkConstitution, who ultimately won thetrophy, beat them in a terrific game inCork. The Under 20 Pennant team,captained by lan Murray, also reachedthe semifinal of their League, but werebeaten in the first round of the Cup.

WOMEN’S RUGBYThis year, for the first time, St. Mary’sRFC fielded a Woman’s Rugby team,


St. Mary’s College RFC 2002-2003Extract from Report included in St. Mary’s College PPU Newsletter

D. O’Brien, President, St. Mary’s College RFC2002-2003

although none, it seems, were paststudents of the college. The teamCaptain was Samantha Howe. TheCoach, Donal Swift, is a past student.

DEVELOPMENTAs part of the Club’s policy of youthdevelopment, two Under 20 players,Jonathon Ellis and Adrian Copeland,spent ten weeks in New Zealand lastsummer. They were placed in localclubs by Brent Pope, who also kept awatchful eye on them throughout theirstay. This summer another two players,Cathal Connolly and BernardO’Donoghue have been chosen to traveldown under.

MINI RUGBYLast season St. Mary’s Mini Rugbyconsisted of teams from Under 7sthrough to Under 12s. Each team hadthree coaches plus a manager, with theassistance of 12 boys from transitionyear from St. Mary’s College. The UIIs &U12s also competed in “The Inaugural

Festival of Irish Rugby” in Bandon RFCin Cork, with the Under 11s finishingrunners-up and the Under 12s winningtheir section. The Under 12s also wonthe “Joe Soden” trophy at a Blitz inBlackrock RFC.

YOUTH RUGBYA new departure this season was a12s/13s development squad made upof, on average, 40 boys each week,from next September’s intake intoTempleogue College. This was run inco-operation with Mick Glynn. We seethis as an investment in the future ofrugby in the college and the Club.

OVER AGE RUGBY (VETS)The highlight of last season was,undoubtedly, the Vets’ tour to SouthAfrica. Two matches were played inSouth Africa, one in Cape Town andthe other in Stellenbosch, the heart ofrugby in South Africa. St. Mary’s wonboth matches, and did not concede apoint in either match, much to thesurprise of our hosts, no less than theplayers themselves.

REPRESENTATIVE HONOURSSt. Mary’s players continue todistinguish themselves at variousrepresentative levels, although onedisappointing fallout of these players’success is that we are not likely to seemany of them playing for the Club, orcertainly not on a regular basis. At thehighest level, Senior International, fourplayers regularly played for Ireland,Denis Hickie, Malcolm O’Kelly, VictorCostello and Keith Gleeson. For IrelandA, the Club provided Mark McHugh andEmmet Byrne. Twelve St. Mary’s playerswere contracted by the IRFU to play forLeinster during the season: Denis

Gareth Gannon, Captain, St. Mary’s College RFC2002-2003



Hickie, John McWeeney, Simon Keogh,Nathan Spooner, Emmet Byrne, PeterCoyle, Peter Smyth, Gavin Hickie,Malcolm O’Kelly, Victor Costello, KeithGleeson and Shane Jennings, whileKieran Lewis also played for Leinster.Mark McHugh and James Norton wereboth contracted to play for Connaughtthis year. Ciaran Potts representedIreland Under 21s and the LeinsterUnder-21 team included Ciaran Pottsand Jonathan Ellis. Robert Sweeneyplayed for Ireland Under 19s. Followingon last year’s selection of Denis Hickieas Leinster Player of the Year, this yearVictor Costello was chosen as theLeinster Player of the Year. MalcolmO’Kelly was chosen by his fellow-players in the Irish Rugby UnionPlayers’ Association, as Ireland’s Playerof the Year. Conor McPhillips wasselected on the Irish Times/AIB AllIreland League Team of the Year.

SPONSORSHIPWe are hugely indebted to our Clubsponsor, to Investec, and areparticularly grateful its ManagingDirector, Michael Cullen, for his interestin and support of both the Club andthe School. Past Student, Paul Dean, ofUmbro Ireland, continues to support St.

Mary’s in a most tangible way and wewelcome this opportunity to thank him.

SOCIALThe Club held a number of verysuccessful social events during the year,many of which doubled as fund raisingevents. Chief among these was ourLions celebration, at which wehonoured our eight St. Mary’s playerswho were honoured to be chosen toplay for the British and Irish Lions. Itwas a wonderful social and financiallysuccessful occasion. For the record theLions in attendance were Sean Lynch,Johnny Moloney, Tom Grace, TonyWard, Rodney O’Donnell, Paul Dean,Vincent Cunningham and CiaranFitzgerald, who had the distinction ofCaptaining the Lions. Many otherfunctions brightened up our yearincluding, a Wine Tasting Evening, aFashion Show, a Quiz Night, a RaceNight and a Corporate Lunch at thetime of the Ireland v England SixNations Match. In that same week wealso hosted a Schools Internationalbetween Ireland and England. We alsohosted Tag Rugby competitions allsummer and the All Ireland Finals inJuly, all of which contributed to a verysuccessful year for the Club financially.

With quiet determination and exceptionalapplication to training, the SCT ensuredthat the Senior Cup did not leave St.Mary’s easily. A team full of character andcommitment, led from the front by PaulNash and Stephen Grissing, did notconcede a try since before Christmas. TheCup campaign began with a great winover Clongowes, followed by a convincingwin against CBC Monkstown. Then it wastwo games against sister-collegeBlackrock before we advanced to asecond consecutive final – a feat lastachieved in 1966/67. Against Terenure,

the loss of Alex Hutchinson and thefatigue factor from the semi-final replaysaw us lose by the narrowest of margins.Not since 1976 had a team failed to winthe Cup without conceding a try! CliveByrne, David Breslin, Rodney O’Donnell,John Kilbride, and Ciaran O’Donnell hadan enormous input into the team’ssuccess.

Our Seconds under Ciaran O’Donnell andJohn Kilbride competed nobly against thebigger schools, losing key games onlynarrowly. Our Thirds and even Fourths are

Rugby in St. Mary’s College 2002-2003Extract from a report prepared by Fr. John Flavin CSSp

for the Annual General Meeting of St. Mary’s College RFC.

SENIOR CUP PANEL 2002-2003Back row (l-r) Philip Brophy, Iain O’Connor, Rory O’Connor, Brendan Smith, Niall Brew, Alex Hutchinson, Brian McDermott

Middle row (l-r) Conor McInerney, Jack Finnegan, Philip Keegan, Brian McGovern, Gary Roche, Jonathon Sexton, David FallonFront row (l-r) Vincent Hammond, Michael Houlihan, Paul Nash, Mr. Clive Byrne, Stephen Grissing, Michael Finlay, Eoin Lernihan.



often faced with SCTs from other schoolsin their competitions. This year again,they acquitted themselves very well, theFourths reaching the semi-final of the

Foster Cup. The Fifths and Social Teamhave also enjoyed their friendly andcompetitive games.

Brian Moore and Tony Leahy had fineteams at U 15 level; the JCT had asuccessful friendly season, defeating CUSwell in the Cup and losing narrowly andmemorably to Belvedere in injury time inthe quarter-final in what was judged thebest schools’ cup game of the season.The JLT qualified for the semi-final oftheir competition, losing to Blackrock.

Gareth Kelleher with Barry Leonardlooked after the U14s, who have steppedup considerably on their form of theprevious year. As usual, Mr Hughes andFr. McNulty, with a number of recentpast students, had most of First Year in agroup of four teams. The formidableUnder 13A team duly won the Provincial’sCup, reserving their best display for thefinal in defeating St. Michael’s (33-0).But the real success is the number ofplayers taking part in this age group.

LEINSTER SCHOOLS(l-r) Mr Clive Byrne with Jonathon Sexton, Paul Nash and Stephen Grissing

IRISH SCHOOLS’ INTERNATIONAL Stephen Grissing, Irish Schools player

Clongowes, 6-3.The first of our battles was a contest ofpure guts; neither team willing to backdown, no man capable of being beaten byhis opposite. Clongowes were alwaysgoing to be a tough team, they alwaysare. In fact some believed the St. Mary’sboys to be second best, but being theunderdog is something St. Mary’s thriveon. From the start the tackling was brutal.The game wasn’t very flowing andexciting, but the sheer physicality wasappreciated by the crowd. Clongowes tookthe lead after twenty minutes with apenalty. But luckily we had JonathanSexton who equalised in the thirty thirdminute, and then showed greatconcentration and coolness to get asecond penalty with two minutes to go tillfull time. The final score 3-6 to St. Mary’s.

C.B.C., 29-3.Most believed that this match would be a

given. But, as always with cup campaignsno one told the underdog, Despite whatthe score-line might suggest, C.B.C. didindeed put up a fight. However, despitesome mistakes, St. Mary’s proved topowerful, and put together some greatpieces of play.

Blackrock, 6-6.Our first encounter with Blackrock wasagain a tough match. It also hailed thereturn of one of our stand-out playersPhilip Brophy, who had been injured forsome time with a broken thumb. It wasfeared that Philip might miss the wholecup campaign, but thankfully he played inthe final three games. However, itappeared each side was evenly matched. Itcame down to Sexton’s skill again as hegot St. Mary’s only points of the game.But these six points were matched byRock. So there would be a rematch withinthe week.

Senior Cup Rugby Paul Nash remembers the campaign which brought St. Mary’s

to the Senior Cup Final in 2003

SENIOR SECONDSBack row (l-r) Colm Burke, Rory O’Connor, Niall Brew, James Kelly, Andrew Culligan, Robert Gannon

Middle row (l-r) Shane O’Connell , Iain O’Connor, Colm Breathnach, Richard Morris, Patrick Purcell, Mr. John KilbrideFront row (l-r) David Shaffrey, Jack Finnegan, Joseph Norton, Mr. Clive Byrne, Ian Kelly, David Flood, Cillian Doyle



Blackrock, the re-match, 7-3.Both teams still tired from their firstbattle walked back onto the pitch. Stillshowing the same hunger anddetermination that left their lastencounter at a stand off, but today onehad to be the victor. We took the leadafter 8 minutes, when Brophy now anintegral part of the team, took a sweetpass from Grissing to get over. Sexton asalways was cool and collected to take theconversion. Our pack and backs foughthard but were unable to punch any moreholes in the Rock’s defence. At the startof the second half Rock got a penaltywhich would make the score 7-3 till theend, despite the 6 extra minutes ofinjuries time. Sadly, the game wouldprove costly as one of our key andaggressive player Alex Hutchinson brokehis forearm, this would indeed prove abig loss to the team.

Terenure, 3-0.Unlike the previous year this St. Patrick’s

Day was absolutely scorching. This was tobe a very tight final. The two archenemies St. Mary’s and Nure meeting inthe final was sure to be a mouth-watering climax. More so than any othermatch of the campaign this was a battle.Both teams were driven by emotion andhunger alone. Neither team could breakthe other’s try-line. It should also benoted that no team throughout the wholecampaign got over our try-line. In fact, itwas a single penalty in the forty-fourthminute that would be the only score ofthe match and sadly it would be the threepoints that the cost St. Mary’s the cup.

It was a tough campaign for St. Mary’s.but in true St. Mary’s style all members ofthe squad showed outstanding qualitiesof dedication, determination and goodgamesmanship. All of the players shouldbe extremely proud of what they haveachieved for the school and forthemselves.

SENIOR THIRDS/FOURTHSBack row (l-r) Robbie Hudson, Eoin Donoghue, Brian Campbell, John Andreucetti, Rory O’Connor, Rory O’Dea,

Cormac Doddy, Yousef Amod, Sean Connolly, Middle row (l-r) Paul Butler, Cian Lucas, Patrick Carroll, Ross Dawson, Barry Connaughton, Declan Flynn,

Jonathon O’Brien, Patrick McDonnell, Shane LevinsFront row (l-r) Shane O’Connell, Cormac Waldren, Patrick Purcell, David Flood, Mr. Clive Byrne, Andrew Culligan,

Colm Smith, Cillian Doyle, Niall O’Dea

JUNIOR LEAGUE TEAMBack row (l-r) Brendan Shortt, John Twomey, Fergal O’Shea, Sam McArdle, Cian Morris, Richard Shaffrey.

Middle row (l-r) Adam Devereaux, Hugh Higgins, Darren Kennedy, Colin Farrington, Eamon Moran, Stephen Cullen.Front row (l-r) Mark Callanan, Nick Croke, Owen Lynagh, Mr. Clive Byrne, Ross Church, Killian Finlay, David Carpenter.

U13 PROVINCIAL CUP WINNERSBack row (l-r) James Speers, Owen McGill, Neil Murphy, Rory Sweeney, Richard Bent, Dara Reilly, Shane Maguire,

Conor O’Doherty, Gareth Redmond, Ben Connory, Colin Franklin, Eamonn McAleese.Middle row (l-r) Karl O’Sullivan, Darragh Hudson, Stephen Culligan, Mark Conway, Raymond Crotty, Ciaran Ardagh,

lan O’Neill, Jack MeGrath.Front row (l-r) David McGann, Leo Delaney, Peter Finigan, Simon Murray, Daniel Barnwell.


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ROAD TO THE FINAL...THE IRISH TIMES

IRISH INDEPENDENT

THE EXAMINER

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OFFICERSPaul Maguire (President)

Sean Holland (Immediate Past President) Brian Fanning (Vice-President)

David Larney (Honorary Secretary)Paul Moloney (Honorary Treasurer)

Pat Shaffrey (Honorary Membership Secretary)Fr John Flavin CSSp (President of the College)

COMMITTEEAlan BainbridgeRichard Byrne

David McCormackEamon MurrayPaul WhelanMichael Craig

Marcus Spring (’02 School Captain)Ciaran Lennon (’02 SCT Captain)

Schools Cup Final FunctionThe Function in the BerkleyCourt before the Schools CupFinal was something specialand achieved much by way ofmarketing the Union. It createda focal point prior to the game,offering a gathering place forthe myriad of St. Mary’ssupporters whether they be Past orPresent Pupils, their Parents, Membersof the Rugby Club or just simplyFriends of St. Mary’s. The only downside to the day was the result but Ithink you will all agree that Paul Nashand his team gave the 110% that wasasked of them.

Annual Union DinnerOur Annual Dinner took place on theevening of Friday the 15th of November2002 in the College Hall as is traditional.Once again, it was a thoroughlyenjoyable and most successful event.Two hundred and ten people in totaldined on the night. This year we had thenovelty of setting up a television andvideo link from the main hall into boththe Staff Room and Music Room toenable those seated adjacent to the hallto witness and hear the speeches at firsthand without having to move too farfrom their refreshments! The innovationworked extremely well and it was

particularly welcome for those ofthe members dining in theadjacent rooms. The highlightand feature of the dinner thisyear was the launch of ourUnion web site. The web sitewas copied onto a computerdisk and projected onto a screenmounted on the stage and the

sixth year class photos going backinto the mists of time were projected ona rotational basis onto the screen for allthose in attendance to view whiledining.

Junior FunctionThis year’s Junior Function took placein the Dropping Well in Milltown on27th December 2002. The event hasproven most popular for those whohave left school in the recent years.Just under ninety past students, all ofwhom left the school in the last fiveyears, were in attendance as were thePresident, a number of members of thePPU Committee and a smallrepresentation from the teaching staffof the school. It offers a greatopportunity for St. Mary’s boys, manyof whom had been abroad studying ortravelling, the chance to catch up oneach other’s whereabouts and activitiessince leaving the college, in a friendlyand relaxed atmosphere.

St. Mary’s College Past Pupils’ Union 2002-2003


Lorcan Gogan Memorial DebateFor the second year running, theLorcan Gogan Memorial Debate washeld during school hours when teamsrepresenting the Past and Presentbattled it out for the honours. Themotion of the Debate this year, whichwas proposed by the College, was‘Taking Part is All That Matters’. TheCollege was very ably represented byRobert Stephenic (last year’s winner),Nial O’Briain, James Collins and CormacMurphy. The Past Team wasrepresented by Eamonn Ambrose,Ciaran Lennon, Sean Holland andStephen Blake. A very robust debatetook place with passions at timeshitting fever pitch! And when thedebate was finally over, and theChairman, John Gilsenan, put themotion to the floor for a show ofhands, the Past came out victorious! Areversal of fortune on last year! Tocomplete a very memorable afternoon,Barry Smith, as Adjudicator, awardedthe Lorcan Gogan Memorial Trophy toNial O’Briain, a very able debater fromthe College.

Membership RecordWe have a total of 1479 records on thecomputer database. Of this number wehave 553 e-mail addresses.

3rd Annual Union Business LunchThe 3rd Annual Union Business Lunchwas held on Friday the 23rd of May inthe Leinster Suite in the BurlingtonHotel. We were very lucky this year asour Guest Speaker was one of our veryown, Dr Pat Loughrey, the esteemedco-founder of Cuisine de France. DrLoughrey, speaking off the cuff, tookus through his own background inBachelors to the founding of Cuisine de

France. Particularly fascinating was thebackground to the acquisition of thecompany by IAWS plc which was clearlyan opportunistic move on the part ofDr Loughrey and his co-founders.Cuisine de France had very quicklyreached a juncture whereby the ownershad to choose between investingheavily to expand the company, on theone hand, or finding a suitor, on theother.

PPU Sports Day 2OO3For the first time in 8 years, the SoccerSports Day returned to the PPUcalendar. In what turned out to be aglorious sunny March day, I I teamstogged out in Kenilworth Square. The11 teams were divided into two groups.One for the younger lads and one forthe more mature and slightly heavierbreathers! The current champions fromthe year 1979 were back again to try toretain their trophy from 8 years ago.The winners and runners up weredivided into semi-finalists and the finalturned out to be a local derby as suchbetween 2000 and 1999! The year2000, under the captaincy ofCommittee member Michael Craig,came out on top of this re inventedSports day soccer blitz. They narrowlybeat the lads from 1999 by 4-3 in anerve-racking penalty shoot-out, as thetwo evenly matched teams were tied 1-1 after extra time in the final.

PPU Golf OutingThe PPU Golf Outing was held at theGrange Golf Club on 15th May 2003.With some late cry-offs we stillmanaged to get out approaching 60 onthe day. We have had better weatherdays but the scoring was as competitiveas ever. Prizewinners were:President’s Prize/Union Cup – Richard


Byrne (1979) with a brave weather-beating 36 points.2nd – Canice Wolahan (1964) – Canicealso taking the Past President’s Trophy,once again!3rd – Declan (Skinny) Howard (1975);Best gross – Paul Dean (1978); Class I Winner – Ray Sloan (1976);Class 2 Winner - Chris Maguire (1948);Visitor’s Prize – Frank O’Grady.

Graduation NightThe Graduation Dinner, which is co-hosted by the Union and the School,took place in the new Fr. Barry Hallafter Mass on the evening of Saturday24th May 2003.

Table QuizThe Annual Table Quiz event tookplace on Thursday the 20th March inthe Rugby Club. With a new quizmasterand new organisational team thequestion format was slightly differentto previous years. A total of twenty-three tables of 4 took part in a tightcontest.

SAMACORA Benevolent FundA temporary cash-flow crisis can addmisery in the event of many unforeseenincidents – a family bereavement orwhatever the matter may be. Contactwith the Samacora Fund can be madethrough the President or any of theofficers of the Union.

Trip to RomeOver many years Fr. Alo Flood, knownto many of us in St. Mary’s, has done amagnificent painting of each of the fiveColleges. A beautiful Montage of thepaintings was commissioned andbrought to Rome for presentation tothe Superior General of the Holy GhostOrder. An identical Montage waspresented to St. Mary’s by the President

of the Union, Paul Maguire, at the 6thYear Graduation Dinner in May 2003.

New Union WebsiteAddress: www.stmaryscsspunion.comNumber of past students on the database: 4415. Years included 1940-2003.15th November 2003 saw theintroduction of our inaugural standalone website. The site allows St.Mary’s men all over the world keep intouch with the Union and their friends.It is planned that the database behindthe website will also eventually bemerged with the Union Membershipdatabase allowing us to go down theroad to interactive possibilities. Sincerethanks to Rory Madden for the use ofhis expert knowledge in not onlydesigning the layout of the site but alsofor complicated behind the scenes database interactive possibilities that thissite can offer us.

St Vincent de PaulThe PPU has been supporting the St.Mary’s Conference of the Society of St.Vincent de Paul for two years now. Weas a society are hoping to establish adatabase of past pupils who may beprepared to get involved in anycapacity and at any level. Theconference throughout the year hasbeen involved in many activities fromvisiting residents of the FatimaMansions flats complex, to organisingthe annual children’s Christmas party atthe Women’s Shelter in Rathmineswhich neighbours the College. We stressthat we are not looking for financialsupport. What we seek is a commitmentof any amount of time you might bewilling to give, no matter how little,which would help us to see theseexisting projects grow.

PRESIDENT-MANAGER:Fr John Flavin CSSp

CHAPLAIN:Fr Paddy Cleary CSSp

PRINCIPAL:Mr. Dan Dunne

SECRETARY:Mrs Marion Fitzpatrick

DEAN:Mrs. Mary O’Donnell

RESOURCE:Mrs Frances Bane

CLASS TEACHERS:

FORM 2 Mrs Úna Wall

FORM 3 Miss Eithne McCallaig

FORM 4 Mrs. Bernadette McCormac

FORM 41 Mrs. Mary O’Donnell

FORM 5 Bean Ui Eoghain

FORM 51 Miss Mary O’Sullivan

FORM 6 Mr Colm Sweeney

FORM 6¹ Mrs Anne Walsh

P.E. Mr David Breslin

MUSIC Mr. Joe Fitzgerald & Ms Joanne Harding

ART Ms Tanya Tynan

Junior School Staff 2002-2003



Blackburn, Gary Bourke, Brian Brennan, Matthew Byrne, Odhrán Callanan, David Carroll, Eoin Ceillier, Simon Clarke, Shane Collum, Daniel Corcoran, Sean

Croke, Niall Daly, Richard Donovan, David Ferris, David Glynn, JeffreyHickey, lan Horgan, Dáire Jones, John Kennedy, Andrew Larney, Sean

Leaden, Conor Lennon, Ronan McCarthy, Brian MacCionnaith, Myles McLoughlin, J.J. Mulcahy, AlexanderMurray, Ciaran O’Leary, John

FORM 6

Fitzgerald, Darragh Moriarty, David McAuley, Stephen McCormack, PhilipMortimer, David Murphy, Darragh Murphy, Kevin Nolan, Peter O’Brien, Cian

O’Connell, BrendanO’Connor, Cian O’Donnell, Kevin Oman, Fabien Reddy, Luke Redmond, ChristopherRoche, Peter Ryan, Timothy Scott, Michael

Shaffrey, Benjamin Smith, Luke Stewart, Bobby Stokes, Andrew Sweeney, Mark Grumley-Traynor, Killian Wallis, Sam Walsh, Aaron Williams, Ross

FORM 61

Barnwell, Killian Beattie, Brendan Carmody, Robert Cullen, Matthew Curran, Liam Drumm, Domhnaill Fanagan, David

Flood, Finnian Gormally, Hugh Grimson, Roy Hargaden, Kevin Kearney, Shane Mahon, Edmund Martin, Aaron

McCahill, Seamus McGinley, Liam McMahon, Mark Ó Dubhghaill, Fionn O’Flanagan, Hugh

FORM 5

Curtin, Peter McGovern, Hugh Mclntyre, Evan Mulcahy, Eoin Nash, Gerard Norton, Harry O’Shea, Conor Reilly, Sean

Roche, Kevin Rooney, Myles Sheridan, Vincent Staunton, Mark Stephenson, Samuel Timmons, Conor Tisdall, Cian Tracey, Emmet

Turley, David Wagner-Coffey, Jonathan Walsh, Colin Walsh, Gerard Walsh, Maurice Wynne, Jack

FORM 51

Junior School Roll 2002-2003

Andreucetti, MathewBarden, CillianBarrett, TiernanBathe, Andrew Bergin, Colin Brady, Aaron Brown, Jack Butler, Luke

Cullen, CiaranDevlin, Michael Dix, PhilipDoyle, Adam Drislane, Domhnall Dunne, ConorDunne, Stephen Gallagher, David

Galligan, David Gallivan, Gerard Godfrey, Andrew Hallinan, ConorHaydon, ArthurHickey, lan Johnson, Fionnán Kernan, Aidan

FORM 4

Daly, SeánGlynn, ConorLarchet, Paul PiersLynch, EóinMacCarvill, ConorMassey, WilliamMatthews, BenMcGill, ManusMcWeeney, Neil

Moran, SeanMurphy, AaronO’Brien, DonalO’Brien, StephenO’Carroll, StephenO’Dwyer, CiaránO’Fiacháin, BarryO’Reilly Moorkens, RowanRyan, Alexander

Scott, HarrySexton, JerryShaffrey, TimothySwift, DavidTracey, JackWalsh, JackWynne, Sam

FORM 41

Blackburn, JeffBoyle, EoinByrne, ColmCosgrove, DavidDuggan, RoryFanning, ShaneFarrell, DeanFerris, AndrewFitzpatrick, PeterGates-Hardiman, Louis

Grumley, BenjaminHicks, DaireLarney, ConorLivingston, EoinLynch, GarethMahon, OisínMcDermott, NiallMoran, LucasMurphy, MarkMurphy, Robert

Noonan, PaulO’Donoghue, CillianO’Grady, RossO’Kane, NeilO’Mahony, JackReddy, AustinTisdall, RoryWagner-Coffey, Marcus

FORM 3

Bent, Christopher Connery, Jack Devlin, Frank Duke, Adam Fielding, Michael Fitzgerald, Gavin Holohan, Ross

Keane, Niall Keogh, David Kernan, Ronan Larney, Matthew McAuliffe, Ben McCarthy, Mark McSweeney, Luke

Noonan, James O’Leary, Conor O’Mahoney, Sean Phelan, Leo Purcell, Michael Tozer, Augustus Wallis, Luke

FORM 2


FORM

6Ba

ck row

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an Lenno

n, Sean Co

rcoran, D

avid Callanan, And

rew Kennedy, R

ichard Daly, Eoin Ca

rroll, Niall Croke, Ia

n Hickey.

Middle row (l-r):

Brian Bo

urke, D

avid Don

ovan, O

dhran By

rne, Con

or Leaden, Shane Clarke, Daire Horgan, Gary Blackburn, Joh

n O’Leary, M

atthew

Brenn

an.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Myles M

cCionn

aith, Jeffrey Glynn

, Sim

on Ceillier, Joh

n Jones, Sean Larney, B

rian McCarthy, Daniel C

ollum, D

avid Ferris.

FORM

61

Back Row

(l-r):

Stephen McAuley, T

im Ryan, Luke Sm

ith, B

rend

an O’Con

nell, David M

ortim

er, D

avid M

oriarty, Darragh

Murph

y, M

ark Sw

eeney, Sam

Wallis, B

en Shaffrey.

Middle Ro

w (l-r):

Aaron Walsh, P

hilip M

cCormac, P

eter Roche, K

evin M

urph

y, Fabian Oman, A

ndrew Stokes, Bob

by Stewart, Michael Scott, C

ian O’Brien.

Fron

t Ro

w (l-r):

Cian O’Con

nor, Ch

ris Redmon

d, Luke Redd

y, Kevin O’Don

nell, Peter Nolan, D

arragh

Fitz

gerald, R

oss Williams, Killian Grumley-Trayno

r.

FORM

5Ba

ck row

(l-r):

Mark McM

ahon

, Kevin Hargaden, Fionn

Ó’Dub

hgaill, Liam Curran, Shane Kearney.

Middle row (l-r):

Finn

ian Floo

d, Brend

an Beattie, R

obert Ca

rmod

y, Edm

und Mahon

, Séamus M

cCahill, K

illian Ba

rnwell, Sebastian Ryan-Flynn

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t row (l-r):

Hug

h Gormally, D

omhn

aill Drum, A

aron

Martin

, Matthew

Cullen, Hug

h O’Flanagan, David Fanagan, R

oy Grim

son, Liam M

cGinley.

FORM

51

Back row

(l-r):

Hug

h McG

overn, Gerard Walsh, C

onor Tim

mon

s, Jack Wynne, S

am Steph

enson, Gerard Nash.

Middle Ro

w (l-r):

Jonathan W

agner-Co

ffee, D

avid Turley, Peter Curtin

, Kevin Roche, E

oin Mulcahey, Harry Norton, Colin W

alsh.

Back Row

(l-r):

Mark Staunton

, Vincent Sherid

an, S

ean Reilly, M

aurice Walsh, C

ian Tisdall, Co

nor O’Shea, M

yles Roo

ney, Emmet Tracey.

FORM

4Ba

ck row

(l-r):

Andrew

Bathe, D

omhn

all D

rislane, S

teph

en Dun

ne, G

erard Gallivan, C

onor Hallin

an, D

avid Galligan, Ian Hickey.

Middle row (l-r):

Cono

r Dun

ne, M

athew And

rucetti, Fion

náin Joh

nson

, Adam Doyle, P

hilip Dix, C

illian Ba

rden, A

ndrew God

frey, M

ichael Devlin

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t row (l-r):

Aidan Ke

rnan, A

aron

Brady, A

rthu

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n, David Gallagh

er, C

olin Bergin, Ciarán Cu

llen, Luke Bu

tler.

FORM

41

Back row

(l-r):

Jerry Sexton

, Ben M

atthew

s, Alexand

er Ryan, Barry O’Fiacháin, Seán Moran, Jack Tracey, C

iarán O’Dwyer, Co

nor MacCa

rvill.

Middle row (l-r):

Sam W

ynne, E

óin Lynch, Steph

en O’Brien, Jack Walsh, D

avid Swift, P

iers Paul L

archet, H

arry Scott, U

lysses Ryan Flynn, Neil M

cWeeney.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Don

al O’Brien, Tim

othy Shaffrey, Row

an M

oorkens O’Reilly, W

illiam M

assey, Steph

en O’Carroll, Séan Daly, M

anus M

cGill, C

onor Glynn

.

FORM

3Ba

ck row

(l-r):

Niall McD

ermott, An

drew

Ferris, N

eil O

’Kane, Lucas M

oran, A

ustin

Reddy, Jack O’M

ahon

y, Paul N

oonan, Gareth Lynch, Cillian O’Don

oghu

e, Benjamin Grumley.

Middle row (l-r):

Oisín M

ahon

, Rob

ert Murph

y, Peter Fitz

patrick, Lou

is Gates-H

ardiman, D

aire Hicks, C

onor Larney, M

ark Murph

y, Rory Tisdall, Eo

in Boyle.

Fron

t row (l-r):

Ross O’Grady, Jeff Blackburn, Eoin Living

ston

e, Colm Byrne, D

ean Farrell, Ro

ry Dug

gan, David Cosgrove, M

arcus Wagner-Co

ffey.

FORM

2Ba

ck row

(l-r):

Ben McAuliffe, Adam Duke, Luke Wallis, G

avin Fitz

gerald, Jam

es Noo

nan, Con

or O’Leary.

Middle row (l-r):

Ross Holoh

an, F

rank Devlin

, Mark McCarthy, Ron

an Kernan, Aug

ustus To

zer, Ch

ristoph

er Bent, Niall Ke

ane.

Fron

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elan, D

avid Keogh

, Seán O’M

ahon

ey, M

atthew

Larney, M

ichael Purcell, Luke McSweeney, Jack Co

nnery, M

ikey Fielding.


Fr. Cleary Trophy and Silver Medal for General ExcellenceBRENDAN O’CONNELL

Fr. Hourigan Trophy for Religious Knowledge J.J. McLOUGHLIN

Fr. Hurley Trophy for Languages SEÁN LARNEY

Fr. Little Cup for Excellence in Conduct EOIN CARROLL

Máire Cranny Perpetual Cup for Excellence in Speech BEN SHAFFREY & SAM WALLIS

Fr. Gilmore Trophy for Art TIM RYAN

Mr. Joe Fitzgerald Trophy for Music KILLIAN GRUMLEY-TRAYNOR

Silver Medal for Sportsman of the Year GARY BLACKBURN

Victor Ludorum PETER ROCHE

Junior School Prizewinners 2002-2003

Junior School Sportsday 2002-2003TUESDAY 27th MAY 2003

100 METRESForm 2 Form 3 Form 4 & 4¹ Form 5 & 5¹ Form 6 & 6¹ 1 Ben McAuliffe 1 Peter Fitzpatrick 1 Jerry Sexton 1 Killian Barnwell 1 Peter Roche2 Frank Devlin 2 Jeff Blackburn 2 Stephen O’Carroll 2 Maurice Walsh 2 Luke Smith3 Leo Phelan 3 Austin Reddy 3 Adam Doyle 3 Eoin Mulcahy 3 Richard Daly

150 METRESForm 2 Form 3 Form 4 & 4¹ Form 5 & 5¹ Form 6 & 6¹ 1 Luke Wallis 1 Andrew Ferris 1 Ben Matthews 1 Sean Reilly 1 Peter Roche2 Gavin Fitzgerald 2 Rory Tisdall 2 Andrew Godfrey 2 Matthew Cullen 2 Matthew Brennan3 Luke McSweeney 3 Colm Byrne 3 Donal O’Brien 3 Emmet Treacy 3 Luke Smith

RELAY WINNERSForm 2 Form 3 Form 4 & 4¹ Form 5 & 5¹ Form 6 & 6¹ Michael Purcell Shane Fanning Aaron Brady Liam McGinley Daire HorganDavid Keogh Rory Duggan Philip Dix Domhnaill Drumm John O’LearyLuke McSweeney Jack O’Mahony David Galligan Kevin Hargaden David DonovanFrank Devlin Lucas Moran Cillian Barden Fionn Ó Dubhghaill Myles McCionnaith

RELAY RUNNERS-UPForm 2 Form 3 Form 4 & 4¹ Form 5 & 5¹ Form 6 & 6¹ Matthew Larney Conor Larney Sam Wynne Evan McIntyre Kevin O’DonnellChris Bent Ross O’Grady Conor MacCarville Vincent Sheridan Brendan O’ConnellNiall Keane Marcus Wagner Coffey Jack Walsh Myles Rooney Killian Grumley TraynorMark McCarthy Ben Grumley Manus McGill Conor Timmons Fabian Oman

Form 21. Ronan Kernan & Gavin Fitzgerald2. Mikey Fielding & Mark McCarthy

Form 31. Jeff Blackburn & Rory Tisdall2. Eoin Boyle & Shane Fanning

Form 41. Phillip Dix & Tiernan Barrett2. Ciaran Cullen & Stephen Dunne

Form 4¹1. Conor MacCarvill & Ciaran O’Dwyer2. Harry Scott & Aaron Murphy

Form 51. Domhnaill Drumm & Kevin Hargaden2. David Fanagan & Killian Barnwell

Form 5¹1. Emmet Treacy & Eoin Mulcahy2. Cian Tisdall & Jonathan Wagner Coffey

Form 61. David Donovan & Simon Ceillier2. Jeffrey Glynn & Myles McCionnaith

Form 6¹1. Luke Smith & Ben Shaffrey2. Kevin O’Donnell & Chris Redmond

200 METRESForm 5 & 5¹ Form 6 & 6¹ 1 Sam Stephenson 1 Peter Roche2 Seamus McCahill 2 David Mortimer 2 Hugh McGovern 3 Luke Smith

THREE LEGGED RACE


VICTOR LUDORUM

PETER ROCHE(With Maximum points)

100 METRESForm 2 Form 3 Form 4 & 4¹ Form 5 & 5¹ Form 6 & 6¹ 1 Ben McAuliffe 1 Peter Fitzpatrick 1 Jerry Sexton 1 Killian Barnwell 1 Peter Roche2 Frank Devlin 2 Jeff Blackburn 2 Stephen O’Carroll 2 Maurice Walsh 2 Luke Smith3 Leo Phelan 3 Austin Reddy 3 Adam Doyle 3 Eoin Mulcahy 3 Richard Daly

OBSTACLE RACEForm 2 Form 3 Form 4 Form 4¹Mark McCarthy Marcus Wagner Coffey Philip Dix Jerry SextonRonan Kernan Rory Duggan Colin Bergin Jack TraceyChris Bent Lucas Moran Mathew Andreucetti Jack Walsh

Form 21. Leo Phelan2. Luke McSweeney3. Ross Holohan

Form 31. Jeff Blackburn2. Louis Gates Hardiman3. Paul Noonan

Form 41. Domhnall Drislane2. Aaron Brady3. Philip Dix

Form 4¹1. Jack Tracey2. Aaron Murphy3. Donal O’Brien

Form 51. Robert Carmody2. David Fanagan3. Kevin Hargarden

Form 5¹1. Eoin Mulcahy2. Emmet Tracey3. Jack Wynne

Form 61. Brian McCarthy2. Ian Hickey3. Gary Blackburn

Form 6¹1. Kevin O’Donnell2. Cian O’Connor3. Andrew Stokes

EGG AND SPOON RACE

Form 21. Leo Phelan2. Michael Purcell3. Adam Duke

Form 3 & 3¹1. Eoin Boyle2. Shane Fanning3. Daire Hicks

Form 4 & 4¹1. Gerry Gallivan2. Arthur Haydon3. Ian Hickey

Form 5 & 5¹1. Jack Wynne2. Kevin Hargaden3. Fionn Ó Dubhghaill

Form 6 & 61. Niall Croke2. Alexander Mulcahy3. Ronan Lennon

SHOT PUTT


Mr Dan Dunne,Principal, Junior School,and visiting teacher Ms Angelina McDonaghwith Special OlympicsWorld Games Athletes2003.

(l-r) Laura-Jane Dunne,Ashling Hennigan, Tara Leech and St. Mary's own Special Olympic AthleteCian O'Connor, Form 61.


Plant development in St. Mary’s Collegehas always been a work in progress. Atits foundation in 1890, there was thetask of converting a private residence,Larkhill, into a school for a hundred-plus boys. In subsequent decades andwith subsequent generations ofstudents, the College had to beextended and refurbished. Thiscontinued after the College was re-opened in 1926. Major classroomextensions were added in the early1940s, the Church was opened forworship in 1955, more Junior Schoolclassrooms and a small gym were builtin the mid 1960s, Senior classroomsand laboratories were added in 1989and 1995.

But there still remained what theDepartment of Education called anaccommodation deficit. The small 1966gym was particularly inadequate.Following discussion and consultation,in May 2000, Mr. Louis Burke(Architect) was approached with a briefto provide outline plans for a multi-purpose hall, together with an

extension to include a biologylaboratory, and further classroom space.

Preliminary outlines enabled Mr. FrankKeogh (Surveyor) to evaluate costings.A Project Committee, under thedynamic leadership of past-pupil DavidMoran, planned and initiated afundraising programme, with the adviceand direction of Brendan Phelan(Chapterhouse Consultants). Obviouslythe proper scheduling of the work wasof the greatest importance to ensurethat class disruption was kept to anabsolute minimum. OS ConstructionCompany won the contract and builderSean O’Shea co-operated excellentlywith the planning team and the Collegeadministration throughout the buildingprogramme.

On-site work began in June 2002, withthe demolition of the old gym and thelaying down of foundations for thenew hall, and subsequently thelaboratory-wing extension. It wasdecided at that time to transfer thekitchen/canteen to the new extension

School Development and Opening of Fr. Barry Hall

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to allow for proper administrationspace and a small study hall.

Thanks to the co-operation of the Armyauthorities, who again allowed specialaccess along the Military Road, buildingcontinued during the school year of2002-03 with little disruption tomatters academic. The Easter 2003deadline was met for the completion ofthe Hall, with its conference room,fitness-room, changing rooms andstorage/workshop amenities.

The biology-laboratory extension,together with the enlarged

kitchen/canteen, new entrance,connecting bridge etc. was completedsome months later.

It was decided to call the hall the FR.BARRY HALL. (Read again about Fr.Barry in the 2001 College Annual,pp.66ff.) Here was a man who firstcame to St. Mary’s in 1938, who taught brilliantly here for 45 years, who coached cricket and rugbyinternationals, who produced countlessdrama productions of the highestquality, who was the living spirit of the College for decades, who alwaysmaintained that nothing was too good

DEVELOPMENT OF THE FR. BARRY HALL

A – The former sports hall just prior to demolition.B – The skeleton of the hall during construction.C – View from the senior school without the bridge.D – The weights room.E – Seán O’Shea, Representatives from AIB Group and Clive Byrne.F – Brother Ignatius, Ollie Dunne and Fr. Cleary, former students of Fr. Barry, under his picture in

the Hall.G – Mr. & Ms. Shanahan, parents of Neal, to whom the conference room of the Fr. Barry Hall is

dedicated.H – Johnny Molony, Irish International and Lions player donates his Jersey collection to the

college at the opening of the new buildings.

Fr. Flavin, Eoin Ryan T.D., Clive Byrne, Comm. Piggott from Cathal Brugha Barracks, Fr. Palmer and Brian Fanningat the official opening.


for the St. Mary’s family, for hisstudents.

In May 2003, Mass was the first eventin the new Hall - to thank God formaking this amenity possible, for itsplanning, its design, its construction, itsfinancing.

On that occasion, the College Presidentsaid:

In this Hall, we must build upcommunity as well as health, we mustbuild up wisdom and knowledge as wellas team-spirit. It is for leisure,endeavour and recreation, to bring ustogether, to encourage achievement. Itmust become a place where selfishness,bitterness, what is mean and petty haveno part.

Even costly buildings like these, are ofno value compared to the value of onehuman person, one student, oneteacher. We want to be more proud ofeach of you than we are of any hall orbuilding. By God’s goodness there is afine spirit in our College; be certainthat you will either build up that spiritor tear it down.

Today, you students become a specialpart of the College history. Rememberthat you were here the first day thisHall was used. And as you grow inrespect for everyone in this family of St.Mary’s, respect this new amenity too.As you become proud of it, continue torespect it also in your use of it.

Become involved in school life, buyinto your education, don’t stand on themargins of school life. Instead, takepart, give something back, helpsomeone else, be active doers and notjust passive takers only. Be fidelis inarduis.

Prayer of Blessing of new Hall and Extension(Fr. Palmer, Provincial – May 2004)

We ask God to bless us and our newHall and School extension.All praise to you, heavenly Father,Lord of all creation.You have gathered us together inthis community today to praise youby our words and works.

Bless + this hall and extension builtfor the education of our youngpeople.Bless + our students and teachers,Bless + our parents, our families, ouremployees and all who promoteChristian education in our society.

Bless your people + as they use thisrecreational facility; Bring your peace and joy into theirlivesAnd fill them with your happiness.May our students grow in wisdom,age and grace before you and allyour people.

May this College always be a homeof truth and wisdom, of faith andgood will towards all.

Through the prayers of St. Mary,your mother and our patroness,may this College help our society and build your kingdom of justice,love and peace.

Loving Father, listen to our prayer,which we offer through Christ ourLord, in your Holy Spirit.

All glory to you, one God, for everand ever. AMEN.

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SCOUTS SUMMER CAMP, BROADSTONE WARREN, SUSSEX ENGLANDA – Collecting Wood: (l-r) David

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B – Greg Murray - bivouacking!C – John Mc Carthy waits for

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London, with Brendan Shorttand Richard Shaffreyfollowing.

E – Owen Mc Gill practices hisknots.

F – Around the camp fire (l-r)Brendan Shortt, Eoin Lynagh,William Parkinson, JamesMullins.

G – Ian O’Sullivan, flexes hismuscle.

H – Colm Quinn pan-cooking.

SCOUTING 2002 to 04A – Investiture of new Cubs takes place in the College Chapel.B – Investiture of new Venture Scouts takes place in the College Chapel. (l-r) David Nolan, Richard Morris, Liadh Conway, Sarah Breslin, Seamus Doran,

David Woods, David Shaffrey, Hugh Queenan.C – Scouts on a Winter Hike on Prince William’s Seat.

1. Johnny Murphy (ASL); 2. James Mullen; 3. Philip McCormack; 4. Paul O’Reilly (ASL); 5. David Ferris; 6. Ben Shaffrey; 7. David Keane; 8. Gavin Fogarty (SL);9. Daniel Collum; 10. Jeffrey Glynn; 11. Brian Bourke; 12. Gary Blackburn; 13. David Donovan; 14. Colm Quinn; 15. Albert Traynor; 16. Kevin Quinn; 17. Cian O’Brien; 18. Mark Sweeney; 19. Simon Ceiller; 20. Odhran Byrne; 21. Greg Murray; 22. Ian O’Sullivan; 23. John Loughman (ASL).

D – Phillip McCormack at Broadstone Warren.E– David Mullin, Jack O’Donohoe, John McGill, Gavin Fogarty,

Colm Quinn, David Mortimer, Luke Reddy and Philip McCor-mack – Happy Patrol.

F – Darragh Murphy and David Mortimer on the bus to SummerCamp 2003 at Broadstone Warren, East Sussex.

G – The whole troop at Thorpe Park plus Crocodile.H - Paul O’Reilly, Gavin Fogarty, John Loughman, Cian O’Brien,

Sean Larney, David Ferris, Odhran Byrne and Philip McCormackenjoy Christmas Camp in January 2003.

I – Brendan Shortt, Johnny Murphy, Ian O’Sullivan, Donal Garry,Daragh Murphy, John McCarthy, Brian Bourke, Jeff Glynn andBen Shaffrey – Badger Patrol.

J – Rory Corcoran, Greg Murray, David Keane, Richard Shaffrey,Owen McGill, Daniel Collum and Odhran Byrne – Raven Patrol.

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Courses & Certificates:A number of courses and certificateswere undertaken by the studentsincluding:

• Karate (Mr Malachy Dunne) withstudents attempting the first grade(9th Kyu) Shotokan Institute red beltand/or the 8th Kyu orange belt.

• Drama and Public Speaking. (MrNicholas Fitzsimons and Mr BarryLeonard) with students attemptinggrade 3 and/or grade 4 LeinsterSchool of Music and Drama PublicSpeaking exams.

• Computers (Mr. Brendan Feehan andMr. Jim Kirby) where three City &Guild’s courses were offered:Database; Word Processing and MSPowerPoint.

• Sailing – all students attended theIrish National Sailing School in DunLaoghaire and attempted the LevelOne Dinghy Certificate.

• First Aid – Members of the Order ofMalta offered a five week course inBasic First Aid.

• Japanese – Midori Inagaki offeredone term of basic Japanese –introducing the boys to Japaneseculture and giving the students theopportunity to consider this amongtheir leaving certificate subjects.

• Leadership – Mr Denis Murphyintroduced the boys to the theoriesof Stephen Covey.

• FAI Coaching – an introductory levelcourse in coaching soccer was givenby FAI.

• IRFU Coaching – a junior levelcoaching skills course was offered bythe IRFU.

• GAA Coaching – some studentsavailed of the opportunity toundertake a coaching and refereeingcourse for Gaelic Football outside ofschool hours (2003) and somestudents had an opportunity to learnthe basic skills on site (2004).

• Lifesaving – a number of levels oflifesaving courses were on offer runby the Irish Water Safety Association.

• Media Studies – Tania Tynan’s class


Transition Year 2003 and 2004

TRANSITION YEAR 2003

A – Conor McInerney.B – Kevin Quinn.C – After the soccer match between the German “exchange” students and St. Mary’s

(right to left) Shane O’Connell, Barry O’Flanagan, Matthew Conway, Alan Dalton, Oisin Cahill, Brian Drumm,Gavin Rooney, Kevin Quinn, Conor Geraghty, Simon Mc Cabe, Kieran Traynor, Stephen Hannigan, AidanO’Dea – and the German lads with (in front) David Larkin, who refereed the game.

D – An anxious moment in Donnybrook (left to right) Robert Miley, Tiernan Reilly, Richard Kilcoyne, Bryan Garryand Gavin Meehan.

E - Shane O’Connell.F – Dara Lernihan and David Flood.Brian Moran.G – SAILING: Back row (l-r) Paddy Morris, Peter Keegan, Gary O’Doherty, Darragh Fanning, Rory Carron.

Middle row (l-r) Kieran Raymond, Hugh Lyons, Bryan Garry, Conor Cullen, Robbie Hudson, Conor Hogan, Ian O’Sullivan, Daniel Casari, Alan Godfrey.Front row (l-r) Richard Sweeney, Robert Gannon, Mark Aboud.

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focused on one aspect: the world ofshow business (2003)

Voluntary Work:This important aspect of the TransitionYear programme was organised by MrDeclan Lacey in both years; with everystudent taking part. Among the placesvisited by the boys were: Harold’s CrossHospice, Molyneaux Home, BarrettCheshire Home, St. Michael’s House,Tallaght Hospital and St. Mary’sCommunity Centre, Rathmines. Projectswere undertaken about the students’experiences.

Gaisce“The President’s Award” was supervisedand organised by Brian Wall in 2003.

MAJOR EVENTS • Australian exchange with Girton

Grammer School. Alan Godfrey,Robert Miley and Richard Sweeneywent in 2003 and Nick Cunninghamin 2004 – organised by Mr. CliveByrne.

• German exchange with NeutraublingGymnasium in Regensberg –organised by Mr. Laurence Kavanaghand Mr. Malachy Dunne.

• French exchange in conjunction withFenelon Sainte Marie, Paris –organised by Ms. Joan Manning.

• Galway trip to the PetersburgAdventure Centre – with a range ofextreme activities on offer.

• Soccer Tournament.

• Irish Hospice Foundationfundraising/collecting.

• Helping to organise/supervise anumber of St. Michael’s Houseactivities.

• Inter-Class Debate culminating inNiall O’Briain winning the LorcanGogan Memorial Trophy in 2003 andRoss Church winning it in 2004.

• Battle of the Bands – with TransitionYear 2004 featuring a host ofpromising talent: Raspey Greg, The Burns, PSP, Stoned Prunes andEther.

• Work Experience – organised by MrDavid Dunne.

• Cinderfella – a much altered versionof the classic fairy tale, staged bythe 4th years at the Distribution ofCertificates ceremony for parents andstudents.


A – Watching an impromptu teachers –v- students soccer match in Galway: : (left to right) Dara Lernihan, RossBowe, Daniel Casari, Liam Mulligan, Ronan Good, Conor Geraghty, Gary O’Doherty, Mark Aboud.

B – Jump said Darragh Fanning – leading the way.C – And they did!D – Covering all the angles while undertaking research in order to create a website for the Cathal Brugha Bar-

racks were (l-r) Paul Huddie, Daniel Hardiman and John Hanlon.E – Brian Moran.F – Getting ready to support the SCT (left) Dara Lernihan and Eanna Brennan.G – Brian Moran and Alan Dalton face a challenge from Conor Donoghue.H – Helping with the presentation of medals to the St. Michael’s House school students (l-r) Oisin Cahill, Brian

Tierney and Kieran Raymond – with (behind) Paul Huddie.I – Niall O’Briain tries out a Kevlar protection suit during a visit to Cathal Brugha Barracks.

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INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• SCT Squad Members – 4th Years onthe SCT squad in 2003 were: ConorMcInerney, Alan Dalton, RobertGannon, Marc Aboud and RichardSweeney. 4th Years on the SCT squadin 2004 were: Kevin Gallivan, NeilCowhey, Jack Buggy, Eamon Moranand Mark Sexton.

• Web Site Design – Dara B. Clarke,Hugh Lyons and Daniel Wu (alongwith past pupil Mark Sullivan andMr. Jim Kirby, Mr. Brendan Feehanand Mr. John Nisbet) produced anew school website in 2003. Theaddress is: www.stmarys.ie.

• European Youth Parliament (2003)Dara B. Clarke, Daniel Wu, RobertMaher and Niall O’Briain reached the2nd round of the conferences.

• TG4 Film (2003) – a short film “YuMing is ainm dom” starred DanielWu. For the part TG4 needed aChinese person that could speakIrish!

• Public Speaking (2003) – Grade 4 -Dara Clarke achieved First ClassHonours with a gold medal – and allof the following achieved First ClassHonours: Stephen Byrne, Ross Bowe,Conor Cullen, Conor McInerney, BillyClancy, Daniel Wu. (and in Grade 3)Niall O’Briain, Michael Tyndall, AidanO’Dea, Terence Somerville, JohnMcGill, Shane O’Connell, Eoin Mooreand Daniel Hardiman.

• Horizon (2004) – a project to bringteenagers, North and South, Catholicand Protestant, together – JohnTwomey, Zach Murray-Golden andPhilip Doran participated in a threeday visit to Co. Down.

• Feis Maitiu (2004) – Hugh Doddyand Sam McArdle, 2nd place in theU16 Duolog competition. ZachMurray-Golden, highly commendedin the Sean O’Casey Cup.

• Equestrian (2004) Kevin O’Connellrepresenting Ireland at Peterboroughin August.


Winner of the inaugural Transition Year Perpetual Cup 2004, Daniel Wu is pictured here in the TG4 short film (2003) "Yu Ming is ainm dom

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