Ajdal Astarbadi

Shibl Astarbadi

Kate Bedell

Tierna Browne

Cillian Butler

Anthony Byrne

James Byrne

Linda Byrne

Paul Byrne

Siobhan Byron-Smith

Linda Collier

John Coone

Paul Corcoran

John Crowley

John Cullen

Michael Cummins

Stephen Daly

Francis Deevy

David Dillane

Shane Donnelly

Patrick Dormer (r.i.p.)

John Duigan

Noel Fahy

Stephen Farrell

Barry Fogarty

Daniel Forde

Paul Forkin

Teresa Garrigan

Fergus Green

Ulick Hallinan

John Halpin

Ian Heather

Jane Holohan

Luis Horca

Christopher Johnson

Gerard (Paddy) Johnson

Martin Kavanagh

Ciaran Keane

Jacqueline Kennedy

Michael Keogh

Ian Knight

Marcel Kral

Arno Larkin

Paul Larkin

William Larkin

Derek Lawlor

Fergus Leahy

Anne Leckie

Aidan Lowry

Raymond Maher

Jonathon May

Brian McCarthy

Marlene McCarthy

Stephen McCarthy

Gerard McGarry

Eoin McGivern

Siobhan McGivern

Jim McLoughlin

Jeffrey Mitten

Anne Murphy

Michael Murphy

Richard Nolan

Mark O'Connor

Timothy O'Connor

Tadhg O'Fathaigh

Kieron O'Flaherty

Sean O'Leary

Gerard O'Mahoney

Pamela O'Neill

Hugh O'Reilly

Karl O'Toole

 

Declan Paisley

Carol Anne Parker

Thomas Quigley

Ciaran Quinn

James Ray

David Ryder

Derek Ryder

Lorraine Rylands

John Sheridan

Mark Simons

Stuart Smyth

Ciaran Somers

Patrick Staunton

Helen Strapp

Declan Swanton

Francis Thompson

John Thompson

Niall Walsh

Owen Walsh (r.i.p.)

Geraldine White

Laurence Wolahan

Marie Young

Colette Zaidan

Daryn Zaidan

We did not all start together, nor did we all finish together; but for a time we worked together.

What's Happening?

Tierna Browne: I can't believe that it is almost 26 years since I left!  Where does the time go? It is great to see the lists of classmates and it certainly brings back some brilliant memories.

I emigrated to Scotland in 1991 having completed my medical training in Dublin. I also worked in a variety of Irish Hospitals before pursuing a career in General Practice in Scotland. I live in Dunfermline just north of Edinburgh with my husband and two children Rory(7) and Conor(5).

I continue to play the fiddle for enjoyment and have found some great Scottish musicians who play excellent Irish music! We get together every week.

I still try to visit home as often as I can and would love to catch up with you all. I would also be very interested in getting any class directory that might exist. I would be happy for you to place my contact email address in such a directory.

I am very saddened to hear of the sudden untimely death of Owen Walsh which I would have been unaware of if it were not for your classnotes. I was also shocked to hear of the death of Dara Shakespeare.

Thank you once again for an excellent opportunity to catch up with my past. [March '06]

Jane Holohan:  You may not remember me, the only thing that might remind you was that I was a troublesome little thing who smoked and I was constantly late and on playground paper duty.

I left the school with no exams taken and had to go back to college in my twenties (I was probably only emotionally ready for it then).

I am forty-three now and have three children, Emir-25, married, Calvin-21 and Olivia Jane 15.  I also have three wonderful grandchildren plus one wee one on the way. (Emir is Miss Ireland 1999.) I am sadly divorced, my marriage was annulled this year but I remain on good terms with my former husband.

I live in Belfast, and became a social worker.  I work with the Travelling Community, as a childcare coordinator and develop services to support Traveller children through education.  They are wonderful kids.  I love my work.  I am studying part time towards a H dip in Counselling and will hopefully work in that field later on.

I became a Christian three years ago. -I am still a Catholic but I think God must have finally had enough of me and reeled me in -- it was shortly after the death of my lovely Mother -- she probably pleaded with Him in person!

My journey to faith was a long and painful one but I am so grateful to our God who transformed my life from a very mediocre existence into something that has meaning and peace.  I attend Clonard monastery for Mass and pastoral support. In the last couple of years I have been involved in an ecumenical movement there called the Unity Pilgrims, I have made some wonderful friends through it.

I have very fond memories of St. Laurence's.  I enjoyed my time there.  The Brothers were kind, good natured and respectful, something I did not always appreciate at the time.

I drove by the school a couple of months ago and was struck at how small it looked.  It seemed vast back then.
I hope you are all well, perhaps next time I'm in the area I might risk calling in.

Take care and God bless you. [Nov. '05]

Paddy Johnson: Following school I took an English degree at Trinity College . On graduation, desperate to avoid making an honest living, I enrolled for two years in art college. There I discovered I was way too talented and important to become an employee of any kind, so signed on for the Bohemian lifestyle and social assistance. One year later I was more than ready to lose myself in the 9 to 5 world of earned income.

In the Dublin of the mid 80s work was not exactly thick on the ground but I found my way gradually into the art and book worlds. Presently I live in New York , my home of the last 13 years. I work in the rare and art books field, selling hard to trace visual reference titles.

Recently I have taken a job with a small bookstore/gallery specializing in rare collectible 20th Century publications. In addition we are involved with the publication and distribution of contemporary artist's book projects, the exhibition and sale of related art works, and with the organization and development of private archives.

In years past I have been fitfully involved with writing on the arts for various periodicals and catalogues, and authored a book on Irish first names. The publication of this last - O'Baby; The Irish Baby Name Book - has upped the ante on me to produce something of more personal worth and I am currently working on a story which might, or might not, be for children.

But enough about me. What got me searching online for St. Laurence College contacts was a wish to get in touch with my old art teacher, Ita Nelson. Googling her name was how I got to this site. I want to drop her a letter of appreciation. I was a somewhat withdrawn and shy pupil at St. Laurence's (as they say in this great country, "go figyur!")and the extra time and interest she showed - hardly noticed by me at the time - is something I appreciate now as exceptional and valuable, especially as my understanding of her is as a somewhat reserved and private person herself. I would be really grateful if you have a contact address or email for her so I could drop a word.

This site is a great resource. Thanks and all the very best. [March ‘07]

Walsh, Owen: (Dublin) Feb. 12, 2006 (suddenly) in St. James's Hospital Owen (Music teacher of S.C.R and late of Kilmacud) beloved husband of Phyllis and dear father of Sophia, Hugh Patrick; deeply regretted by his loving family and friends. Rest in peace. Reposing at the Larry Massy Funeral Home, 100 Terenure Road North. Removal tomorrow (Thursday) to Kimmage Manor Church arriving at 5.30. Funeral on Friday after 10 o'c. Mass to Mount Venus, Rathfarnham. ( Irish Independent) [Feb. '06]

Laurence Wolahan: The website is a great idea. Looking back over, in my case, two class lists (1980 and 1981) and reading other site entries was both very thought and image provoking. A flood of happy, amusing, some downright hilarious (and the occasional forgettable) memories came back to me. 
 
Some biographical information: After leaving Laurence's in 1981 I did an Accounting and Finance degree at DCU and worked in tax in Dublin before moving to London in 1988. I am now working in recruitment and enjoying life living in Essex, England, married to Andrea. We have been blessed with two children Erin (3) and Jasper (1).
 
Some old memories include: 
  • Great times playing and usually losing at rugby with some great lads.
  • Peter Simons in another note on the website mentioned that he bought Mr Heaney's old midget. Well I can still see a group of six years lifting up and carrying that same midget from the car park and depositing it in the middle of the playing pitch on their last day.
  • Working cleaning the school after school finished and during the summer English school for Spanish students. We had some real hoots working there. Bro. Fred took Michael O'Neil (student), Paul Kennedy, Declan Swanton (I think) and myself camping to Slea Head in Kerry when one summer school was finished. (Fred, I'm still cooking burgers to the recipe you thought me all those years ago.) 
  • We had a great time in Mr O'Broin's woodwork class and were given the opportunity to make an item of furniture to keep. My little wine table is with me in Essex. I wonder does John Dolan still have the double bed he made?
  • 'Hands on head' in Madeleine O'Shea's accounting class. 
I will keep an eye on the site for further updates. [Feb. '06]

 
   
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