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1941:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Noreen Kelleher/Sr Bonaventure |
Education |
Research Associate at Oxford |
UK |
1964:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Patrice McAdoo (Hodgins) |
Shorthand & Typing in Miss Hayne's Academy, Grand Parade |
Retired (Worked in Insurance & in CUH) |
Ballincollig |
1966:
1967:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Veronica O'Loughlin ( Conroy) |
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Cork |
1968:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Mary Lee (Seward) |
BSc. UCC |
~~~~ |
Bishopstown |
1970:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Marita McGeady (Shaw) |
Home Economics Teaching, St Angela's Sligo |
Irlen Diagnostician |
Lucan, Dublin |
1972:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Marian Horgan (Eager) |
~~~~ |
Legal Executive for a Solicitor |
Cork |
Marion Meany (Groeger) |
Occupational Therapy, Dublin |
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1973:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Deirdre Harbison (O' Brien) |
School of Commerce |
Retired |
Limerick |
1977:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Mary Morrison (Henchion) |
School of Commerce, Morrison's Island |
Administrator UCC |
Midleton |
1978:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Nuala Wall |
RTC (CIT) and Arts in UCC |
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Dara Shearer (Kerr) |
Bachelor of Dental Surgery UCC; Master of Community Dentistry, University of Otago, New Zealand |
Research Fellow & PhD candidate in Dental Epidemiology |
New Zealand |
1979:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Colette (Lynch) Phelan |
~~~~ |
Senior Educational Psychologist with the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) |
Cork |
Anne Kelleher (Hurley) |
~~~~ |
~~~~ |
Glanmire |
Sally Baxter (Dillon) |
Lee Commercial College; Diploma in Autistic Studies UCC |
Special Needs Assistant |
~~~ |
Maire Crowley (O' Mahony) |
BSc. Nursing Studies; MSc. Nursing Studies |
~~~~ |
~~~~ |
Judith O' Brien (Lynch) |
Crawford Art College |
~~~~ |
Ratoath, Co. Meath |
Nikki Wain-Long |
Crawford Art College |
~~~~ |
~~~~ |
Carmel Murphy |
BSc. Hons, MSc. Hons UCC; Physical Therapy & MLD Therapy |
Running a retail book business (bookhaven.ie) |
Dublin |
Angela O' Donovan |
Professional Cookery CIT; Child care - Special Needs |
Special Needs Assistant in a primary school |
Rochestown |
Jackie O' Gorman |
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Detroit, Michigan |

1980:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Lisa Platts (Kerr) |
BA in French & Spanish UCC |
Proofreader |
Christchurch, New Zealand |
Martha Henchion |
BA Degree |
Administration UCC |
Cork |
Denise O' Sullivan Moriarty |
BA HDE UCC; Masters of Arts in Teaching Emmanuel College Boston |
Teacher |
Boston, Massachusetts |
1982:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Elaine Powell |
B.A. (Hons), English & Geography; Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology UCC |
Author |
England |
Mandy Farrell (Kerr) |
Sight & Sound Secretarial Course; Dental Nurse Diploma (NZ) |
Dental Nurse |
Oamaru, New Zealand |
Lynn Slattery (O' Callaghan) |
Fine Art Degree Crawford College of Art & Design |
Sculptor & Painter |
Mount Merrion, Dublin |
Annmarie Ryan Hall |
General Nursing Course Jervis Street Hospital |
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Mallow |
1984:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Gillian McCarthy Kearney |
~~~~ |
Owner of Bramley Lodge Restaurant |
Cobh |
Aisling O' Callaghan |
Thomond College Education Limerick Phys. Ed. & Maths; French UCC |
Teacher |
Cobh |
1985:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Fiona Curtin |
BA (Hons.) French & German; MBA &MSc. UCD |
Head of Innovation in Heineken |
Dublin |
Margaret Cashman |
Science UCC |
~~~~ |
Dublin |
1986:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Colette Smith (Cronin) |
Purchasing & Materials Management |
Sourcing Manager at Stryker |
Cork |
1987:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Anne Stack (Hartnett) |
AMI Montessori, Sion Hill & St. Pat's Drumcondra |
Principal, St Paul's School, COPE Foundation, Montenotte |
Carrigaline |
Noreen Murphy |
College of Commerce - Senior Secretarial Skills & CIT - Irish Institute of Accounting Technicians |
Regional Credit Controller |
Cork |
Niamh McCreary (Spillane) |
Computer Science Degree, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California |
Manager, Global Storage Development Team, Hewlett Packard |
California |
Diane Hodnett |
B.Comm |
~~~~ |
~~~~ |
Brenda Connolly (O' Sullivan) |
BSc. Nursing Studies UCD; Diploma in Management NCI; Postgrad Infection Control RCSI; MSc. Public Health, Health Protection UCC |
Registered General Nurse & Midwife |
Douglas |
Celine Maguire (O' Mahony) |
B.Soc.Sc.UCC, Diploma Personnel and Training National College Ireland, M.Sc. University of Northumbria, Fellow CIPD |
Head of HR & Associate Lecturer |
Naas, Co. Kildare |
1988:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Aisling Foley |
BCL in UCC; DBS in UCD Qualified as a Solicitor |
Project Manager in an NGO called Home of Hope |
Cape Town, South Africa |
Audrey Murphy Brandmayer |
~~~~ |
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Aubeterre sur Dronne, Charente, France |
1989:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Lorraine Haberlin (O' Connor) |
MMI Grad CIT |
Senior Program Manager, EMC |
Cork |
Jennifer Hourigan |
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland |
~~~~ |
Los Angeles, California |
Joan Byrne (O' Mahony) |
~~~~ |
Solicitor, O'Flynn Exhams |
Cork |
1990:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Valerie Murphy |
TCD BA (mod), PhD. UCC Medicine |
Consultant Psychiatrist |
Cork |
Gillian King (Murphy) |
Executive Secretarial Course Skerry's College |
Worked in Banking with AIB, now a full time mum |
Massachussetts, U.S.A. |
Genevieve Wiseman (Guiney) |
UCC Civil Engineering, H. Dip. In Environmental Engineering |
Chartered Civil Engineer in Eli Lilly |
Blackrock |
Susan Ormond |
Arts UCC; H. Dip. Ed. |
Irish & French teacher |
Carrigaline |
Niamh Clifford (Sheehan) |
~~~~ |
Working in the Irish Embassy in Singapore |
Singapore |
Charlotte Ryan |
BA; HDip Ed.; HDipAIS UCC |
~~~~ |
~~~~ |
1991:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Anne Keane (Finnegan) |
Business Studies Skerry's College |
Senior Private Banking Manager |
Cork |
Catherine Neville |
B. Comm UCC; H.Dip. Computer Science |
IT Analyst/Programmer |
Glounthaune |
Lisa Thornhill (O' Sullivan) |
Science Diploma U.K.; Secretarial Course in Skerry's College; Montessori Course St Nicholas' College |
S.N.A. in St Paul's special school, Montenotte |
Cork |
Orlaith Richardson (Dennehy) |
~~~~ |
Sales & Operations Director |
London |
Maria Murphy (Barry) |
B. Comm UCC |
~~~~ |
Cork |
Niamh Sheehan |
~~~~ |
~~~~ |
Singapore |
Claire Healy (Cashin) |
Degree in Hotel Management & Business, Shannon College of Hotel Management |
~~~~ |
Cork |
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C.I.P.D., UCC HR Management |
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Counselling & Psychotherapy Training at The Counselling Centre. |
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1992:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Gwyneth (Gwen) Quin |
~~~~ |
Senior Cabin Crew, Aer Lingus |
Cork |
Lousie Crowley (Monaghan) |
Law at UCC BCL & LLM; PhD in Cardiff University; Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching & Learning UCC |
Senior Lecturer in the Law School at UCC, Researcher & Lecturer in Family Law |
Cork |
Carolann Deasy |
Interior Design and Architectural Draughting |
Director & Owner of Interior Design Firm CDC Interiors |
Cork |
Kim O' Sullivan (Healy) |
Bilingual Secretary course in the College of Commerce |
Cloud support in VMware (the IT industry) |
Cork |
Sandy Boundy (O' Riordan) |
BA European Studies UCC; MBS International Business UCD |
Internal Communications & CSR Manager, Heineken Ireland |
Cork |
1993:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Joanna Imray (Wedgbury) |
BSc. Business Information Systems UCC |
Stud Owner - Breed thoroughbred racehorses |
Scotland |
Nicola Crompton |
Travel and Tourism Course |
Manager, Joe Walsh Tours Cork |
Cork |
Orla Kavanagh |
BA and H.Dip. UCC |
Working for Aer Lingus |
Cork |
Frances Humphreys |
B.Sc. Computer Applications CIT |
Software Development Manager |
Dublin |
Gillian O' Leary (O' Sullivan) |
Skerry's Business College |
Export Sales for a multinational Plumbing & Heating Company |
Cork |
Regina Shortt |
Process Plant Technology (Hons) CIT |
Quality Auditor employed in Stryker Instruments |
Cork |
Catherine Heffernan (McCarthy) |
~~~~ |
~~~~ |
Rochestown |
Kate McAuliffe (O' Loughlin) |
~~~~ |
Personal Assistant to a Headteacher |
Royston, UK |
1994:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Marianne Hutchinson |
BSc. Business Information Systems UCC |
Senior Manager, Accenture - Financial Services (Consultancy) |
Melbourne, Australia |
Maria Lynch |
Computer Applications; B.Ed. In Education & Science |
Primary School Teacher |
Cork |
Edel Humphreys |
Computing in Tralee Regional Technical College |
Software Test Engineer |
Cork |
Laura Egar |
UCC & DCU |
~~~~ |
Vienna, Austria |
1995:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Carrie Reeves (Donnelly) |
Office Information Systems Skerry's Business College |
Homemaker |
Singapore |
Ruth Cooney (Carey) |
B.Comm UCC |
Chartered Accountant with PWC |
Cork |
Áine McCarthy |
BA; H.Dip. BIS UCC; Masters of Art International Tourism UL |
~~~~ |
Tipperary |
Yvonne O' Neill (McGinn) |
BA Italian & Irish UCC; Postgrad. In Primary Teaching Mary Immaculate College |
Primary Teacher in Faranree |
Cork |
1996:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Jean O' Donnell |
BA |
Lead IT Recruitment Consultant |
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Sarah Twomey |
BSc. Geography, P.E. & Sports Science; Postgraduate Dip. Applied Psychology; M.A. Integrated Coastal Management; Ph.D. Marine Geography |
Integrated Maritime Policy & Stakeholder Engagement Specialist, Beaufort, UCC |
Cork |
Fiona Prendergast |
BCOMM UCC; Masters in the Smurfit Institue |
Asset Management with JPMorgan |
Dublin |
Orna O' Connell |
BA in Economics & Geography UCC |
Qualified Financial Advisor |
Cork |
Olivia Sheehan |
BSc. Chemistry UCC |
~~~~ |
Douglas |
Joy Mason (Tobin) |
Dental Hygiene & Therapy University of Leeds |
~~~~ |
Outside London |

1997:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Leah O' Mahony |
BSc. Biomedical Science UCC |
Medical Laboratory Aide, H.S.E. |
Cork |
Michelle Geaney (Kelleher) |
Qualified Accounting Technician; CPA Qualified |
Finance Director - Charles McCarthy Plumbing Ltd |
Cork |
Ann Spriggs |
Secretarial Course in St Peter's Community School |
~~~~ |
Passage West |
Catherine O' Herlihy (O' Brien) |
BCL |
Qualified as a Solicitor |
Cork |
Aoife Twomey |
Law UCC; Postgrad in Legal Practice Oxford University |
~~~~ |
Cork |
1998:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Ceara Aston |
Accounting |
A.C.C.A. Accountant in FDC & Associates |
Cork |
Jacqueline (Jacqui) White (McAuliffe) |
Diploma in Business Management & Security |
Garda in Anglesea Street |
~~~~ |
Ruth Penney |
~~~~ |
~~~~ |
Cork |
Karen Crompton (Murphy) |
~~~~ |
Owner of Barber Shop in Blarney |
Ireland |
Caroline McCarthy |
Business Studies CIT |
Administration |
Cork |
Caitriona Dickinson (Coghlan) |
BA MA Economics UCC |
Consultant Relations at UBS Global Asset Management |
London |
Erica Constant (Murphy) |
Qualified Accounting Technician & Qualified Accountant |
Working in UCC |
Ireland |
Deirdre McCarthy |
Business Information Systems UCC |
~~~~ |
Dublin |
Karoline Kinnerk |
Business Studies Marketing CIT |
Medical Sales Rep. |
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1999:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Kate Meyer (McBratney) |
B.Comm in UCC and MSc. Financial Services |
Global Operations Financial Manager at Latham & Watkins LLP |
San Diego, California |
Réidín Kelleher |
BSc. Software Engineering; H.Dip. Primary School Education |
Primary School Teacher |
Cork |
Rathnait Donegan (Long) |
BSc. Electrical Engineering; MSc. Microelectronic Engineering; PhD Microelectronic Engineering UCC |
Semiconductor Process Engineer, Lam Research Corporation; Consulting Assistant Professor, Stanford University |
Santa Clara, California |
Aisling Murphy |
BA in Visual Communications CIT |
Creative Director/Co-Founder Ball & Socket |
Cork |
Claire O' Rourke (Healy) |
Chemical & Process Engineering in CIT |
~~~~ |
Rylane |
2000:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Bríd Sheehan |
Applied Physics & Instrumentation |
Grid Controller - Irish Gas Networks |
Ireland |
Jane Browning (Sheehy) |
BSc. Business Information Systems UCC & Institute of Chartered Accountants professional level exams |
Accountant in Financial Services |
Cork |
Lorraine Cullinane |
BA Hons. UCC |
Training for H.Dip. In Primary Education |
~~~~ |
Joy McKernan |
BSc. Social Science; Masters in Epidemiology & Public Health |
Researcher/Administrator |
Cork |
Laura Mitchell |
B.A. Honours Degree in Theatre and Dance; H.Dip in Primary Education |
~~~~ |
Douglas |
2001:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Meg Burke |
Law & French UCC |
Barrister-at-Law |
Cork |
Gillian Ormond |
BSc. Genetics UCC; MSc. Modern Epidemiology |
Research Coordinator |
Melbourne, Australia |
Saoirse Moore |
Bachelor of Science in Property Studies (Hons.) DIT |
Lettings Property Manager |
Cork |
Kate Lambert (Murphy) |
BSc. Chemistry |
Quality Analyst with Coca-Cola |
Wexford |
Cliodhna Aideen Spain |
BSc. (Hons) Biochemistry UCC; MSc. Biotechnology Engineering University of East London |
~~~~ |
Cork |
Frances Brown (Lombard) |
Applied Psychology UCC |
Communications Consultant |
Nottingham, England |
Aoife Murphy |
Language & Cultural Studies |
~~~~ |
Kildare |
Niamh Kelleher |
BA in Social Care |
Project Worker with Peter McVerry Trust |
Dublin |
2002:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Lynne Forde |
Food Business UCC |
Product Manager at TasteTech Ltd |
Bristol, UK |
Deirdre Fitzgerald |
BSc. Government & Public Policy |
~~~~ |
Cork |
2003:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Caroline O' Mahony (Conway) |
General Nursing UCC |
Nurse in the Mercy University Hospital, Cork |
Cork |
Louise O' Mahony |
Recreation & Leisure CIT; MSc. Nutrition Science Chester University |
Manager of an Exercise Referral Scheme for the Borough of Haringey in London |
London |
Sarah Kenneally (Quinlan) |
B.Ed. Mary Immaculate College; M.Ed. UCC |
Primary School Teacher |
Glanmire |
2004:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Katie O' Brien |
BA Arts, Sociology & Psychology; MA Sociology |
Working in Google as an Online Specialist, supporting Google products. |
Dublin |
Emma Woodman-Nielsen |
Dip. In Childcare & Education |
Private childminder |
Cork |
Emma McGuire |
Travel & Tourism; Medical Terminology & Admin |
Manager of a Cosmetic Surgery Hospital |
Cork |
Aoife Murphy |
Early Childhood Studies UCC; Postgrad in Primary Education |
Primary School Teacher Gardners Hill |
Cork |
2005:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Eimear O' Mullane |
BA in Language & Cultural Studies and MBS in Food Marketing - UCC |
EU, Trade & Innovation Services Executive at Cork Chamber |
Cork |
Katie Evans |
BSc. Public Health & Health Promotion & MSc. Nutritional Sciences |
Research Nutritionist UCC |
Cork |
Julie Cummins |
Fashion & Photographic Make Up Artistry |
Sales and Brand Manager & Make up Artist |
Toronto, Canada |
Amy St Leger |
Fetac Level 5 & 6 Supervision in Childcare & Special Needs |
Assistant Manager at a Creche |
Cork |
Aine Flynn |
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Craigavon |
2006:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Linda O' Mahony |
Applied Psychology, UCC |
Solicitor |
Cork |
Laura O' Driscoll |
Speech & Language Pathology UCC; PGCE Primary London |
Primary School Teacher |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Kate English |
Biological & Chemical Sciences (Physiology) UCC; PhD Physiology UCC |
Postdoctoral Research on proteins involved in muscle contraction, University of York |
UK |
Kim Ahern |
Electronic Engineering CIT; BSc. (Hons) Cloud Computing CIT |
~~~~ |
Cork |
2007:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Róisín Foley |
Applied Social Studies UCC; Art, Craft & Design CIT Crawford College of Art & Design |
Sculptor/Working Artist/Community Artist |
~~~~ |
2008:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Aisling Keohane |
Chemistry with Forensic Science |
Garda Síochána |
Ireland |
Suzanna Carroll |
BA History & English |
Sales Manager |
Cork |
Nicole Keating |
BA, MA, PDE UCC |
Secondary School Teacher |
Cork |
Linda Nolan |
BA Early Years Education CIT |
Preschool Teacher for St Vincent de Paul |
Cork |
Clare McSweeney |
BSc. Optometry |
Optometrist |
~~~~ |
Jayne Ide |
Neuroscience UCC; Therapeutic Radiography London South Bank University |
Radiotherapy Radiographer |
UK |
2009:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Oonagh Buckley |
Applied Psychology UCC, |
Studying the MSc. Course in UCL in Psychoanalytic Development Psychology |
London |
Aoife O' Sullivan |
Business & Tourism (Hons) CIT |
Commercial Real Estate Property Manager |
London |
Sarah Slevin |
Law & Irish UCC; Masters in Business Law |
Trainee Solicitor with RDJ |
Cork |
Mary McCarthy |
Bachelors of Pharmacy UCC; Masters of Pharmacy RCSI |
~~~~ |
Cork |
Sophie Scannell |
BSc. Mathematical Science UCC; MSc.Mathematical Science UCD; MSc. Computational Fluid Dynamics Imperial College London |
Mathematician/Consultant Risk Analyst |
London |
2010:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Sorcha Gilroy |
Mathematical Sciences UCC |
~~~~ |
Edinburgh |
Shauna Nolan |
Diploma in Dental Nursing UCC |
Dental Nurse |
Cork |
2011:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Niamh Buckley |
Radiography in UCD |
In Final Year Radiography |
Ireland |
Dearbhail O' Connell |
B.Ed. with Irish in Mary Immaculate College |
Primary School Teacher |
Cork |
Alison Murphy |
BSc. Government UCC; MSc. Public Affairs & Political DIT |
~~~~ |
Dublin |
2015:
Name |
Third Level Course |
Current Occupation |
Location |
Aoife Lynch |
Arts UCC |
Student |
Cork |
Grace Boylan |
BA World Languages UCC |
Student |
Cork |