2015 Newtown Review1

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NEWTOWN REVIEW 2014/15
Student Editorial
This years review team began much smaller than most years and so we knew we had a big challenge
ahead of us when we went to our first meeting. When I (Daniel) first volunteered to be student editor I didnt
really know what was expected of me except that I somehow had to
organise the making of the Review that everyone loves. Thankfully, with the guidance of Ms Coady and Ms
Maher and the hard work of all the team, we managed to pull it together.
At the start of the year the small team worked away, doing the best we could. We managed to get a few
articles here and there but eventually we realised that in order to finish the Review we had to bring in some
outside help and so we opened up applications to the Review team again. Thats where I (Cathy) came in,
I was delighted to help and towards the end I think we really came together to work as a team. As we got
closer and closer to the end of the year everyone really focused all their efforts on getting their part of the
Review done. It was brilliant seeing all the
different pieces of the review coming together to form what youre reading now.
We would like to thank everyone who submitted articles (or had them dragged out of them) or
pictures or helped us along the way. Thank you to all the teachers and coaches who helped
arrange and get in articles and pictures from students. Thank you to all the hard working members of the
Review team for the time and work they dedicated to the Review, and finally to Ms Maher and Ms Coady
who we wouldnt have been able to do without.
Working on the Review team has been a bit of a roller coaster and there have even been times when we
thought we wouldnt be able to get it done but every challenge has brought the team together and its
been a lot of fun. If theres one thing that we would have done differently its that we wouldve gotten more
people to join the team and so we encourage next years fifth years to sign up straight away, the earlier
you get started, the easier it is. We wish next years team all the luck in the world and we hope you enjoy
reading.
Daniel Morris and Cathy Teevan
Staff Editorial
It is a fact that in the right formation, the lifting power of many wings can achieve
twice the distance of any bird flying alone
Anonymous
Welcome to the 75th edition of the Newtown Review. The Review highlights the many exciting
experiences, events and activities that students participate and enjoy throughout the academic year. The
Review team worked together and overcame the various challenges they encountered to create a publication they can be proud of. We wish them the very best as they move forward into 6th form.
Tara Coady and Sinad Maher
Review Team
Student Editors: Daniel Morris and Cathy Teevan

Creative Director: Sen g Cafferkey
Sports Editor: Aaron Vogelaar
Photography: Sophie Lee
Head Journalists: Caoilinn Brady and Lucy Allen (not pictured)
Fashion Coordinators: Anna Boyd and Caoilinn Brady
Head Interviewer: Matthew Treacy
TY Correspondent: Isabel Auld
Rest Of The Team: Estime Bongu (not pictured), Conor Kenny (not pictured) and Alexandra Gingell
Welcome to the
Review 2014/15
Hello friends.
Live Adventurously. The oft quoted Quaker phrase
challenges to push the boundaries, move from our
comfort zone and grow as people and a community
towards a better world. It is quite a challenge.
This year has been a year of many challenges as we navigate
the new world of the Free Education Scheme.
As with adventure there is the uncertainty of the path ahead and the challenges that may appear and there is the
excitement of something new around the corner. We must be prepared to step out and live. The school will be full to
capacity this September at 350+ students with three class groups entering 1st Form. Boarding numbers are holding with an
increase in the 1st Form boarders from last years intake. These are all good signs which need to be built upon.
An exciting adventure with the Department of Education and Skills is being embarked upon as we look at upgrading our
teaching and learning facilities into the future. We also need to look at our boarding facilities and continue to develop
them to provide a holistic boarding experience that forms the foundation of living and working together as a community.
As ever to this we will require funding and last year we were very grateful to receive a large donation to redecorate the
boarding houses.
This generosity of giving is wonderful and reflective of the nature of the school which encourages all to give kindly onto
others in many different ways. Speaking of giving I must thank all those who have volunteered their time to school over the
last year, from those who came to lead us in Collect, or speak to students to all those who have served on
committees or associations connected with the school. A big change has taken place in our governance structure this year.
The school, under the direction of our Patron Body (a committee of six members of the Religious Society of Friends), has
moved towards a Board of Management structure of eight members to oversee the Management and Governance of the
School. This Board replaces the School Committee of 36 people and its various subcommittees. A large thank you should
go to all the members of School Committee and the subcommittees for their endeavour and commitment over the years and
in particular to Debbie Bailey, the outgoing Chair of School Committee, who has worked tirelessly for the school over the
last six years as Chairperson. The new Board of Management will be chaired by Redmond ODonoghue who will bring his
vast experience to the school.
I wish Redmond and the new Board well as it too embarks on the schools new adventure.
I wish this years 6th Years every success in their lives ahead. Robert Frost came up in their English exam and I encourage
them to be brave and thoughtful in all their decisions in the future whichever of the roads they may travel. Gillian Denniston
is also embarking on a new stage of her journey as she retires from life here in Newtown School. I thank her for her great
contribution to the school in teaching, boarding and her general bonhomie. I am sure we all wish Gillian (and Edward,
who retired last year) every happiness and blessing in retirement.
Trying to decide what to write for this introduction to the review has been difficult for such a busy year with so many
highlights and changes that have occurred. But this is the nature of life, constant change- the definition of life itself!, with all
the time decisions having to be made.
Living in a community such as Newtown our decisions have an impact on each other so everyone has a responsibility to
think, and act in a manner that is considerate to others. This is often hard to do. Our Quaker beliefs encourage us to act as
Jesus did and be servant helpers to others, often putting others before ourselves and always treating others as we wish to
be treated ourselves.
As I reflect on last year and look forward to the next I try to hold onto this principle for all of us living and working in
the school.
The pages of this review give a taste of many of the activities from the year. It cannot reflect all the small personal
successes and failures that take place each day but as you read I also encourage you to reflect on your own year and
highlight the good things and look forward to the future with hope and encouragement with the knowledge that even if
things dont go right, we can learn from the experience and then make things better for the future.
Thank you to the editors and contributors to this review and I wish you all every blessing for the year ahead.
In friendship
Keith
Staff List
Michael Ashmore
Zofia Hadbavna
Gretta Barry
Regina Hanley
Bernadette Bennett
Gerard Hanlon
Valbone Bhatiri
Doreen Hilliard
Helena Bruncikova
Patricia Hogan
Terry Butler
John Hourigan
Breda Callahan
Charlotte Hughes
Tara Coady
Viktoria Ivanchenko
Eithne Colclough
Emyr Jones
Mary Collins
Soikans Josephine
Andrew Cox
Elizabeth Kavanagh
Betty Croke
Paul Keappock
Aimee Crokee
Siobhan Keappock
Alice Daniels
Sally Kearney
Catherine Daniels
Mary Kelleher
Alina Dauksaite
John Kennedy
Kim Delija
Helena Kennedy
Gillian Denniston
Heather Kennington
Claire Dillon
Aoife Keogh
Paul Dooley
Karen Keogh
Mary Farrell
Maria Keohan
Emma Fitzharris
Brideen Kirwan
Anne Foley
Noreen Lawless
Joan Glasheen
Keith Lemon
Iris Graham
Amanda Lennon
Claire Guyon
Hugh Lyons
Betty Maher
Sinead Maher
Bernadette McGettigan
Kathleen Moran
Donal Motherway
Donna Murphy
Aoife Noctor
Samus Cuinn
John OBrien
Jean OCarroll
Donal OConnor
Mary OConnor
Deirdre ODriscoll
Patricia OShea
Kevin Pim
Terry Pulbrook
April Rellis
Bryan Ronan
Karen Rowe
Fintan Scanlon
Declan Sexton
Peter Taylor
Andrew Wall
Marian Wall
Maria Walsh
Geraldine Walsdorf
Richard Winters
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Staff Interviews
Terry Pulbrook
Kevin Pim
What do you do in Newtown?
What do you do in Newtown?
Head of Boarding.
I turn off lights, and then turn them on again in the

morning. I could do this upwards of 50 times a day.
What did you study in college?

Music, Philosophy and French.
During the rest of the time I put my energies into

being a change agent for unruly young adults.
What did you do before you came here?
What did you study in college?
I taught for many years, some of those years in

Boarding Schools, then became Head of Boarding in
Hotel management, H.R. teaching and now TV

production. Youd be surprised how much Ive needed
Kilgraston School, Perth, Scotland.
all that I have learned up to now.
How is Newtown different from other places

youve worked?
What did you do before you came here?

Ive always been here, came through the front gate
It is less formal than other schools I have I have worked

in, and the students have greater freedom.
for the first time when I was several days old. The best
thing involved backpacking on an around the world
Whats it like looking after girls dorms?
ticket and spending eight months in a campervan

travelling around Australia with my family. I discov-
A pleasure! Keeps me on my toes!

Whats your favourite memory here so far?
Meeting my colleagues for the first time and being struck
by how nice they were. Then my first meeting with all the
girls and feeling very privileged to have special
responsibility for them.
ered early in life that money will come and go, life
experiences accumulate.
How has Newtown changed since you
came here?
Well back then students were happy with spelling out
rude words while turning a calculator upside down,
none of that Snapchat stuff back then.
Whats it like looking after boys dorms?
Do you think I could write a tell all and have it
published in the Newtown review? Yes all of the
students are lovely very polite.
Whats your favourite memory here so
far?
Anything? A lot of the women are married now of
course Seriously though, over the six years of
playing rugby here in Newtown we lost eleven times
to Glenstall Abbey, the moment the whistle blew on
the twelfth time and we had finally won.
When everything seems to be going wrong at the one
time, I bring myself back to that moment.
Gapper Interviews
Brigette Broaders
Where are you from?

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Also Paradise,
Newfoundland.
What do you think of Newtown so far?
I think Newtown is an interesting school, far different
from the school I went to, and it is a welcome change.
What made you pick Ireland for your gap
year?
History and culturally my strongest roots are from
Miriam Enkel
Where are you from?

I am from Canada. I was born in Ontario (near Toronto)
but moved to Victoria, British Columbia for secondary
school.
What do you think of Newtown so far?
I really like it. I love how teachers are so welcoming and
friendly and everything is pretty laid back.
What made you pick Ireland for your gap
year?
here and I wanted to see what it was like.
I applied to the UK and Ireland but Ireland was my first

choice because I had never been before and heard that
Whats your favourite memory here so

far?
it was an amazing country with friendly people.
That would probably be interacting with the students

in a positive way.
What were your rst impressions?
My first impressions were that the school could be
intimidating and now I know that isnt true.
Whats your favourite memory here so far?

I loved going to see To Kill a Mockingbird in Dublin!
But I know there are many more to come.
What were your rst impressions?
Newtown looks really fancy and impressive compared to
the modern schools in Canada!
Have you learned anything from your time

here?
Patience. Lots of patience.
Whats your favourite lunch?

Definitely the chicken wraps!
What will you do after this year?

Currently I am enrolling into university for
Criminology; hopefully that is what Im doing.
Have you learned anything from your time

here?
Still learning as I go along but Ive learned to put myself
out there more.
What will you miss most about Newtown?

I think Ill miss the vibe of the school and all of its
quirky characters.
What will you do after this year?

Im going to university in Canada and I plan to study
Primary Teaching!
What will you miss most about Newtown?
I will miss the laid back and friendly environment of the
school and getting to see different parts of Ireland on
school trips.
AN INTERVIEW WITH
Nick Popplewell
Nick Popplewell was born in Dublin in 1964 and first started attending Newtown at the age of thirteen.
There he made many great memories and honed his skills at rugby. He went on to make the Leinster and
then Irish team as loose head prop. He went on to win 48 caps for Ireland and started for the British &
Irish Lions in all three tests against New Zealand in 1993. We were lucky enough to get in contact with Mr
Popplewell and ask him a few short questions about his career and his life as a Newtown student.
Where are you from?
I moved from Dublin to Gorey when I was 8
so I have always considered myself a Yellow
Belly. I have lived in Killinick, Wexford for the
past 15 years.
How did you first get started playing
rugby?
I went to Brook House Preparatory school
when I was nine and I started playing rugby
there. I continued playing in Newtown when I
moved there at the age of 13.
What is your proudest achievement?
Being picked for the Irish and British Lions in
1997 (I think) and playing in all three tests.
We beat New Zealand in the second test, which
was my only victory against them I had over 10
matches.
Who are the greatest players youve played
with or against?
With: Simon Geoghagan, John Murphy
(Greystones and Ireland), Rob Andrew, Dean
Ryan (Wasps, England), Martin Johnson, Brian
Moore, Dean Richards (Lions), Francois
Piennar (South Africa and World 15).
Against: Every New Zealand player I have
ever played against, their professionalism and
level of fitness was second to none (obviously
Ireland have moved on since the 90s and can
compete with every team as their world ranking
shows).
Newtown gave me

the discipline to always be
fair on the pitch
What was it like playing for the Lions?

The proudest moment of my career, Ireland always
struggled in my day, and being given the opportunity to
play with world class players allowed me to concentrate
on a props core duties, no disrespect to the Irish set up
but senior players at the time were always covering for
other players which added a lot of pressure, nowadays
everyone is more than capable of holding their own
against any opposition. So in a nutshell it gave me a lot
of freedom on the pitch.
What was your favourite experience

in rugby?
Probably playing professionally for three years
with Newcastle.
What did you think of Newtown when you
first came?
I had been boarding since I was 8 in Brook
House, so that aspect wasnt new. My previous
school Brook House had only 60-70 boarders
and you had to wear a uniform, they also had
corporal punishment. So Newtown gave me a
little bit more freedom, it was obviously
bigger, was co-ed, and you could wear what
you liked. The ethos there was definitely a
little more relaxed and free spirited.
The ethos there was definitely a little

more relaxed and free spirited
Do you feel your time in Newtown

influenced your rugby career?
Indirectly yes. Newtown gave me the
discipline to always be fair on the pitch, we
were a small school rugby- wise who
participated in the Munster B division, so we
didnt take the sport over-seriously, we also
played hockey in the same season, and this
was at a higher level. Rugby -wise we hadnt
the numbers to compete with the likes of
Rockwell and St Munchins but in our day we
could compete with anyone on the hockey
pitch. Many schools (like Blackrock) took
rugby too seriously in my view and many
players were turned off it and simply gave up
when they left, this didnt happen in
Newtown.
What is your best memory of Newtown?
I dont think I could pick one...

Playing so much sport.

Captaining Red Clan.

Playing a Leinster Hockey final with

my 3 brothers (we lost).

Food was great.

Weekends in the Comeraghs
organised by Mr. Garbett.

Teachers were great and very fair.
I dont like mentioning names as, being
50, I will probably forget a few.
What would you say to aspiring young

players?

Enjoy it.

Theres a position for everyone.

Be fair.

Stay fit and focused, eat sensibly, and

drink sensibly.
As an aside from the age of 13, I wanted to
play for Ireland and my good friend Chris Pim
also had this aspiration. We were both equally
the harder you work, the luckier

you will get
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focused and talented (he would probably say

he was more talented), I ended up playing for
Greystones, he ended up playing for Old
Wesley. I was fortunate there were less people
going for the loose head prop position in
Leinster at the time whilst there were a lot more
players going for Chriss wing forward position.
I played against Chris in a final Irish trial (years
ago this is how they picked the Irish team) and
he was by far the best player on the pitch but
he wasnt selected and I was, so luck will always
have a strong bearing on achieving your
aspirations and The harder you work, the
luckier you will get
Bertram Allen
I made great friends and enjoyed the

boarding experience
He attended Newtown from 2008 to 2011 when he went to

Germany to pursue his show jumping career.
Bertram Allens love of show jumping began at the age of
eight. Bertram made his international debut on the Irish
Nations Cup team in 2013 and in 2014 he won the first leg
of the World Championship to become an overnight star.
Currently he is ranked in the top five show jumpers in the
world and he shows no signs of stopping. Bertram was
kind enough to do an interview with us.
How did you enjoy your time in Newtown? Was it hard
balancing your school and your career?
I really enjoyed my time in Newtown. I made great friends
and enjoyed the boarding experience. Balancing my show
jumping and school was relatively easy as the school was
very accommodating.
Why did you leave and move to Germany?
I went to school in Germany for transition year and didnt
come back!
Where in Germany are you based? Whats it like
living away from home?
I live in Hnxe near Dsseldorf. At first it was hard being
away from home but I live with a great couple and know I
need to be based in Mainland Europe for my sport.
When did you start riding? Did you ever think you
would get to where you are now?
I started riding at about 8 and no I never thought too
much about where I was going.
What achievement are you most proud of ?
I think my recent result in the World Cup Final and
winning the Dublin Grand Prix.
What is your average day like?
My average week day is riding at home and most
weekends I am at a show.
Whats it like being one of the top ten show
jumpers in the world?
Its great.
Whos your favourite horse?
My favourite has to be Molly.
Who has helped you to get to where you are?
Lots of people have helped me, most importantly my
family.
Do you keep in touch with anyone from
Newtown?
Yes I keep in touch with a good few; Brian
Kenny, William Hickey, Ben Doyle to name a few.
What advice would you give to aspiring young
riders?
My advice to aspiring riders is to work hard and love
what you do.
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Newtown in the 70s

Interview with Leslie Matson
What subject did you teach?
Well I taught French and at one time and one period I was
teaching leaving cert and upper transition. I was the only
teacher. That soon changed when Bishop Foys closed,
and after that we had two streams of French. I actually
taught quite a number of things; I taught Irish for a short
while and I think the reason for that was that the people
who were learning it were just as bad at Irish as I was, but
not quite as terrible. That was a class of slowish learners
but they had some very interesting people in the class. I
also taught maths to leaving cert pass, I had done quite a
lot of maths at school but I wouldnt have been able to
tackle the honours maths. In sixth form anyway there was
only one girl doing higher maths at the time and she was
being taught by a gentleman up from the technical school
who was a real mathematician.
When were you in Newtown?
I taught for two terms from January to July 1952. I came
on a temporary job, I wasnt actually thrown out at that
stage and I taught French then. It was difficult because I
was only a raw teacher and of course they had a
succession of completely awful French teachers who were
very incompetent, not very contentious, and the result of
that was that I was left with very tough assignments. Of
course I wasnt great at discipline either because
I was only a newly starting teacher but in those days for
those particular two terms there were only two people in
sixth form. One of them came from the north and his
father was quite famous at the time, and he was a very
good scholar. So that was 1952 and then I came in 1959
and in my first year I was studying post graduate work.
I was supposed to be on a very light timetable but the
time table didnt turn out to be very light because things
were being considerably added on to me. I think when
they saw that by then I was reasonably experienced and
with that result I taught almost full time but I was only
paid an absolute pittance. The next year I was teaching
full time as a recognised teacher and I taught from 1959
to 1977. I went away after that to be headmaster in Sligo
Grammar School.
If you ask a teacher a question, they will give you
the answer and I do apologise for how long my
answers are but that is just in my
nature of being a teacher, to answer fully
Who was the housemaster when you were in school?

I dont think we had one; we didnt have anyone who
was known as the house master. I suppose the nearest
to that wouldve been William Boggs the maths teacher,
everybody was afraid of him and he lived in the dorms.
People like Sam Macloure, Eric Decourcy and I; we lived
in the school and we did duty in the school, as well as our
teachings.
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Who was the principal?

We never called him the principal, we always called him the
headmaster. When I was there in 1952 it was Liam Glynn and
he was an interesting, gentle, straight, companionate man and
a very nice person indeed to work with. I was proud in later
life to have written about his life in the Dise
archaeological historical magazine. I respected him; he was
very keen on French and perhaps even keener on Irish, even
though he himself was a Belfast man. There is so much to
tell about him that Id better stop. In 1961 Liam Glynn retired
and by that stage he was married to Gladice Glynn who was
the secretary and also the senior mistress. They got married
in their sixties and this caused a great surprise in the whole
school. Everybody was happy about it but it still caused great
surprise because they were very different people in many
different ways; he was a bit slow about management whereas
she was first class at all that and she in fact has never had the
credit that she deserves for the work that she did for
Newtown. Liam was then replaced by Maurice Wigham.
Maurice had come some years before, I would say offhand
probably about five or six years before from St Columbus to
teach science. This was after Leicester Smith who was the
science teacher died and Maurice came from St Columbus
since in those days it was considered necessary and very
desirable to have a Quaker as headmaster, Maurice was
obviously pinpointed as everybody knew he was going to be the

next new headmaster. He was a man of intense integrity and
kindness but not a great disciplinarian, but he knew that himself
and made no bones about it. He was a lovely man to work with,
except a lot of the dirty work he didnt do because he was too
kind, so people like Sam Maclour and I had a fair share of
disciplinary work to do.
Which year was your most memorable?
Memorable suggests that it was exciting or that I wouldnt stop it,
but if I could change it I would say which do I remember most,
its certainly my first year, 1952. I could almost tell you all the
people in the school at that time because in your first teaching job
its stuck in your memory for the rest of your life; the people who
were there and I can remember where people were sitting and
various things. Now these people who were pupils at that time
are now grandparents, if not great grandparents!
Did you make any lifelong friends from Newtown?
Yes. I suppose the person that I had most to do with was Maurice
Wigham, because he was our next door neighbour. I was very
friendly with Liam Glynn and in his later years, when he was in
his 90s, I visited him regularly out in Tramore where he was
staying in a home out there and Fefe was a friend of mine
because we never socialised together very much, he was a more
social character then I am. But I had intense respect for him and
I think to some extent that respect was swapped. He seemed to
get on with me well. Another person that we were very friendly
with in later years was Louis McEvitt and Elizabeth Carter as she
was Elizabeth Walker. She was a close friend of me and Joan and
Mary Hamilton who was the assistant matron and was in fact the
godmother of our second child, Sheila.
Do you know of any changes that have occurred since you
left?
Well now I cant answer that question really because I dont know
what the present stage of life in Newtown is like at the moment,
even though Im involved with the archives to a small extent.
Nevertheless thats basically about past time not present time
but I am quite satisfied that the school thats there now is very
different from the school that was there in my first days and all
the time I was there. It was very different, and Im not saying
that its worse or that its better, Im just saying that its different
and thats, in a way, the way school should be. It shouldnt remain
static, but certainly I look back on my years in Newtown at
having been doing a job which was interesting and perhaps in
some respects unusual.
Do you have a favourite memory from Newtown?
Well favourite again is one of those words that I find hard to
interpret but Ill tell you a funny memory that stays in my mind.
Rex Webster was a lacking teacher and the senior English teacher,
and he was an intensely scholarly man and he was at Newtown
for a long time. Rex came up to retirement age and the pupils
collected up some money to give him a present. Now most
people in the school at that time were scared stiff of him, they
wouldnt have crossed him under any circumstance because he
had, what I can only describe as, a wicked tone. He could
eliminate somebody in two sentences. And he came out in front
of the school to accept his present which was actually a collection
of long playing records and I remember well his speech and he
said I do not know why you have given me this present, I can
only assume it is a thank you offering for my departure.
I have been a school teacher for 25 years and that period

Im very glad to say, Im heartily glad to say, is over.
Im not going to say that I will miss you all or that Ill miss
the school and everything because it wouldnt be true. He
lifted his hand and said VALE, and that means farewell in
Latin. Thats one memory that remains beautifully
with me.
What advice would you give to a boarder in
Newtown?
I can only give advice to a boarder for the time that I was
at Newtown but if somebody said to me Im going to be
a boarder at Newtown, Id be very tempted to say Dont.
I think in many ways boarding school life is impoverished
with good home life, thats actually a better situation. It
depends on the boarding school; I couldnt make any
judgement on how true that would be for Newtown at
the present time. The boarders in general in Newtown are
very happy. Somehow I feel that a good home life with
plenty of books around you and many of the Newtown
pupils came from many backgrounds where reading and
adventures were very important to families. On the whole
I think its better to be a day pupil.
I look back on my years in Newtown as having been
doing a job which was interesting and perhaps in
some respects unusual
Did you learn any life lessons from your time in

Newtown?
Most of the lessons that I learned I learned for particular
periods but they wouldnt be accruable to all my life. One
lesson I did learn, and Ill put it in the words of Gladice
Glynn, In school either the teachers are in charge or the
bullies are in charge. I always believed strongly that if the
teacher was not in charge of what was going on in their
class they werent doing much good for anybody. One
does not have to be cruel, but certainly one has to be in
charge.
What five words describe Newtown for you?
Passive; kindly but firm discipline, craic; people had fun at
Newtown, romance; people had lots of romance at
Newtown, even though technically it was forbidden in
certain places, happiness; we all had cause to be happy.
What was your favourite term and why?
My favourite term was always the summer term. It was
always really lovely because there was cricket going on and
in the mornings the clans would come out and roll the
cricket crease and it was always a pleasant time
looking forward to long holidays. None of the staff would
have ever corrected the leaving cert or inter-cert students
as they would now. It just wasnt done. The term up to
Christmas was always very busy because I was involved in
productions of school plays on a few occasions and that
was very heavy going, also in the first two terms I was
involved in hockey because I used to coach the boys
hockey teams. Even though the exams were there the
summer term was always the most relaxed. Most days they
werent hanging over you like the Sword of Damocles.
People were more at ease about taking the exam and your
performance in the leaving cert; it wasnt going to set the
pattern for your whole life like people nowadays assume.
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Newtown in the 70s

Interview with Des Daunt
The one thing about Newtown that I really liked was that
everyone was like your extended family because all
teachers and masters and mistresses took a very keen
interest in what the pupils were doing. There were a lot of
fun things that were organised like excursions, nowadays
Id say that kind of thing goes on all the time but back
in the 70s it was a treat for us and schools would not
have done a lot of trips like we had, we were lucky in that
respect. You learn so much more about your friends and
schoolmates outside of class than you would if you just
went home at the end of the day.
You will make plenty of friends but you

have to go and make the effort yourself
That built up the friendships and made them stronger

because you saw people in a different light. When you
were challenged it was always interesting to see how
different people would react and we got to learn that over
the years. I was in a small form, there were about forty of
us between X and Y, and twenty-nine of us did the
leaving together. Ive met half or more of them since
leaving school.
What is your favourite memory of your time in
Newtown?
There are a couple of things. Through sport I liked
playing hockey and we got to the final of the Leinster cup
against Avoca in Londonbridge road in Dublin. Leslie
Matson was the coach and that was a great occasion.
From a club point of view there was a motorcycle club
in Newtown which was located down behind the hockey
pitch up on the bank. There was a house over there and
we had a Honda 50, we did a bit of scrambling in that
around the grit pitch and that area over there and that was
so much fun.
What advice would you give to a student in
Newtown?
Get into things, get involved. You will make plenty of
friends but you have to go and make the effort yourself.
Not everything will come to you; you have to go to it.
Did you learn any life lessons from Newtown?
When you make friends, Newtown taught me a lot about
how to keep friends. I learned a lot about openness,
transparency and being truthful. At the same time you
have to enjoy everything that you do.
Do you have any funny anecdotes from your time?
There was one in school and one out of school. The one
out of school was when we were in fifth form and we
went to Clifton. About sixteen of us went. The girls that
came were lucky enough to sleep in the house but the lads
had to sleep in an army tent in the garden and it piddled
out of the heavens for the week but that didnt matter.
Roger Johnson was in charge of us over there and one
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morning we decided to go fishing in the bay at six oclock in

the morning and we got into the boat to go out.
On our way out we managed to crash the boat into the rocks
and put a huge crack in the front of the boat. We started to
sink but thankfully nothing more dramatic than that happened
and that was a huge excitement at the time.
What five words describe Newtown?
Fun, friendship, honesty, life experience and establishment.
What was your favourite school dinner?
They used to have upside down cake on the menu and it was
Madeira and it had peach and lemon drizzle on the top of it.
That was always nice and everyone queued to get that, and
again for seconds.
What was your favourite term?
I liked the winter term when we went back after the long
holiday in the summer. Back then I really enjoyed hockey and
rugby and that was when they really got going. It was the fact
of getting into a routine again; I enjoyed that and it was also
the longest term. During that term we had the dance which
the band in school that played at that and it used to be on
around the Halloween weekend. The two guys that played in
the band were Simon Crowe and Garry Roberts. They later
went on, along with Bob Geldof and a friend of his who
went to Blackrock College, and formed a new band called the
Boomtown Rats.
Interview with Julie Brown

What was you favourite subject?
Thats a difficult one because I had lots of favourite
subjects. I have to say English, Biology and Outdoor
Pursuits.
Who were the housemaster and headmistress when
you were in school?
Mr Wigham was head master at the time and there was a
Ms Porter who was in charge of some of the dormitories.
Which year was most memorable for you?
I was in Newtown for three years and I would think the
last year 1974 when we were all seniors.
Did you make any lifelong friends?
Yes; lots and lots of them. Those lifelong friends would
have been scattered all over the world, which is a
charming characteristic of Newtown, and I still
communicate with them today.
What was your favourite memory of Newtown?
My favourite memory would be friendships but during the
Leaving I built a canoe because I had a week between
subjects. It wasnt exactly a normal thing though the canoe
club was very active at that time. I have a lovely memory
of the west of Ireland and climbing the twelve pins with a
walking group in fifth form.
What advice would you give to a student or boarder
in Newtown?
To make use of all their spare time in other subjects, make
sure that they get involved in everything thats going on

around the school. Its very easy to sit down and relax
and not head into computers and things. I think other
activities are very important to get involved with because
it does bring you forward and give you good experiences
for life.
Do you have any funny anecdotes from your time in
Newtown?
Its not exactly funny but something that will always stay
with me is that, because I was very big into swimming,
I used to get up very early before breakfast and go for a
swim before school. Back then the pool was an outdoor
pool and after a few lengths the mist coming off the pool
would become so thick and just float into the air and as
you were swimming you had to tackle away the mist. We
also raided the kitchen at times but thats not something
I can say. Most of my stories I cant really say as, you
know yourself, I might get into trouble.
What five words come to mind when you think of
Newtown?
Friendly, inclusive, educational, exciting and academic.
What was you favourite school dinner?
That would be rice pudding with strawberry jam.
What was your favourite term?
My favourite term was always the summer term for the
love of sports. I loved doing exciting activities and the
theatre, all that type of thing.
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Short Stories
Mary Mac and the Afros
Raymond Clancy was standing in the wings of the

stage, listening to the massive crowd of over ten
thousand people trying to find seats, chatting, getting
hyped up for the band of the century Mary Mac
and The Afros! His band had had about twenty
various number ones such as Smokin Haddock,
and Dreary ol Sweetheart. A song about a loved
old woman who was very boring! The band was
just finishing their world tour and it had taken them
about three years and Raymond was extremely
excited to get back to his own bed and his own
house. He had one final interview to do before that
could happen however. He was due to be interviewed in the World TV studios after the gig and he
was dreading the question he was always asked at
interviews; Now tell us Clancy, what was the
inspiration for your bands name, the famous Mary
Mac and The Afros, and who the heck is this Mary
Mac? And Raymond was so tired of keeping it
secret that he had decided that he was finally going
to tell them the truth.
He continued to watch the crowd, getting more and
more restless waiting for the group to come on stage,
the roadies had set up all the instruments and the
pyrotechnics were timed and set. Clancy began to
rehearse the songs in his head and then his thoughts
wandered to the dreaded interview again. Mary Mac
was so important to him he really needed to do her
justice. The rest of the band appeared by his side,
Jim the crazy drummer, Peter the bass guitarist and
lastly his best friend Pat the lead guitarist, together
for the last time on this tour. They ran out onto the
stage and the crowd surged forward screaming their
names.
Exhausted and sweaty they finally got off the stage,
after many curtain calls, and toasted the best tour so
far. Clancy then stumbled back towards his
dressing room and had a shower while going over his
answer to that dreaded question in his head. After
the longest shower of his life, he got out and looked
at the time. He was late. He moved aside a pile of
fan mail and threw on his clothes. He then met up
with Jerry, his 67 security guard who owed Clancy
his life (long story). Jerry guided him through the
screaming fans and onto Clancys beloved Harley,
which had been kept in his trailer because everyone
knew if that Harley got one scratch Clancy would
walk off the tour! He then raced over to World TVs
headquarters in downtown Los Angeles where the
interview would be filmed in front of a live audience
and televised to seven billion people!
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Clancy parked up the Harley and went into the

studio where he sat patiently having his makeup
done and greeting people he would be on the couch
with. He waited for his cue and finally walked out
to be greeted by the host Robert Horton, Clancy sat
on the couch with an actress on either side of him
and the interview started. Clancy almost switched
off as the questions followed the usual pattern and
he responded with the practiced answers that he
always gave although the audience did not seem to
mind that they had heard them before. Finally he
heard the words he had been waiting for as they were
always asked So Clancy tell us how did you come up
with the name of the band and who is Mary Mac?
Clancy took a deep breath and glanced down at the
tattoo on his left wrist and started to speak.
Clancy explained that Mary Mac was a teacher in
school who had recognised his potential for music
and who had worked to encourage him to perform
in school and to follow his dream. His parents had
not believed in him and wanted him to be an
accountant and they did not believe that singing
was a real career so far nothing unusual about the
story! Robert Horton almost looked bored as the
story unfolded, he had a minute ago thought he was
about to have the story of the year and that the
mysterious Mary Mac was a lover or something
exotic but he was so mistaken, Yet another tale of
an inspiring teacher, he thought. Clancy
continued with his story lost in thought, Mary Mac
had one year shown him the songs she had written as
a teenager and Clancy had used them as the basis of
his best known hits. He had bet Mary Mac that if the
songs were ever successful she would have to have a
perm and live with really curly wild hair and this bet
was a long standing joke between them.
Clancy realised the audience was listening to every
word and he very quietly explained that a year ago
when Smokin Haddock the last of Mary Macs
songs reached number one he received a photo of
Mary Mac with the wildest afro hair he had ever
seen. He had planned on flying home after this tour
to celebrate with her and to toast her talent. Her
faith in him had never wavered all these years, Clancy
then looked at the audience and after a long pause
he told them that quietly Mary Mac passed away last
week and she had never been publicly recognised
for her talent and he never got a chance to see her
again. Tears flowed down the faces of the actresses
(yes, they were good!) and Clancy finished his story
by saying I am glad I shared her story with you as
behind everyone there is great talent and people who
are inspirational and I hope you all find your Mary
Mac.
Finn Brady
Tyche
The joker grinned up at him from the cards laid out

before him. He could already feel his blood
quickening. That. That feeling was what he wanted.
The single moment where he knew hed already won.
He licked his lips, tasting blood and relished the
flavour.
His opponent shivered, raising his head before
setting his shoulders and throwing his card down.
He knew his smile was manic when he saw the black
6. Hed won, obviously. The scab on his lip cracked
and he felt the blood seep lazily from the corner of
his mouth. He tossed down his joker and sat back in
his chair smugly.
HED WON, AGAIN. His opponents eyes
widened and in the split second before he could run,
there was a knife in his throat. HIS LUCK WOULD
ALWAYS WIN.
Sorry for your loss. He frowned, pulling his knife
free and inspecting the blade carefully. He sighed.
Hed won. Again.
***
The door to the block was already open when I got
there and I grumbled as I kicked the fly-ins out of
my way. They grumbled back and I frowned at their
fluorescent fur till they got sad and ambled out of
their own accord. I slammed the door after the last
one had shuffled out and glanced at the landladys
window.
The watch light was on so I rang the bell. A few
seconds later the old woman opened her lace
curtains and peered out at me through the thick
glass.
What.
There were more blow-ins.
So? Whats it got to do with me?
Nothing.
Exactly.
I shrugged. She frowned and drew the lace curtain
again. I watched her figure fade away and glanced at
the current building plan. I was on floor 5,
apartment F.
And there he was, just below me in 4F. As usual,
nothing but a wall between us. I headed to the fourth
floor.
***
My eternal neighbour, despite the building shuffle
every 36 hours, was a freak. His loud
conversations with the plants on his balcony were
often the first thing I heard in the morning. He
would stand shirtless on his balcony and proclaim
his love for his geranium Elizabeth. He also liked to
play old world music in the dead of night. I

hate music.
I knocked on his door and before I could register
anything I was on the ground, a large purple
blow-in panting down at me. I frowned and
shoved it off. William! Get in here! Go to bed!
I sighed. That voice, it haunted my dreams. The
blow-in panted and licked my face, ignoring the
call. I scowled straight at it and it sulked, its tail
drooping as it shuffled back sheepishly.
Sorry about that, a hand was offered and I
pushed it away, struggling laboriously to my feet.
He isnt usually that bad. My scowl deepened.
Hes shorter than me, white fluffy hair and
unblinking orange eyes swallowed by a huge green
hoodie.I dont care. His eyes crinkled in a smile.
Awesome, Who even says that anymore who is
this guy? Im Nix. He offered his hand again.
I looked at it doubtfully. And youre my
neighbour. I took his hand firmly, glaring straight
into his stupid orange eyes.
Keep the noise down. I tried to pull away, but
his grip tightened before I could.
Or what? His smirk was wide and I flinched at
the gleam in his eyes.
Or nothing. Let me go. He pouted and released
me, the danger in his stance fading to imagination.
What a shame.
As lovely as it was getting to know you, I have
things to do. He grinned at me, pointed teeth
flashing as I started walking away. See you
around Kes. I ignored that Id never told him
my name.
***
Later that day I broke my favourite mug in half.
Unlucky.
***
Wait, unlucky. No, there was no way that freak
neighbour of mine was doing this. 8 beats 7 and
A beats all. See, I understand the rules. I always
have. And my luck has NEVER been broken.
***
The knife at my throat was a new thing. I was
almost as surprised as you are. I could smell the
blood and for once it wasnt that exciting.
At least the wielder was taking too long enjoying
his power trip and still hadnt actually killed me.
Amateur, obviously this was his first win. I let him
have another minute to gloat until I decapitated
him.I watched his head roll and contemplated my
loss. The 8 should have beaten the 7, but for
some reason hed had a 9. My luck was slipping.
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***
I knocked on 4F, taking a step to the right to avoid
the inevitable attack coming my way. Not a second
later, the door was swinging open and William was
barrelling straight at me enthusiastically.
Howdy doody neighbour. I scowled from where
I was being head-butted into the wall, shoving the
blow-in off me and striding through the doorway.
My hand was at his throat before he could blink (not
that he ever seemed to blink), his back hitting the
flimsy wall soundly.
Who the hell are you? My face was twisted and
ugly, a guttural snarl ripping through my chest and I
felt the adrenaline running through my bloody and
twisted veins, the pounding of my heart deafening.
His smirk, a slow and smooth twist of his lips made
blood bubble in my throat, a fire raging through my
spine.
You havent figured it out yet? My grip tightened
and his eyes narrowed critically. Stupid, violent boy.
Betting your stupid, violent life on a game of luck.
What a shame, you really could have lived a beautiful
life.
Shut up. What does he know about luck this piece
of trash. You know nothing.
I know I broke your luck. What else is there? He
threw his head back, wheezing laugh cutting the air
between us. No game? No life. I heard that
somewhere once, quite fitting now. My heart stills.
Of course I knew it was him but hes an actual luck
breaker? Do those even exist outside the manuals?
They dont die do they? Ever.
This panic is unnecessary look at him hes tiny and
he cant even breathe look at him sucking for breath
whos unlucky now you crossed the wrong man
trash.
This ends here.
Lets play. Your head or mine. He laughs
breathlessly. Stupid boy.
***
Kes: 1
Nix: 5
NIX WIN!
Kes: 3
Nix: 2
KES WIN!
Kes: 7
Nix: 5
KES WIN!
Kes: 6
Nix: 10
NIX WIN!
Final draw. Pick it up, win or you die.
Kes: J
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Yes, this is it. I believe in my luck. I have to win.

Nix:A
Nonononononnononononononononononononono.
NIX WIN! No.
CLAIM YOUR PRIZE! No.
Stupid boy
***
Maybe I was a stupid boy all along. But I lived for
what I wanted. I lived free of regret or burden. Luck
breakers did not exist. But I was never meant to
either. A perfect child with perfect unbreakable luck
was unheard of. The system existed to ensure that it
stayed unheard of. And so it did. The more I grew
and learned, the more I disappeared.
***
But then again, I kind of like having you as a
neighbour. His smile was radiant, the needle at my
throat slacking.
Lets hang out together sometime. Plan on tearing
down the world together, maybe? I swallow.
Maybe.
Sarah Anne Bakker
Two Sandwiches in Wagen No. 4

I open my eyes and blink into the bright sunlight. It
breaks on the tiny dust particles floating peacefully
through the air. The train slows down; we must be
reaching Malawi soon. The heartbeat-like sounds of
the train settle down. I can see buildings
approaching, a big grey mass of tall concrete giants,
possibly some European company buildings.
I get pushed against the table in front of me as the
train comes to a sudden halt. I watch the people
getting onto the wagon, pushing each other as they
try to get a seat. Im surrounded by women with
lowered heads and hidden faces, trying to keep their
children close. By men carrying big bags of God
knows what and many emotionless faces. People are
waving at the relatives they are leaving behind. They
must have started to evacuate people too. I hear a
quiet voice behind me mumbling something while
tapping my shoulder.
Sorry? I say, turning around. Its a small boy in a
worn out T-shirt, ripped jeans and leather sandals.
Is this seat taken, sir? he asks, now in a slightly
stronger willed tone. He points at the seat opposite
me.
Make yourself comfortable, I say smiling at him as
I put my camouflage bag on my lap. I study his face.
He cant be older than nine years old, ten maybe.
Whats your name, boy? I asked him. He gives
me a scared look, thats what they all do these days.
Were here to fight for our nation, to keep these
people safe and they call us the green snakes. They
are scared of soldiers; they think that we shoot them
for selling illegal Chinese products or chewing chat
on the streets.
Whats your name? I ask again. My softened voice
this time must have calmed him down.
Casim , he still looks frightened. And yours, sir?
He must have seen the nametag on my uniform but
he ignored it. Im glad.
You can call me Samo. I dont like being called
by my surname. In fact I hate it. It is the name my
father carried. The last time I saw him was 19 years
ago when he drove away on his motorbike with a
huge bag swung over his shoulder. Three minutes
later I found my dead mother lying on the kitchen
floor with two knives sticking out of her rib cage.
Where are you headed to? I asked Casim. His
swollen fingers close around the light bike he carries
with him.
Zambia, they said we should escape, go as far as
way as we can but my brother couldnt afford a ticket
to Chipata so Ill have to find another way of getting
there.
Where is your brother now? I ask.
He he sent me away to be safe, he wants to
join you, the army I mean, Casims voice goes
very quiet, hes trying to hide an impending sob.
The landscape outside the window is turning into

a rusted metal shade now, shadows of single trees
stretching out like long protecting arms.
I have to think about my wife and my baby son,
Koru. Im afraid this time they will have to wait
longer for my return. The rebels are getting stronger
and the government needs all of the help they can
get out. I guess Casims brother is not much older
than Casim but the army will take him, they need
him, if he can carry a gun.
The woman with the food trolley is coming closer.
I asked my quiet companion if he is hungry. His eyes
widen in surprise.
Yes! he shouts.
Yes, sir, he says apologetically but I just smile.
This is probably the first time in quite a while that he
doesnt have to earn his own food. And it might be
the last time, my last chance to enjoy your meal other
than dried meat strips and canned fruit so Im
generous and get the two of us sandwiches,
chocolate and drinks.
I wish I could be sitting here with Koru. I wish I
could have spent more time with him and my wife.
After finishing our meal we start talking about his
life. He grew up with his two older brothers in the
suburbs of Malawi.
At the age of five his older brother died of malaria
so he had to survive with his other brother. Casim
was able to go to school for one year because his
brother had a full-time job, but then the company
fired underage boys and the two brothers had to
find employment on the streets. They cleaned shoes,
sold small items like chewing gum or cigarettes and
sometimes they were forced to beg.
I was always more privileged. In the life changing
summer that my father killed my mother I went to
live with my aunt in the countryside. I got a good
education. The only job I ever had to do in my
childhood was a summer job in the shop with my
cousin. When I think back to that time I hate my
father even more. Instead of being there for us he
deprived me of a mother. And now I cant be there
for my child. Its pitch black outside now. The train
moved so fast the only thing my eyes can hold on
to are the stars. Casim changed train two hours ago.
Nearly everybody has left. I can see a few soldiers
behind me, sleeping or smoking cigarettes. We will
arrive at the front tomorrow.
I hope this will soon be over. I hope I will see my
son again.
And if I dont, I hope when he is old enough he will
be proud to carry his fathers surname.
Vicki Ebert
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Poetry
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Clouds
Darkness splashed on my heart,
the day the cloud came to town.
All my dreams fell apart,
My favourite pen ran out of ink,
I rang a plumber to fix my sink,
I feel pain, I feel pain.
I feel no love, am I insane?
No word No noun,
the cloud was in town.
Bill Madigan
A Girls Head
I dont know
what Ill find there.
Its like going into
a mysterious cave
where stalactites and stalagmites
are beautiful but sharp.
Wonderfully weird things
which I will never comprehend.
There are precious diamonds and emeralds
shining like the stars.
There are twisted thoughts
that are like
complicated labyrinths
that make me
LOST
Franciszek Czekala
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Ideas
I had a good idea once.
It floated down from the sky,
Like a feather. Slowly getting closer.
A gust of wind carried it away
And I rushed to be under it.
Its gentle sway from side to side
Teasing me which way it will go.
When eventually it lands in my head,
A flame flickers from an end.
I run inside to try and put it out
But it ignites and is ash in seconds.
And so I go back outside and look
Up to the sky for good ideas.
John Jephson
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1st Form
Favourite lm of the year

Fast & Furious 7
Favourite TV show
The Simpsons
Favourite music artist
Ed Sheeran
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Most likely to
Become the next Cara Delevingne

Emma Pim
Takeover 3 Ireland
Ethan Roche
Marry a farmer/become a farmer
Susannah Doyle
Win the Grand National
Harry Allen
Replace Zayn in One Direction
Zain Ishtiaq
Cure ebola
Ethan Roche
Star in Made in Chelsea
Kimberley McGannon-Pattern
Replace Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear
Lucca Allen
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2nd Form

Insurgent
Favourite TV show
Pretty Little Liars
Hozier
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Most likely to
levingne
Become the next Cara De
Abby Fitzmaurice
Takeover 3 Ireland
Finn Brady
a farmer
Marry a farmer/become
Ivan Allen
Samantha Foley
ection
Replace Zayn in One Dir
Stefan Sumstad
Cure ebola
Rory MacDonagh
Tessella Cunningham
on Top Gear
Replace Jeremy Clarkson
Thomas Drayton
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Ski Trip
We arrived in Switzerland on the 31st of January and
travelled to Haut-Lac Centre. The journey was long
but everyone was so excited when we saw the snow.
When we got there we met the ski instructors who
were all really nice and funny. We got our skis and
then we were put into our teams; Eagles, Warriors,
Sharks and Raiders. We played a few games and went
to bed.
The next day we walked to the slopes. It was only
a 10 minute walk which was great. We divided into
groups; beginners, intermediates and experts. The
first day was great and when we got back to the
centre we all played games and won points for our
teams.
By the third day all the groups were skiing down the
mountain. By the end of the week the beginners
were skiing down the red slopes, and the
intermediates and experts on the black slopes.
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On Wednesday we went tobogganing, which was

such good fun. The next night we had a movie night
and ate lots of Swiss chocolate after we had just
gone shopping in the town beside the centre.
On our last day we had a race down the blue slope
on the mountain. We all bought pizza in the small
caf at the top of the mountain. That evening we got
our medals and enjoyed the disco.
The next morning we left early and said our
goodbyes and thanks to the instructors. Everyone
was sad to be leaving. The trip was an amazing
experience and a chance for the year to bond and
everyone got on really well. We all miss it loads
and have made lots of memories. Thanks to Mr
OCuinn, Mr Hanlon, Ms Glasheen and Ms Keogh
for accompanying us.
Abby Fitzmaurice
To Kill a
Mockingbird Trip
On the 7th of May, 2015 the 2nd
form attended a play based on
Harper Lees To Kill a
Mockingbird. Set in Alabama, this
novel took place during the era of
discrimination against black people
(1920s).
We set off on our two hour long
voyage to the Bord Gis Theatre,
Dublin to see the play formed
from the book that we have been
studying. We were seated without
any delay. The play commenced
punctually with narrators reciting
the first chapter to the packed
theatre. The fascinating play
continued up to a break so people
could refill their sweet stashes.
The play recommenced fifteen

minutes later and the second part
was a lot better than the first part.
The penultimate scene, the court
scene, was the highlight of the
play for everyone. It was exhilarating. The play concluded a short
while later and reluctantly, we
departed from Dublin to our new
destination, Newtown School.
We all thoroughly enjoyed the
experience and we would like to
thank Ms Lennon, Ms Coady,
Miriam, Ms Fitzharris and Aoife
for making the trip possible.
Ethan McInerney
The Phoenix Challenge 2014

The Phoenix Challenge is an All
Ireland Scouting Competition where
a team of ten test their skills at first
aid, backwoods (lighting fires and
survival), pioneering (knots) and
orienteering. The challenge lasts
five days and took place in Mellary
Scout Centre, Co. Waterford. We
were welcomed by the Chief Scout.
The challenge began by building our
team structure. We built ours quite
quickly; we had been training all
summer for this. We built a table,
fire, food preparation area, utensil
storage, wash area, bins and
firewood storage area. Two Icelandic
tents were put up, one for sleeping
in and one for storage. This is called
camp craft and is marked daily to
ensure that all lashings are tight and
secure. This years challenge also
included building a gateway that
would fit all members of the team
in safely.
We had seven hours to complete

this task. Two members from each
team then travelled to Waterford to
participate in a range of
activities whilst the remaining
members hiked around Mt Mellary
to collect twelve flags, we only
found half of them though. This
was followed by backwoods and
having to make a three course meal
from an apple, orange, banana, two
raw fish and four squares of
chocolate. The hike to the first
aid base the next day was difficult
but got easier, next was the fishing
hook challenge where we had to
make a hook out of a piece of
bamboo, and a rope challenge.
Sunday saw us attempting to break
the World Record with a hula
hoop. At the closing ceremony I
was nervous to hear the results of
the challenge, my heart was beating
so hard in my chest that I thought
everyone around me could hear it.

We won! The 18th, 26th Ferrybank
group had won this years Phoenix
Challenge. I was so happy. We
were presented with the trophy
by the Chief Scout and won the
trophies for all the bases and camp
craft. The Phoenix flag was
lowered and presented to our
team. It just didnt seem real! All
of our hard work had paid off and
the blisters from my hiking boots
were definitely worth it.
Daniel Evans
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3rd Form
the year
Favourite lm of
Shaun the Sheep
Favourite TV show
Pretty Little Liars
Favourite music
Mc Pat Flynn
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artist
Most likely to
Become the nex

t Cara Deleving
ne
JJ Rosenberg
Takeover 3 Irel
and
James Treacy
Marry a farmer
/become a farm
er
Rachel Foley
Win the Grand
National
Patrick Hickey
Replace Zayn in
One Direction
Declan Lonergan
Cure ebola
Zoe Mulligan
Star in Made in
Chelsea
Sophie McMahon
Replace Jeremy
Clarkson on To
p Gear
Luke Grene
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Junior Cert Art
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4th Form
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Favourit
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Favourit ones
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Favo
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The Kook
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Most likely to

Become the nex

t Cara Deleving
ne
Lucinda Marden W
asteneys
Takeover 3 Irel
and
Daniel Owens
Marry a farmer
/become a farm
David Thorpe
er
Win the Grand
National
Emma Hannon
Replace Zayn in
One Direction
Nacho Sanchez-C
apuchino Polanco
Cure ebola
Leona Quigley
Star in Made in
Chelsea
Emma Walsh
Replace Jeremy
Clarkson on
Top Gear
Emma Swift
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MAKE A SOUND
Students raise over 2000 for Charities:

Barnardos and Turn the Tide on Suicide
A charity concert organised by Newtown Schools
Transition Year students and teachers with
support from their partners The EnterPrize, a
community interest company, and The Theatre Royal has
raised a significant amount of money for two
charities. The aim of the Make a Sound concert was to
not only raise funds, but to show that every young person
has talent. We wanted to raise awareness about
supports available to people in distress and promote
positive mental health and childrens rights in a way that
would be popular with young people, according to
Robert Pim, one of the students involved.
A cheque was presented to Barnardos Family Support
Project in Ballybeg for 1,174.93 on Friday 16th
January. Una Conroy, project leader in Ballybeg said she
was overwhelmed by the generosity of these teenagers
and impressed that they were so passionate about helping
other young people. Barnardos will use the funds to
provide much needed support for families in Waterford
City. Sara Kelly from the 3Ts, Turn the Tide on
Suicide, also collected a cheque for 1,174.93. 3Ts are
delighted to receive funds from this venture. The money
raised will be used to prevent deaths by suicide through
research, education and support.
The event featured talented young people from four
different schools in Waterford who performed
alongside comedian MC Fabu D, Jordan OKeefe
(Britains Got Talent finalist), our very own Waterford
band, In the Willows and the headline act Fresh
R. Newtown School Transition Year students and staff
are delighted to be able to work in support of charities
that help young people every day.
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Hope Trip
Since September of 2014, nine
Newtown students have been
raising 2,300 each for the Hope
Foundation; a charity that helps
street and slum children in
Kolkata, India. Through further
fundraising, all students raised
enough money to go and visit
the many projects and homes in
Kolkata. On March 26th, Lily Rose
Fitzmaurice, Niamh Robertson,
Eimear Kelly, Leona Quigley,
Aoife Treacy, Jack Lailheugue, Sam
Newcomb, George Maclean, Jayne
Fitzmaurice and Paul Hartery
headed up to Dublin airport and
met up with 58 other students
and team leaders to take the trip
to Kolkata. There we learned and
saw the happiness and acceptance
of people in the hardships that

they live in in their everyday lives.
From the girls home to the crisis
intervention centre every person
we saw had a smile on their face
and wanted to play and interact
with us. It was a life altering trip
and with a charity that I will always
support. I encourage anyone with
the opportunity to help the Hope
Foundation to do so. We would all
like to thank everyone that helped
with our fundraising and to please
look at the hope
foundation website and the poem
written and performed by Lily
Rose on the Hope Foundation
Facebook page.
Aoife Treacy
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Junk Kouture
Junk Kouture is a national competition for second
level students which challenges teenagers to create
high-end wearable fashion from everyday junk that
would normally find its way into the bin. On Friday
the 13th of March 2015, the southern regional
final of Junk Kouture took place in the University
of Limerick Concert Hall. Over 950 entries were
submitted this year nationwide and only 80 entries
were selected for each of the four regions, North,
South, East and West. Two costumes from Newtown
School were selected to participate in the southern
regionals.
These included Black Star by Maria Barahona and
Maya Brennan, an elegant black dress made entirely
from film tape, and Isabel Auld, Elishka Lane Barnes
and Lucinda Marden Wasteneys produced a shining
golden ensemble entitled Power to the Girl. The
two models took to the catwalk to battle it out in a
90 second performance to showcase their outfit and
their performance skills. At the end of the night the
80 contestants were whittled down to a final 18 who
we all have the right to be

whatever we want to be
progress to the National Finals in the 3 Arena on

the 24th of April. Power to the Girl who advanced
to the final with their outfit made from all things
dangerous golden bullet shells, nails, pins and toy
soldiers that was forged together by a hot glue gun
and papier-mch in the dark depths of the art
classroom. The concept behind our outfit is to
never underestimate the power of a woman, we all
have the right to be whatever we want to be and
that we will fight for equal rights. We are so proud
to have gotten through after all our hard work, and
Elishka is overjoyed to be able to perform in the 3
Arena, says one of the dress designers Isabel Auld.
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The national final then took place on April 24th.

Unfortunately the performance had to be cut down
from 60s seconds to 90, which added extra pressure
to deliver during the routine. The day was hectic
after leaving school at 9:30 a.m. as we were
required to be there for after 11. That afternoon the
long hours backstage consisted of touching up the
costumes, completing the hair and make-up, and
doing the dress rehearsal. The level of support we
received was great, and it really contributed to our
confidence on the night. It was amazing to see such
enthusiasm from our school, says Lucinda.
The build up to Elishkas performance was an
extremely nerve-wracking one, but as expected, she
completed the routine perfectly, and the crowd loved
it, she continues.
Unfortunately Power to the Girl was not awarded
any prizes on the night, but to have made it to the
National Final was an achievement in itself. The
experience of getting to perform in the 3 Arena was
one Ill never forget and I am so grateful to have
been part of it with Lucinda & Isabel. The girls want
to say a massive thank you to Mrs Hehir, who made
all this possible. Her hard work and dedication was
second to none, and without her we would not have
gone as far as we did, Isabel says.
Isabel Auld, Lucinda Marden Wasteneys and
Elishka Lane Barnes
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Film Workshop
On the week of the 2nd to the
6th of February, the film
workshop took place. The Young
Irish Filmmakers came to our
school and ran the course. On
the first day we were in the library
and met them and did some
drama warm up exercises such as
games and improv. We then had
to come up with ideas/stories for
the short films we were going to
be shooting for the next few days.
The three different groups came
up with the three ideas, The Pink
Lady, Stolen Money and At
Your Service. We then organised
who had which jobs - director,
assistant director, actors, camera,
boom operator, clapper etc. The
groups were lead by Stu, Cory or
Garry and the second day was
spent organising our locations
and costume. We got straight in
and started filming.
We spent three intense days
filming and on the second last
day we filmed another short film
made of ten shots for

#littlethings about bullying. Then
on the last day we edited the films
and the bloopers and watched
them all. It was a great experience
altogether.
The whole week was so fun and
it was really interesting to use
proper gear and to treat
everything as if it was a real film
set. It was all very professional
but enjoyable at the same time. I
learned a lot of skills and it was
great to work as a team and it
made us as a year get closer. It
was nice to do a creative group
project and I would definitely
recommend it. It was my favourite
workshop that we did in TY.
Elishka Lane Barnes
GLO HEALTH MILE

CHALLENGE
On Tuesday the 28th of April, the
GloHealth mile challenge was run in
conjunction with the Clan 1500m. I was
assigned the task of organising the event by
Mr Butler. The purpose of the GloHealth
School Mile Challenge is to promote
running as a fun fitness activity in post
primary schools.
The challenge allows students the
opportunity to take the first steps towards
fitness with the emphasis on participation;
whether it be walking, jogging or running.
For motivation, and as a reward, students
were awarded a coloured band on how well
they did. It was a great success apart from
the horrible weather that kept some people
at bay!
Isabel Auld
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ARTIFICE 2015
This year, Newtown School were invited
to participate in a real exhibition as part of
Artifice 2015 in Lismore Castle, Co.
Waterford. I decided to take part in it as I
am highly interested in this domain. The
theme was the 60s Sensations, which is a
really good theme to work with.
I decided to make my piece with spray paint
as this is one of my favourite things to
work with. We had six weeks to create our
piece. I decided to make twelve small
canvases, each a portrait of celebrities from
the 60s, and one big canvas in the middle
with my portrait. I placed the smaller
canvases around the larger one, the idea
was that the background of each of the
small canvases would have a different
colour as there are twelve colours in the
colour wheel.
After a month of hard work my stencils
were finally done and painted. On Friday
we all went to the opening day, everybody
was really excited as it was a great
opportunity to participate in a real
exhibition. The standard of the exhibition
pieces was incredible.
All the different colours, paintings, movies
and sculptures were amazing. It was a great
experience and I hope to do this again as
soon as possible. Thanks to Ms Hehir for
organising our participation in the
exhibition and for all of her help in advance
of the exhibition.
Jack Lailheugue
A fantastic night was had by our Transition

Year Students who attended the official
opening of their exhibition in Lismore
Castle as part of Artifice 2015. The
students did both themselves and
Newtown School proud on the night and it
was wonderful for the students to stand by
their own work, displayed in such a
fabulous gallery space.
With over 300 people in attendance on the

opening night, Newtown School beat off
very stiff competition and scooped the top
prize on offer, the Artifice Purchase Prize
2015. A very innovative piece of
Filmmaking set in the 60s,
The Morning of Aggy Wagowski by
Elishka Lane Barnes, Isabel Auld and
Lucinda Marden Wasteneys.
It was a great experience for all the students and they were delighted to meet Lord
Burlington who stepped in with them for
photos on the night and chatted with the
students about their work.
Sinead Hehir
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TY Photography Module
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Outdoor Pursuits
For the week of the 8th-12th of September, all of
Transition Year went out to Dunmore East and Tramore
to take part in Outdoor Pursuits week to celebrate our
Junior Cert results. Our year was split in half for
activities during the week, so my group spent the first
two days kayaking in Dunmore East, whereas the other
group spent those days surfing in Tramore. There we
learned new kayaking skills and explored some
different coves while around the coast trying not to
capsize ourselves. The second day we all took our
kayaking test to become official level 2 kayakers!
On the third day we received our long awaited Junior
Cert. results. When we arrived back to Dunmore
Adventure Centre they spilt us in two, sent half off to
get kitted out in wetsuits and go on the Wibit course and
the other half were left on land to do a team building
workshop. After that was rock climbing and then we
swapped. The Wibit was like an amazing blow-up,
floating playground and was the highlight of the week.
I was gutted when we had to go back to shore.
Day four it was our turn to go surfing. We were briefly

spoken to about lifesaving and were then given a short
and basic demonstration on how to stand up on the
board/paddle. We practised it a few times and then were
straight into the sea! The instructors were really helpful
with teaching you to stand up and what not.
On the final day to our surprise we went on a scavenger
hunt. At first we thought it would be a small trek along
the beach looking for clues but actually we were sent on
a full scale race all around Tramore! It brought you full
circle around Tramore and took us about an hour of
nonstop jogging! After everyone had returned and we
had all eaten, it was back into the water for the afternoon.
Overall the week was amazing and was a great start to
TY! I would recommend it to all future students as its
one to remember!
Isabel Auld
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Killary
From the 11th to the 15th of May all of TY got to finish the year with a bang with our outdoor pursuits trip to Killary
Harbour. This week had been long awaited since the start of the year, and exceeded our expectations by far. After a 5 hour bus
journey we finally arrived to the serene harbour and grabbed a quick lunch. Next up, we were assigned our rooms and groups
for the week. We were staying in the youth hostel which was connected to the Adventure Centre and near all the activities.
We were divided into the 5 groups we would be in for the whole week. Throughout the week everyone did the same activities
but each group did them on different days to prevent overlapping. So here is what my group got up to on each day.
MONDAY - After arriving to the centre at
Monday lunchtime we headed out into the
hills to complete the Killary
Challenge. The whole aim was to improve
our teamwork as we were given a map and
had to navigate around the surrounding
hills to find different places that held a
challenge for us to solve. It was a mixture
of puzzles/brain teasers and physical
challenges where we really did have to work
together. For our group it was a great start
to the week as we got to discover each
others strengths.
TUESDAY - We started off the
morning with paintballing which we were
so pumped for as many of us hadnt ever
tried it. After getting kitted out in chest
protectors, camouflage overalls and what
can only be described as a Darth Vader
helmet, we set off into the forest with our
instructors to check out the course.
It was just a forest on the side of a hill with
fences and walls to hide behind and a fort
on top of the hill. After dividing ourselves
up into two teams we played the first game
of capture the flag. We all knew it would
hurt when you got hit, but we really werent
prepared for the pain. I warn people to
protect their hands as its the worst place
to get shot. Even though our group was
all girls the instructors said they were very
surprised at how aggressive we were when
playing. The morning consisted of many
challenges/games against each other.
That afternoon we were taken zip-lining
flowed by archery. The zip-line was so
much better than expected as you were a
good 20 feet. off the ground flying through
the trees. The archery wasnt as extreme
but we got to test our skills by shooting at
zombie figures amongst other creatures.
WEDNESDAY - The morning
activities were all water based. We started
off by jumping into the freezing Atlantic
sea off a diving board. We were then taken
to the base of a gorge, which we then
spent 30minutes climbing upstream against
the water current. The gorge was
beautiful but be prepared; your feet turn
to ice! Next up we went back to the waters
edge to kayak around for half an hour. We
were well prepared for this from our start
of the year outdoor pursuits week.
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After lunch we headed over to the laser

combat area for a few hours of wearing
camouflage face paint, and hiding out in
the forest shooting each other.
THURSDAY - This morning was the long
awaited turf challenge we had all heard so
much about. We had the option of wearing
our own old clothes or a wetsuit provided.
After getting kitted out we started the
course by crawling through tunnels and
ending up in a pool of muddy water. Here
we waded up to our waists in pure peat
bogs. It is one of the most
exhausting things battling through such
deep mud. The next hour and a half was
spent running from bog to bog and in my
case cannonballing into the liquid mud
pit. Everyone really enjoyed it and was an
activity we will never forget! After lunch we
got to go on the long awaited giant swing,
which was two seats connected to ropes
hanging off the abseiling tower which were
pulled back and then released after
climbing high into the air. After we each
got a go, we went over to the high ropes
which I found scary. We got the joy of
climbing a telephone pole in pairs to then
stand on a 2feet squared platform balancing and trying not to fall. From here they
then expected us to do a leap of faith onto
a trapeze bar which did not go well in my
case. Even though it was one of the
scariest things Ive done, Im truly glad I
went ahead and did it even though it looked
terrifying from the start.
FRIDAY- Our final morning was spent
rock climbing and abseiling which was
a nice calm activity before we left. Even
though the actual rock wall was very
difficult we all had fun despite not being
able to conquer it. Not all of us opted for
the abseiling as it was a horrible wet
morning, but from what Ive heard it was
well worth getting wet.
The week was by far the best week of TY
and really was so much more than what we
hoped for. Killary is a must for all future
TYs as it really was a great way to end the
year and say goodbye to all our friends that
would be leaving the school.
Isabel Auld
Viking Week
What better way to learn about our Viking heritage than become a Viking!
The TY students of Newtown School Waterford embarked on a
journey to learn about Vikings culture recently. With the help of
Fad, a Waterford based historical re-enactment group, students
brought history to life. In December six Transition Form
apprentices trained with the staff of Fad in the Viking village at
the Winterval festival. Viking crafts such as wood carving,
woodturning, pottery and Viking culture sparked the interest of
these teenagers to learn more.
Four months later, on the 13th of April, thirteen TY students
began their week training as Vikings. The culmination of the week
would see them transform a part of their campus into a Viking
settlement and host students from Scoil Lorcain and the Quaker
National School on an informative educational tour.
Their week began with a trip to Reginalds Tower and the Viking
Longboat in Waterford. The extensive range of Viking artefacts
on view was impressive. The afternoon introduced Viking crafts
of Finger Weaving with Clare Horgan and Willow Weaving with
Cathy Hayden. Exploring Viking inspired tourist attractions led
students to Dublinia, as well as the National History Museum and
Viking Splash Tour, all popular attractions in Dublin which could
possibly be replicated in Waterford.
Students participated in an acting and tour-guiding course with
actor, Michael Power, where they practiced skills of imparting
knowledge of Viking history. A mock archaeological dig with Orla
Scully helped students to understand how so much information
about the Vikings survives today to inspire their studies.
A trip to Annestown beach to meet Marie Power, aka the sea
gardener, ensured students understood the importance of the
fruits of the sea in the local economy and Viking survival. Seaweed
collected on the shore formed part of the culinary fayre for the
next day. Fire lighting and medieval carpentry skills were polished
in the afternoon, with some relaxation techniques and a barbeque
on the side.
The Viking settlement was set up on Thursday and by Friday
students nearly knew more about the Vikings than the Vikings
themselves! Everyone was ready for action. TY Viking re-enactors
transformed into fully costumed guides for primary school groups
with the backup of Fad staff to shadow them in the settlement.
The tour guides went over the tour one final time before greeting the first wave of children from Scoil Lorcain who would be
learning about Viking crafts, culture and history from students just
a few years older than themselves. They were shown Viking weapons, carpentry, weaving and food. They were told about Viking
religious beliefs, cultures and even practiced code breaking literacy
skills to spell their names in the runic Viking alphabet using
specially developed code breakers.
The Transition Year students who participated in this event not
only loved the chance to gain a greater appreciation of history,
crafts and our own heritage but were privileged to work with
a potential future generation of historians, archaeologists and
traders in the Waterford economic landscape. Daniel Owens, TY
student, said, It would be lovely to expand this project for next
year so that TY students could really celebrate Waterfords Viking
heritage.
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5th Form

50 Shades of Grey
Favourite TV show
Game of Thrones
Years & Years
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Most likely to
Become the next

Cara Delevingne
Hannah Pim
Takeover 3 Irelan
d
Ciaran Finnegan
Marry a farmer/b
ecome a farmer
Robin Doyle
Win the Grand N
ational
Cory Cooke
Replace Zayn in O
ne Direction
Robbie Harvey/Estim
e Bongu
Cure ebola
Sholto OBrien
Star in Made in Ch
elsea
Cathy Teevan
Replace Jeremy Cl
arkson on Top Gea
r
Aaron Vogelaar
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Fashion Page
The ripped knee jean

denitely made a come
back
The tartan scarf was a

must have during the
winter months
The double french braid

was very popular this
year
Air Force 1s
We saw lots of girls

this year working extra
long mermaid hair
The Nike Roche was

seen a lot this year
Style a summery dress

with a pair of roches for
a relaxed look
Keeping it snug with a

puffa jacket
Keeping it classy
Keep warm in winter

with chunky
Timberlands
Another winter essential
A classic denim jacket

never goes out of style
Customised Nike Air

max
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Problem Page
The following puzzles are arranged roughly in order of difculty.
1.
Cross out nine letters in a way such that the remaining letters spell a single word:
NAISNIENLGELTETWEORRSD
2.
Podge and Rodge race each other in the 100m. Podge wins by 10m so they race again but
this time Podge starts 10m behind the start line. Assuming they both run at the same constant
speed as before, who wins?
3.
During collect, Mr Lemon asks everyone to shake hands with each other. Each person can
shake as many peoples hands as they want. Prove that the number of people who shaken
hands an odd number of times is even.
4.
Podge and Rodge are having a chat. Podge asks Rodge how old his three kids are. Rodge
says that the product of their ages is 36. Podge tells Rodge that he needs more information.
Rodge says that the sum of their ages is Podges favourite number. Podge thinks for a while
and then tells him again that he doesnt have enough information. Rodge then says that the
oldest likes cats. How old are Rodges kids?
5.
Podge isnt a very good bank teller. When Rodge asks him to cash a check he accidentally
swaps the amount of euros for the amount of cents and vice versa. After buying a 5c news
paper, Rodge finds he is left with exactly twice as much as his original check before Podge
made a mess of it. What was the value of the original check?
6.
A cylindrical hole 6 inches long is drilled straight through the centre of a solid wooden
sphere. What is the remaining volume of the sphere?
7.
Podge and Rodge own the finest chickens in Munster. One day they take a flock of their best
chickens and sell them each at the price of the amount of chickens they originally bought.
They split the money they make in the following way; Podge takes 10, Rodge takes 10,
Podge takes another 10 and so on until Rodge, whose turn it is, finds less than 10 left. He
takes whats left and to make the split even, Podge gives Rodge his penknife. What is the
value of the penknife?
Daniel Morris
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6th Form

The Theory of Everything
Favourite TV show
Ros Na Rn
Hudson Taylor
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Most likely to
Become the next Cara Delevingne
Jonathan Wieneke
Takeover 3 Ireland
Darren Singh-Hennessy
Mikhail Arkhangelsky
Replace Zayn in One Direction
Sara Balaban
Cure ebola
Stephanie Ebert
Nikki Boyd
Replace Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear
Christian Sumstad
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6th Form Photos
Stephanie Ebert, Sara Balaban
Marlene Roche, Dylan De La Haye
Sarah Anne Bakker, Rosie Brown, Emer Foley,

Bobbi Doorley
Lucy Latta, Grace Allen, Kate Cafferkey
Peter Joyce, Stuart Slevin, Lukas Dwan, Mikhail Arkhangelsky
Laura McDaid, Triona Harvey, Izzy Graham
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Sean Whelan
Peter Murphy, Hugh McEvoy,

Conor Buckley
Katie Sweeney, Sophie Crotty,

Ciara Doody
Keith Maher, Darren Singh-Hennessy
Julius McBride,
Christian Sumstad
Jonathan Wieneke,
Philipp Mueller-Schonau, Devon Hartel
Ines Montila, Aine Walsh
Eve Heffernan, Nikki Boyd,

Rowan Keane
Jan Kutay, Benedikt Scholz
Claudia Kelly, Rebecca Auld
Chris Dowling,
Atlanta Doherty-Brophy
Evan Jacob
Daniel ODriscoll
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Leaving Cert Art
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Our Community of Social

Innovation
Newtown has enjoyed its third year as a
Community of Social Innovation. Now one of
thirty-three such communities in Ireland, the team
received their award at the Young Social Innovator
Awards and Showcase event in May after wowing
the judges with their innovative and creative
response to their assigned category; Justice,
Democracy and Human Rights.
We began by getting involved in the Make A Sound
charity concert, in association with The EnterPrize
group. This event showcased local and national
talent as well as international artists. The Theatre
Royal was packed to capacity on November 13th to
support our chosen charities and to enjoy the
musical talents of all involved. The money raised
was divided between Barnardos Family Support
Project, Ballybeg, Waterford and The 3 Ts (Turn
the Tide on Suicide). A total of 2,348 was raised.
These charities were chosen because they protect
and promote human rights. We would like to thank
all the staff involved for their time, commitment
and help in making this event the success that it was.
Special thanks to Ms Keogh, Mrs Maher and Mrs
Keappock.
December was a busy month for us; it began with
our participation in the Focus Ireland Sleep Out to
raise awareness of homelessness. The sleep out took
place in Christchurch Cathedral in Waterford.
The night was cold but our spirits remained high.
We have become more aware of the reality of this
ever increasing social issue. We no longer take for
granted the comfort, security and privacy that we
enjoy in our homes. The Newtown participants
raised 600 in support of the sleep out and TY
students raised a further 1,100 from bucket
collections on the same day. Thanks to
Mr OConnor, Brigette and our TY friends for
joining us for the sleep out.
The sleep out was followed by what has become an

annual COSI event, our Christmas Shoebox
Collection Suitable for The Older Person.
This year, due to the generosity of our school
community and the people of Waterford, we were
able to expand this project. Residents in three local
hospitals enjoyed unwrapping their gifts to celebrate
Christmas. We spent a memorable day with the
residents in St. Patricks Hospital, opening their gifts,
chatting and listening to stories. Our thanks to
Ms Coady for all of her help.
Our Human Rights and Dignity Day was a real

eye-opener to the violation of human rights in
Palestine. We were joined by Anrai Carroll and
watched the documentary that he made during his
time in Palestine called Small Hands in Handcuffs.
Everyone in TY learned so much from this.
We were very fortunate to hear Tomi Reichental,
survivor of the Holocaust, speak about his time in a
Jewish Concentration Camp and subsequent
liberation. It was an amazing opportunity to hear his
life story, it was both upsetting and uplifting. It was
an honour to attend this event in WIT and we must
thank Ms Keogh and Ms Coady for organising this
and accompanying us on the day. We are currently
organising to participate in The Crocus Project
with The Holocaust Education Trust. Mr Jones has
kindly offered to plant the crocuses with the
horticulture group in spring. We look forward to
seeing them in bloom.
The Smashing Times Performance and Samaritans
Student Listener Programme was available to all TY
students. Smashing Times Theatre have
collaborated with The Samaritans in forming a
monologue describing how the death of a friend due
to suicide affects those grieving the loss. The
Samaritans also taught us all how to listen to, and
help, students in distress. Support is available.
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To encourage, even more, kindness

throughout our school community we
participated in Electric Irelands
Powering Kindness Week. 130,000
was to be divided between three charities;
Childline, The Marie Keating Foundation
and The Irish Heart Foundation.
We encouraged everyone to commit an act
of kindness, choose a charity and tell us.
We logged 172 acts of kindness, which
meant 172 donations were made on our
behalf. Thanks to everyone that took part.
The right to education is something that we
often take for granted. Everyone in Ireland
has the right to education; we were made
aware by the literacy development
organisation called SUAS that some
children attending school may need extra
support. Thirteen TY students, including
members of our team, took part in the
training and the subsequent six week paired
reading programme. We worked with
primary school students in two local
schools, St. Saviours, Ballybeg and Scoil
Lorcain, St. Johns Park. This was a great
programme to be involved with, we really
enjoyed it and we loved joining the
students, and their parents, when the
received their certificates. We would
encourage next years TY students to get
involved in this if they get the opportunity.
We ended our year with our Mock
Referendum.
We chose three rights and asked students to
vote for the one that they thought was the
most important.
The Right to Education received the most

votes. At the showcase in May, we held a
vote on the topic of marriage equality and
students from around the country took
part. The outcome was almost a unanimous
YES to marriage equality for all.
The Young Social Innovator Awards and
Showcase was our final event of the year.
We were invited to showcase our years
work and to present, on stage, to a panel
of judges. Although it was nerve-wracking,
it was also great fun. We represented our
county in the Flags Ceremony and have
received an award for our Commitment to
Social Innovation.
We enjoyed a concert from The Original
Rude Boys (we think the teachers enjoyed
it more) and the coffee afterwards! It was a
brilliant end to a brilliant year for the
Newtown COSI Team.
We would like to thank all of our
teachers, the COSI volunteers and
everyone at Newtown for all of their help
along the way. Many, many thanks to Ms
Coady and Ms Keogh for everything, they
are committed to social innovation and to
organising events and opportunities for us
all. We would encourage everyone to sign
up to be part of this team when they put
up the sign up sheet in September.
The COSI Team: Niamh

Robertson, Eoin ODonnell, Eimear
Kelly, George Maclean, Emma
Hannon, Robert Pim,Leona
Quigley, Matilda Hedewig, Maria
Barahona and
This year saw Newtown being
awarded the We Innovate flag and
wall plaque. (Top Bottom Picture:
The plaque being received.) This
is a huge honour and it is as a result
of the commitment and work of all
three teams that have made our
Community of Social Innovation
what it is.
Pictured is Marlene Roche,
Sixth Form, with Mayor Lola
OSullivan.
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Music Report
2014-2015
We began the year by welcoming the new
musicians in First Form and those joining us in
other years into the music department. This year
we also welcomed three new teachers;
John Kennedy, conductor of Chamber Choir,
Peter Taylor, conductor of the Orchestra and
Brass tutor, and Aimee Crokee, tutor of clarinet
and saxophone.
September is always a busy time with students
signing up for individual instrumental lessons
and Girls Choir, Chamber Choir and Orchestra
rehearsals getting underway. In late September we
brought a group of piano students to the New
Ross Piano Festival. They attended a performance workshop with Joseph Moog, a young
pianist from Germany. This event is always
insightful and inspiring for the students.
October to Christmas is always a hive of activity
as we prepare for the Christmas Concert. The
concert is always a highlight for us and this year
was no exception with students performing in
many genres from classical to traditional to rock.
Junior Choir opened the concert with Wake me
up by Avicii, followed by Let it Snow, soloist
was Aaron Aylward. Girls Choir sang Thank
you for the Music by ABBA, The Shoop Shoop
Song, soloist was Georgina McNamara and
finished their programme with Chestnuts
Roasting on an Open Fire. The Chamber Choir
sang Dindirin and Cockles and Mussels.
This year in December the Girls Choir and
soloists Hugh McEvoy (piano) and Jordan
Ludusan (violin) performed at a concert in Christ
Church Cathedral which was a fundraiser for
Focus Ireland. The High Hopes Choir which
featured in a T.V. series also performed at this
concert. The students gave excellent
performances.
Spring term brings practical exams for
Leaving Cert and Junior Cert students. We also
held a series of March lunchtime concerts for
any students who wanted to take the opportunity
to perform. These concerts were, once again, a
huge success with thirty students performing and
many friends coming to support. This is just our
second year holding these concerts but I think
that theyre here to stay!
The Leaving and Junior Cert practical examiners
arrived in April, a stressful time for exam
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students. All candidates did themselves justice

while the examiners enjoyed listening to a wide
variety of music played on a wide variety of
instruments!
On a lighter note, after the practicals were over
we brought over forty students to the Bord Gis
Energy Theatre in Dublin to see Jersey Boys.
The show was enjoyed by all and the students
were a pleasure to take on a trip.
Nearing the end of our year saw our choirs
preparing for the AIMS Choral Festival in New
Ross on May 22nd. Both choirs sounded lovely
and gave excellent performances.
We are delighted for our chamber choir on being
awarded Highly Commended.
A goodbye to our Sixth Form students who have
supported the choirs and orchestra throughout
their six years in Newtown. We wish them well
in their future endeavours. Finally, I would like to
congratulate Daniel Morris, Fifth Form, on
winning this years Eric de Courcy scholarship.
He is truly a worthy recipient.
Music Department
The concert is always a highlight

for us and this year was no
exception
Jersey Boys
For the 16th of April the music
department organized a trip to the
musical Jersey Boys. On our way
to Dublin we stopped in
Dundrum shopping-centre to do
some shopping and to get food
(delicious pizza).
We arrived at the Bord Gis
Theatre and after sorting out our
tickets we entered the rapidly
filling building. Seated in the upper
circle we had a perfect view.
The musical itself was amazing!
It was the story of four young
men, their connection in the band
and the ups and downs of the

music business, performed in the
most entertaining way. Music,
vocals and acting were excellent. I
think everybody enjoyed the show.
We would like to thank all staff
involved for a wonderful time!
Vicki Ebert
Winterval
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1st Form Choir

During fifth class every Friday Ms OConnor
takes all us first years for choir practice.
We do lots of exercises and songs to help
improve our singing as a choir. The main event
we practiced for was the Christmas Concert
which was a lot of fun. We sang two songs,
Wake Me Up by Avicii and Let It Snow, and
Aaron Aylward even sang a solo in Let It Snow
which was brilliant! For the rest of the year we
kept practicing and learning. 1st Year Choir
was a great way to improve our musical ability
and team work and I would recommend it to
next years 1st years. We would like to thank Ms
OConnor for conducting us for this year.
Finn Vogelaar
Chamber Choir
This year our conductor Fintan Scanlon
unfortunately had to leave his job as conductor
of the chamber choir but he left us in the very
capable hands of his friend and fellow
chorister John Kennedy. Having started from
fresh halfway through the winter term didnt
leave us with much time to prepare but we
managed to have two songs ready in time for
Newtowns Christmas Concert; a piece called
Dindirin and the classic Cockles and Mussels.
After Christmas we continued to practice and
learned a few more songs, some of which we
polished up and sang at a choral competition
in New Ross. Those were Vuelie from Frozen
and a choral arrangement of Payphone by
Maroon 5. The competition was a great chance
to get some performance experience and we
were highly commended by the adjudicators.
We would like to thank John for a great first
year as conductor and Ms Keappock for
accompanying us at the competition.
Daniel Morris
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Clan Points 2015
Cross Country
1500
4th 3rd
2nd
1st
Total
Swimming
Gala
Tennis
Athletics
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Sport Winners
2014
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Presentation of Awards: Lorna Kennington

Contribution to Girls Hockey: Sarah Murray,
George Fitzgerald, Memorial Shield: Izzy Auld
Overall Clan Competition: Red
2015
Presentation of Awards: Mr Edward Denniston

Contribution to Girls Hockey: Lucy Latta
George Fitzgerald Memorial Shield: Hilary Balding
Overall Clan Competition: Green
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First Form Rugby

We started off the year with a blitz in Clonmel.
It was a great learning experience for all of us.
We came away with two draws; a win and a loss.
Our first match was against Villiers. The game started
off with the ball landing in the hands of Villiers
biggest player. He scored after everyone on our team
being unable to tackle him. We picked up our game
and finished the game 28-28. For our final match we
wanted to end on a high. We were up against Abbey.
In the first half we played appallingly with the
opposition scoring multiple tries against us.
During half time we decided we wouldnt let them
walk over us like that and win the game.
In the second half we played fantastically ending up
beating them.
Later on in the year we played an away match

against Middleton. It was a few of our
players first game of the year and we were
missing some so we werent expecting to win it.
In the first half they scored lots of tries against
us but in the second half we had better
defensive lines and they didnt score as many
tries against us with the match ending 69-0.
I would like to thank our Mr Ronan and Sarah
for their help training us and teaching players
who had never played before.
William Wallis
Harry Allen, Lucca Allen, Patrick Cooke, Isaac Johnson, Sam Johnson, Dmitry Kodhsaspirov,
Sam Kingston, Ben McInerney, Daniel Prager, Alfred Sirbu, Joe Slattery, Finn Vogelaar,
William Wallis, Finn Brady, Thomas Drayton, David Gahan, Will Jolly, Tom Lehane,
Ethan McInerney, Gearid Morgan-OBrien, Robert McKenzie-Brown, Aedan Rogers,
Stefan Sumstad, Miguel Halcon Runo
Junior Rugby
We started our season with a
friendly game against Cahir,
coming off the bus with four
weeks of preseason training behind
us we were eager to get stuck in.
Before we knew it, it was game
time. The game started off with
great intensity, with an early try
from Eoin ODriscoll. After a short
injury break we picked up two quick
tries from Fionn OLoughlin. The
game finished 19-5 with Ross Joyce
scooping Man of the Match.
Our next match was at home.
Waterpark came to our house to
play on our carpet. Due to some
defensive errors, Waterpark ran in
two tries in quick succession. Two
tries down at half-time we knew
we needed to work hard to save
our chances. Straight from the
kick off, Josh Allen scored a try.
Thanks to some good play from
the pack, Eoin ODriscoll scored in
the corner. The Waterpark backline
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were too much for us on the day,

and we lost 28-14. Great centre
partnership from Liam Murray
and Luke Greene.
Next challenge; Villiers at home.
We played our greatest game of
rugby of the year in this match.
A quick ball at the breakdown
from Seoirse Joyce lead to a try
from Fionn OLoughlin. Our
competitive opponents kept the
game close but due to their lack
of fitness and our hard work at
the breakdown we won the game
18-5.
Our next game was against New
Ross. The match was scoreless
for most of the first half apart
from two penalties from Fionn
OLoughlin. The second half
was a poor performance from us
when they scored two converted
tries. When the game looked over
we took our points off a penalty
from Rhys Jones. Due to some
magic on the touch line from Fionn

OLoughlin, we managed to scrape a
draw from a tough game under tougher
conditions.
Our final game of the season was an
away game against Kilkenny College.
Unfortunately, we were out classed and
lost the game 17-7.
We would like to express our thanks to
Mr Jones and Eoin OConnor for good
training throughout a good season.
Fionn OLoughlin
Eoin ODriscoll, Tom Owens,

Ross Joyce, David Thorpe,
James Gaffney, Fionn
OLoughlin, JJ Rosenberg,
Seoirse Joyce, Dylan Crews,
Liam Murray, Josh Allen,
James Treacy,
Arthaud Courage,
George Maclean, Rhys Jones,
Cian Mooney, Luke Grene,
Alvaro Fernandez
Senior Rugby
This years senior rugby team
suffered a mixed batch of
results.
Our first match was home
against Kilkenny College
seconds. It was a good
training match and helped
us find our feet for things to
come. We put in a great
performance and won by a
converted try, 25-18.
Our second match was against
our local rivals, Waterpark. At
half time it was all square at 12
all. After a great team talk from
our coaches during the break,
we managed to pull together
and win the match 26-12.
Next up we were away to a very

strong, physical side from
Midleton College. After
suffering from injured and sick
players, we were overpowered
and lost the game 27-0.
Our fourth match was home
to Enniscorthy CBS, they were
big, very big. This is where our
ability was really put to the test.
Our training and fitness really
shined through in this match
and we managed to out skill
them and keep going to the
bitter end. We came away with
a victory, 24-23.
We travelled away to Kilkenny
College for our next match,
to have a chance of pitting

ourselves against their firsts.
We got off to a very poor start
and they managed to run in
seven easy tries in the first half.
After having a team talk with
our coach at half time we got
our heads sorted and managed
to keep them out for the entire
second half and score a few of
our own. The match ended
63-17 to Kilkenny College.
Our final match was against
another local team, De La Salle.
It was an exceptional
performance by the Newtown
Team and we won easily with
45 points to De La Salles 5. It
was a great end to the season
and hopefully a look at things
to come for next year.
I would like to thank Eoin
OConor and Mr Jones for
their continuous coaching
throughout the year.
Aaron Vogelaar
Robin Doyle, Tom Greene, John Jephson, Peter Joyce, Stuart Slevin, Sholto OBrien,
Aaron Vogelaar, Daniel ODriscoll, Matthew Treacy, Cian Hogan, Daryl Hemmingway,
Michael Dineen, Conor Kenny, Robbie Harvey, Sean Phelan, Stuart Bell, Devon Hartel,
George Maclean, Philipp Mueller-Schonau, Cory Cooke
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Boys Hockey
Minor Boys Hockey
On behalf of the squad, I would like to thank
Mr Butler, Eamonn Walshe and Brendan du Preez for
all their hard work and support.
The minor boys hockey team had a mixed season
with mixed results. We had a total of four games; two
league games, one cup game and one friendly. Our
first minor game of the season was one of the two
friendlies against Kilkenny College and we drew 1-1
at home.
We kick-started our minor league soon after and
got off to a good start getting a home game against
Midleton College. We won 3-2 with goals provided
by myself, Sacha ONeill and Peter Yaciuk OConnor.
We then faced Villiers in our second league game of
the season and played a more experienced side than
last year and unfortunately lost 3-1with the one goal
scored by myself. Our league ended there but we then
set off on our minor cup campaign.
We got off to a good start winning our quarter final
3-0 away against Bandon with great goals from Finn
Brady, Gearid Morgan OBrien and Sacha ONeill.
Our next match, the semi-final, was away against
Ashton. We were not so fortunate in this match and
the result did not go our way. We lost 2-1 in a very
tight match.
Ben Johnson
Minor Boys Hockey Team:

Ben Johnson, Thomas Drayton,
Sacha ONeill, David Gahan,
Peter Yaciuk OConnor, Ivan Allen,
Ethan McInerney, Gearid Morgan OBrien,
Aedan Rogers, Matthew Mosse, Finn Brady,
Bernard Kelly, Sam Johnson, Isaac Johnson,
Ben McInerney, Lucca Allen.
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Junior Boys Hockey

On behalf of the squad I would like to thank Mr
Butler, Eamonn Walshe and Brendan Du Preez
for a fantastic season and all their support.
The Junior Boys hockey season was a
successful one as showed in our results
throughout the year. Lack of training was not a
concern for the squad this year as we had
training sessions 4 times per week with most of
the squad attending 3 or 4 sessions. The junior
team consisted of the entire minor team bar two
starting third years, which meant all the minors
got double the training and match time.
It was not an easy start for our kick off league
game away to a strong Ashton side. We were
unfortunate to lose 5-2 with goals scored by
Ethan McInerney and Sacha ONeill, but spirits,
resolve and enthusiasm remained high.
Our next league game was against another
experienced Midleton side which we drew 1-1 at
home, our only goal provided by Gearid
Morgan OBrien. Our last league game of the
season ended on a high as we beat Bandon 2-0
at home in Newtown with goals by Gearid and
Sacha.
Our cup campaign commenced with a home
game against Villiers of Limerick with a great
win 3-0, goals provided by myself, scoring 2,
and one from Peter Yaciuk OConnor.
Following our quarter final win, we moved on to
the semi-final against Midleton at home.
This was the tightest hockey match I have ever
played with a 2-2 draw at full time, so extra time
was required. In the last few seconds of the
second half of extra time, Aeden Rogers slotted
one in the bottom corner to seal the win.
We now had one week to prepare for our final
against Bandon in Midleton. The afternoon
arrived, wet, cold and rainy but we were ready
for anything! Soon enough the game was under
way and we got an early goal from a deflection
hit in by myself for Gearid to lop into the back
of the net.
We were delighted to get points on the board

first, but it was far from over. We had all the
possession in the second half but could not
produce anything from it and Bandon were
looking threatening in all areas. James Treacy,
in goal, made some unbelievable game
changing saves when we needed them.
The game finally came to an end and we were

delighted we were the Junior B cup winners
and I was presented with the cup and we all
received medals.
We hope to do the same in the A cup
next year.
Ben Johnson
Junior Boys Hockey Team:

Ben Johnson, Sacha ONeill, David Gahan, Peter Yaciuk OConnor, Ivan Allen,
Ethan McInerney, Gearid Morgan OBrien, Aedan Rogers, Matthew Mosse, Cian Mooney,
Patrick Hickey, James Treacy, Bernard Kelly, Sam Johnson, Isaac Johnson
Senior Boys Hockey

The senior boys season started with the
all-Ireland qualifiers, where you play against the
best senior teams in the province.
Unfortunately we didnt qualify but still had
some good games against Midleton losing 3-1
and by Villiers.
In the senior B leagues we won two games
and lost two games. Our two wins against
Ashton 6-0 and Villiers 4-1, our goals coming
from Cian Hogan, Julius McBride and Sholto
OBrien. Our two losses came against Bandon
4-2 and Midleton 4-3.
Serior Boys Hockey Team:

Aaron Vogelaar, Cory Cooke,
Robin Doyle, Daryl Hemmingway,
Sean Phelan, Alex Round,
Patrick Hickey, Matthew Treacy,
Philipp Mueller-Schonau, Cian Hogan,
Conor Kenny, Robbie Harvey,
Sholto OBrien, Ciaran Finnegan
The senior boys also enjoyed a cup run, which

ended at the final, it started in at the quarter
finals beating Villiers B 5-1, this then followed
to the semifinals where we beat Bandon B
6-0. However at the final we lost 4-3, with
our goals coming from Ciaran Finnegan and
Conor Kenny. It was a disappointing end to
the season but we look forward to the next.
Matthew Treacy
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Girls Hockey
The junior girls hockey team enjoyed a great season this
year. There was great enthusiasm during training which
was held on Tuesday and Friday evenings. This generated
great team work which allowed us to excel at our
matches. We entered the B league for the third year in a
row, and were victorious in all our matches to bring us to
the final. Unfortunately, on the day of the final against a
strong Kilkenny College side, injury and illness reduced
us to a team of only eight players. We lost the match
(our first loss in three seasons).
We look forward with relish to playing next
season. We would like to thank all our coaches over the
past season for their hard work and dedication.
We would especially like to thank Mrs Hughes for
motivating us to constantly improve.
Eva Kelly & Rachel Foley
Badminton
Five teams travelled to Lismore in November to
the Waterford schools tournament.
The under 14 Division 2 team of Ethan Roche,
Precious Owouya, Zain Ishtiaq and Finn Power
Godson won half their games in their first tournament. The Under 16 Division 3 team of Liam
Murray, Artaud Courage, Cian Mooney and Jason
Kenny recovered well from losing their first game
to finish 2nd in their group.
The under 16 Division 2 team of Harry Jephson,

Luke Grene , Dylan Crews and Jacob Pim had
mixed fortunes. Jacob Pim played well to win all his
matches. The under 19 division 2 team of Patrick
Donoghue, Daniel Owens, Oliver Yang and Marco
Stango competed well in their 3 matches. Patrick
Donoghue maintained a fine record of 100% win
ratio in his singles.
Pride of place goes to the Under 16 Division 1
team who qualified for the Munster tournament
when the beat Waterpark in their final match. The
Waterpark team contained a Munster junior squad
player. Our team of heroes was Mark Morris, Tim
Skelly, Jimmy Ko and Sacha ONeill. Mark deserves
particular mention for winning all his matches.
The Under 16 team competed in the Munster
Schools Badminton championships in Limerick in
February. The team performed well against much
stronger opposition made up of mostly club
players. This was the first time that Newtown had
qualified for the Munsters. We look forward to
future success.
Andrew Cox
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Orienteering
Orienteering proved to be a popular activity again
this year. The module of orienteering in
Transition Year has provided a wealth of helpers
who support the Waterford Orienteering Club in
organising training and competitive events.
Newtown had their best ever year, winning three
of the six team prizes on offer at The Irish
Championships. Post Junior Certificate girls: Aoife
Treacy was best individual at the SE schools in
second place with Vicki Ebert third, Emma Swift
seventh and Cathy Teevan eighth which earned
them team gold. Cathy and Emma were joined
by Lily von Kenne and Sophie Lee to take team
bronze at the Munsters. The team of
Triona Harvey, Kate Cafferkey, Sophie Lee and
Caoilinn Brady managed to pick up bronze team
medals at the Irish Championships. It was great to
see a range of senior girls involved.
First Form girls: Jordan Pim, Abi Coghlan,

Sarah McEvoy OGorman, Oona Harvey and
Emma Pim had great success in winning team
prizes at the SE and Munster schools. They
retained the team shield for Newtown for the
third consecutive year at the Irish Championships.
Jordan Pim was the outstanding individual
winning individual gold. First Form boys: William
Wallis was the best individual supported by Ethan
Roche, Dmitry Kodzhaspirov, Alfred Sirbu, and
Finn Vogelaar. Second/Third Form girls:
following on from 1st form success in the
previous two years, there were a large number of
enthusiastic participants, depending on exam and
other commitments.
Paloma Balado was best at the SE Championships

in second place with Samantha Foley, Jodie Giles
and Rachel Foley making up the rest of the gold
medal winning team. Jodie was joined by Caoimhe
Lawless, Molly OShea and Sarah McDaid to win
team success at the Munsters. Newtown won the
Irish team title for the first time, sharing with St
Marys Mallow, the holders. The team was made up
of Laura Anta Crespo (in a fine fourth place), Jodie,
Molly and Samantha. Post Junior Certificate boys:
Robert Pim was SE champion with Cian Hogan,
Matthew Treacy and Ciaran Finnegan close behind
to bring team gold success. An understrength team
went to the Munsters with Jonathan Pim best in
thirteenth place. The team however had better luck
at the Irish Championships at Castlecomer when
the boys won the team title with Robert Pim,
Jonathan Pim, Ciaran Finnegan and Cian Hogan.
Well done to all the other pupils who completed
courses but did not make the first four on any of
the teams. These results showed great team spirit
and enthusiasm which we hope will continue for
many years to come. Congratulations to Robert
Pim on his selection for the Irish team competing
in Romania at the European Youth Orienteering
Championships in June.
Andrew Cox
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Irish Water Safety Swimming

and Lifesaving Classes
This has been a very busy year for us. We signed up to
train two days a week. We began by perfecting our stroke
technique and building our fitness. We decided to make a
huge effort and to complete as many awards as we could in
one school year.
We were all at different levels of ability and worked hard
as a team to get to where we are now, having just passed
our Endurance 2 Award; this is a brilliant achievement in
one year. Seoirse Joyce and Fionn OLoughlin joined the
team for one term with the aim of passing their Rescue 2
exam, congratulations to both of them on achieving this.
JJ Rosenberg also joined us for the first two terms and
completed three awards, well done.
By the end of the third term, it was an all-female team.
We passed all four Safety Awards and decided to take on
the challenge of the Endurance Award. This was going to
be our toughest challenge fitness-wise but we were sure
that if we put in the time and extra training sessions we
would get there. We took our final exam on Thursday 21st
May and were so happy when we were told by our
examiner Sonny Condon that we had passed. He told us
that we passed with flying colours, Ms Coady said that
we looked as if we could do the whole exam all over again
with ease. All of our training had really paid off.
We have learned so much this year; basic life support,
including using automated external defibrillators, CPR,
perfected our technique and learned new rescue strokes.
We really enjoyed lifesaving classes this year and we hope
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to continue and become lifeguards next year to help save

other lives. Lifesaving was fun and we loved being part
of it, whether it was me, who finally took up a sport, and
yes, swimming is a sport, or Marie Claire who got personal
satisfaction out of soaking Ms Coady during every single
lesson, no matter what lane she swam in!
It has been a great year. To mark our year and to present
the Commitment to Lifesaving Award, an evening with
Mayor Lola OSullivan, who is also the Chairperson of the
Waterford Area Safety Committee, was organised for us we
were also joined by Sonny Condon, our examiner. We were
presented with a cool Irish Water Safety T-shirt which had
been especially printed for us!
It has always been a pleasure to conduct examinations in
swimming and lifesaving in Newtown School, especially
since they are taught by their excellent teacher Ms. Tara
Coady. Best of luck to all of the students and stay safe
during the summer holidays. William Condon, examiner,
Irish Water Safety.
It has been a very rewarding year for the students that
participated in lifesaving classes this year. They were
dedicated in every aspect; this is evident in their respective
achievements. Well done to each member of the team and
I look forward to working with you all again in September.
New members are welcome to join us in the new term.
Congratulations also to Triona on receiving our
Commitment to Lifesaving Award and best wishes for
the future. Tara Coady
Linguistics
Linguistics takes place every Wednesday
after school and is run by Mr Dobbs.
There we solve different language
puzzles like trying to decipher an old
writing system or translating a
Swedish Metro map. Its a great
opportunity to improve our problem
solving skills and logic. This year, many
Newtown students participated in the
first round of the All Ireland Linguistics
Olympiad on February 2nd. Four of the
students managed to qualify for the final
round of the competition in DCU on
March 24th; Oliver Yang, Bobby
Doorley, Jack Hanafin and myself. We
took the train up the night before spent
the night in a nearby hotel.
The following morning we walked down

to DCU and completed the individual
competition and the group competition.
Unfortunately we didnt make it on to
the international team but it was good
fun solving the problems.
We would like to thank Mr Dobbs for
teaching us throughout the year and
helping us become better problem
solvers.
Daniel Morris
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Problem Page Answers

2. Podge
4. 9, 2 and 2 5. 31.63 6. 36 in3 7. 2
Problem Page Solutions

1.
Cross out every second letter beginning with the first.
2.
From the first race we see that for every 100m Podge runs, Rodge runs 90m. Therefore in the second race, they
will be tied 10m before the finish line and since Podge is faster than Rodge, he will run the last 10m faster than
Rodge.
3.
Every time two people shake hands the number of people who have shaken hands an even number of times either
goes up two or goes down two, similarly for the number of people who have shaken hands and odd number of
times. Therefore they both either stay odd or stay even depending on what they started as. Since after the first
handshake there are two people who have shaken hands an odd number of times we have proven the statement.
4.
Since the product of the three ages is 36 we write out every triplet of multiples of three: (1,1,36), (1,2,18),
(1,3,12), (1,4,9), (1,6,6), (2,2,9), (2,3,6), (3,3,4). Since Podge obviously knows his own favourite number and
knowing it isnt enough information that must mean there are multiple triplets with the same sum. From summing
the numbers in the triplets we find that only the triplets (1,6,6) and (2,2,9) have the same sum. When Rodge
mentions his eldest we then know that the ages of his children must be 2, 2 and 9 because for the other triplet
there are two children with the same age.
5.
We could say x and y are the numbers of euros and cents respectively leaving us with a total of 100x+y cents.
Swapping the euros and cents, subtracting 5 and equating the result with our original equation leaves us with
199x-98+5=0 which is solvable but would take a long time to do manually. Instead if we say x and y are the
numbers of euros and cents again but dont change the euros into cents. We then swap them again and subtract
the 5 leaving us with y euros and x-5 cents. Solving y = 2x and x - 5 = 2y leaves us with a clearly nonsensical
solution. If we observe that the number of cents when doubled could exceed one euro then we can try this case
instead. This would leave us with y=2x+1 and x-5=2y-100, accounting for the extra euro in both equations.
Solving results with x = 31 and y=63, i.e. 31.63.
6.
We could use formulae for different volumes of the sphere and sub in r as the radius which would eventually
cancel out in the end to leave us with the area as 36 in3 but this isnt a very nice way to do it. Instead observe
that the question itself asks us for a definite value meaning there must be only one possible value for the answer.
Therefore if we find the volume for one value of the width of the hole, we have our answer. Since the answer must
hold for every value of width of the hole we can say the width of the hole is 0 and the height must still be 6 in, i.e.
we have a sphere of diameter 6 in. Using the formula for the area of a sphere we find the volume is 36 in3.
7.
Since we are interested with the remainder after division by 10, i.e. the units place, we write the number of
chickens as 10x+y. Therefore the amount they make from selling them is that number squared which is
100x2+20xy+y2. Notice that since Podge started first and took the last full 10 there must have been an odd
number of tens. From the above equation the only variable which could have an odd number of tens is the y2.
Since y is less than 10 the only values y2 could take are 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64 and 81. Noting that the
only values with an odd number of tens both end in 6 we know that the remainder is 6. Therefore Rodge has
4 less than Podge and Podges penknife must have been worth 2.
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Daniel Morris
PRESIDENTS REPORT - OLD SCHOLARS
t is with honour that

I write a few words
as President of the
NMFOSA following what
has been a year of huge
change and challenge for
Newtown School.
management, in spirit and ambition if not

in form.
This year also closes with sadness, as
we have witnessed great loss to our Old

Scholars family. John Pollard, class of
1991, and Callum Chambers, class of
2010, passed away far to soon and their
families have our deepest sympathies and
prayers. We have also lost one of the great

members of the Newtown family, Sue Pim,
My former classmates (and former
wife of Alan and mother of Andrew, Deirdre
teachers) might find me a somewhat
unlikely individual to hold such a position,

because like so many of us once we
nOld Scholars President Andre Thompson
give the School a second thought until called back for our
first reunion after 10 years. However, it is a demonstration of

the mark that Newtown leaves on a pupil that so many Old
Scholars become involved in the School as they age, be it to

attend the Old Scholars weekend or to become involved in
the Old Scholars committee. A further mark of that influence
upon us is to note that year after year so many current pupils
surnames are recognisable generations past. It is proof of the
value that we place in Newtowns unique learning environment.

It is therefore with more than casual interest that we observe
how the School has responded to the financial challenges of
the past 10 years and entry into the free education scheme is
clearly one of the defining moments in the Schools history. We

welcome the availability of secondary education through the
Quaker ethos being made available to all rather than just to
those who could afford it, and we hope that this will bring new
vibrance and life into the walls and classrooms of Newtown.
This first school year operating the free scheme has no doubt
been a difficult one, and at the time of press more changes in
the Schools system and structure are no doubt in the pipeline

to better equip School management with the tools necessary
to run the school effectively. With challenge however comes
opportunity, and I believe I speak on behalf of all Old Scholars

when I say that the School has our support in these changing
and challenging times. Many Old Scholars will be aware of
the Vision 20/20 project which was launched by the School a

few years ago a project to modernise the Schools facilities
that was excellently conceived by School committee and its
advisors. We also hope that this project, although overtaken

by events in recent years, is still in the mind of School
of Alan and Sues era as staff can fail
to have been influenced by their values
walk out the gates for the last time after
our final Leaving Cert exam (in 1993 in my case) we hardly
(Tia), Nigel and Kevin. Few Old Scholars
and beliefs. Sues memorial service was
held in a packed School Hall in February and there were many

wonderful words spoken, a touching event for all present.
I would encourage all Old Scholars to make the most of their
connection to the School through the Old Scholars Association,

as it is not only here for nostalgia purposes, but also forms a
vital link between the current and ongoing educational services

to our youth and the history of those who made it what it is.
There is a key - the School made us what we are today, the
influences of the dedicated staff in all areas of the school run

deep within us just look at the profiles of past pupils in the
Old Scholars News sections, look for trends of adventure,
a thirst for knowledge and exploration, entrepreneurship and

individuality, and realise where those traits came from. Old
Scholars have a role to play in these changing times - by
remaining involved in the School you have the opportunity to

help keep those spirits alive.
Finally thanks to all those who keep the show on the road
to Keith Lemon and the School for hosting the Association
throughout the year and especially on the Old Scholars
weekend, to the kitchen staff who cater superbly, (and
congratulations to Anne Foley who celebrates an amazing 40

years on the kitchen staff), to those who give up their time on
the Committee and especially to secretary Oriel Woodbyrne
who really does all the work, together with treasurer Peter
Pearce and Jonathan Fletcher who is omnipresent and to
George Jacob who does a superb job editing the NMFOSA

section of the Review.
I look forward to meeting many of you at our Reunion in

September.
Newtown Review 2015 - NMFOSA Section
REUNION WEEKEND
The Annual Newtown, Mountmellick & Foy Old
Scholars Reunion
Programme of events for Saturday 26th & Sun 27th September 2015
Saturday
All afternoon (from noon) Archival photo display & tea/coffee in Legoland.
2pm
Hockey match, old scholars v school (Players of all levels and ages are welcome, Contact Jonathon
Fletcher 087-6476416 or Jonfletch@eircom.net). Free swim will take place after match so bring your
togs.
7.30pm for 8pm
Reunion Dinner, Dooleys Hotel, Waterford. 051 304574. Tickets: 40. Meals should be booked and
paid for in advance. This can be done online at www.newtownoldscholars.com. Those attending with
class your groups may also book with your class co-ordinator (Below). All others may also book with
Peter Pearce Tel 087 2760868 or email: ppkpearce@gmail.com
Sunday 28th September:

12 Noon
Archival photo display, tea/coffee
12.30pm
AGM of the Newtown, Mountmellick & Foy Old Scholars association will take place in the Study
Hall, all are welcome.
1.30pm
Lunch in school dining room, priced 10 per adult, tickets must be booked and paid for in
advance. www.newtownoldscholars.com
The old scholars tree planting and group photographs will follow lunch in the old scholars
garden in school.
Those attending with class your groups may also book with your (YEAR) class coordinator (Below). All others may also book with Peter Pearce Tel 087 2760868 or email:
ppkpearce@gmail.com
Class 2005 David Quinn
davidanthonyquinn@gmail.com 087-2999927
Class 2000 Kerri Clarke
kerrilclarke@hotmail.com
Class 1995 Ellen Fitzmaurice
087-2393429 ellenfitz@hotmail.com
Class 1990 Ruth Milne
milneruth@gmail.com
Class 1985 Sarah (Cleary) Molony
rathmorestud@eircom.net
Class 1970 Kathy Dunne
kdunne2312@gmail.com
Class 1960
TBC
Class 1965 Alison Taylor Hill
rekally@hotmail.com
Accommodation Information
Dooleys Hotel, the Quay, Waterford City. 051 873531. Ask for Newtown old scholars rooms/rates.
Woodlands Hotel, Dunmore Road, Waterford 051 304574
Samuel Heritage B&B, Ballymacloda, Halfway house, Dunmore Rd, Waterford 051-875094
Accommodation inquires can also be made to Failte Ireland South East, Information office 051 875823
Any other enquires can be made to Oriel Woodbyrne 087-6371080. Cluain Laighean, Ballyroe, Athy, Co. Kildare, or email
nswoldscholars@gmail.com
SUZIE SHORTEN - EVENT MANAGER
uzie Shorten has been

involved in staging shows by
Madonna, U2 and The Rolling
Stones, and is now the director of
her own company, Blackbird Event
Management.
We caught up with her recently to talk about her

career, and what shes up to now.
When did you attend Newtown?
From 1988 to 1994.
How was your experience?
I loved school, I loved the social side of school, spending

time with friends and creating things to do.
Who was your favorite teacher?
Roger Garbett, I adored him and I was also terrified of him,
Mr Denninston was always inspiring me to think outside the
creative box, TV, production and studio work was encouraged

and we spent hours making videos and news reports.
Did you have any other family in Newtown?
My older sister left a legacy behind her, she had just finished
when I arrived, but those who remembered her often saved
me places at the top of the dinner Q and that was always
very cool.
Did you enjoy boarding?
Loved it, loved borrowing clothes and beauty products,
getting up to mischief and generally being independent.

Whats your best memory of Newtown?
So many good memories, I loved serving as a lifeguard and

leaving prep 5 min early to get the swimming pool ready for
night swimmers (the pool was out -doors at that time) during
the summer months, those hot Sunny days were rare which
makes the memory even nicer.
I remember Sunday Lunches and Waterford Blaas while
waiting for post to arrive at morning break. I remember the

close bond I have and still have with my classmates.
I remember being terrified in Mr Hanlons class in case he
would ask me any history question. I remember hearing the
phone ring under the stairs and if you answered it you could
spent 20 min running around the school trying to locate the
correct person (pre mobile phones)
Did you play sports?
I love sports, I played Hockey and was lucky enough to
usually have a place on the Jnr or Snr A team, I loved tennis,
n Suzie Shorten against the New York skyline
played cricket and ran and swam, any sport I could take
part in I could until I injured my back in 5th year, then sports

slowed down.
What did you want to do when you left Newtown?
I wanted to work in TV or production or Music or something

arty, My late father produced documentaries and I was
always inspired by his work ethic and his knowledge of this

market, so wanted to do something similar.
Did you have an interest in event management then?

I hung around with friends who were in bands, I wasnt
as musically talented as them and remember preferring
backstage then being on stage, for my 21st birthday I booked

a venue the morning of my party (150 people coming) (the
original venue lost its license that day) and organized 3 bands
to play at my birthday, so from an early age I have been
moving in the event management direction.
How did you get in to the event management business?

After college I got a job in a recording studio, then onto Hot
Press Magazine, where I made most of my music contacts. I
helped organize The Hot press rock awards and managed to
convince Nina Simone to come to Dublin to accept a Lifetime

Achievement Award. I guess people took notice of me at that
point and wondered how on earth I managed to swing it!
From there I was offered work on Wittnness Festival in 2000,

which then turned into Oxegen festival where I worked for 13
seasons straight until it ended in 2013.
I stayed with MCD for all that time, gaining a huge amount
of experience working on massive outdoor shows- 80,000

120,000 (Phoenix Park) working with the likes of Madonna,
U2, Rolling Stones, Beyonce, etc.
bigger festivals and work hard. If you are good at what you
Working on the concert for President Obama, meeting him
up they might think of you.
Highlights of Career
and working closely with his detailed security was an
do you will get noticed and the next time a paying job comes
amazing experience, also with the Arctic Monkeys on

their first Irish show in Whelans - they played to 300
people. I also worked on The Scripts first show, they
sold 78 tickets and gave me a demo CD which I still have

somewhere.
I was also lucky enough to tour with some international
artists like Arcade Fire, Kaiser Chiefs, Florence & the
Machine. In 2010 we set up Blackbird Event Management

What do you enjoy most about Blackbird?
I love the fact that we have a very unique client list, we
president Michael D Higgins.
work with some amazing companies world-wide on bespoke
What are Blackbird Plans for the future?
events from fashion shows, to 3 day music festivals.
at the moment on some summer and Christmas events, this
events. We have a huge amount of experience in organizing

What advice would you give for someone who was to
work in your field
Volunteer at your local festival or apply as a volunteer for
n Suzie, some years ago with former Sex Pistols manager
and impressario Malcolm McLaren, and future Irish
We are working with a new and exciting International client

begins early in the year and planning all the way through.
www.blackbirdeventmanagement.com
Solving puzzle of Napoleons hair!
iscovering why Napoleon

Bonapartes hair ended up in
Waterford, or how the county
also has some of the only known
remnants of the wardrobe of King Henry
VIII are just some of the questions exNewtownian Kevin Pim has set out to
answer in a fledgling film career.
they might never have
Unique and Quirky Waterford is a project Kevin has been
Tramores freezing
working on for some years, as a part of a TV package for the

culturally curious visitor, as he says himself.
Of all the things I learnt in Newtown it was not to give up. Its
four years since I started out as a producer, and I now have
seven hours of an unfinished television series and a few other

projects that I hope will make it to a TV near you soon.
The aforementioned series is about an Irish family that
escapes the everyday to go on a trip of a lifetime around
Australia in an RV for nine months. The story is Kevins own and recounts his own young families travels down under.
Ive just finished Unique and Quirky Waterford, which
began as a college assignment at Nemeton TV in Ring, Co.
Waterford, but to date it has taken over 1000 hours to get to its
present state.
The whole series is an attempt to take the viewer off the
heard.
Aside from the accounts

about Napoleon and
Henry VIII there are
stories about the WW1

submarine that was
used by a Dunmore
East family as a hot
water bottle, he braves

Guillemene in the
depths of winter, and
tests the legend of The

Metal Man for himself.
Kevin has worked on
other freelance projects

too, and produced a
video for his classmate
David Ashmore of Sherry
n Above: Kevin braves Tramores

Guillemene in the depths of winter. Top:
Filming his documentary in Australia.
Fitzgerald to assist with
the promotion of the sale of the castle owned by the Knights of

Glin in Co. Limerick. Mind you, its still on the market I think,
he adds ruefully.
You can check Kevin out on Twitter: @SporthouseTV or WWW.

Facebook.com/SporthouseProductions. Or visit his site
www.SomewhereOutThere.co.au
beaten track, and learn some things about Waterford that
THE HUGH BELL INTERVIEW
I ran away, but want my

kids to go to Newtown
ugh Bell attended Newtown in

the 1970s - but at aged 11 ran
away back home. He went on to
love his time in Waterford, and has fond
memories to this day.
A successful businessman who has had a many and varied
career to date, we caught up with in in Hong Kong, where he

runs his own firm, is happily married to Ting, and has three
young kids. Hes planning on returning to live in Ireland for the

first time in over a quarter century, and has put his childrens
names down at Newtown.
Tell us about yourself?
I attended Newtown for six years (1974-79) and to many I was

$pu. I got that name on my 1st day. I arrived in the Spring
term and in an effort to skip past a group of my peers gathered

around the front steps of the main building, I was asked my
name. Hugh, I replied. That sounds like spew came the
reply. It stuck quickly, so I decided I ought to re-brand it, by

changing the S to a $ and the spelling to $pu. It became
more like a moniker than a nickname.
.
Why did you end up in Waterford - your folks werent

from the area, and you were born in London?
I was born in London, but lived all my life in Dublin. My father
thought it best for my brother and one sister to go to Newtown.
When I saw the brochure, I thought we were going to a holiday

resort. It seemed like a paradise for kids.
... but then you ran away?
Within a few weeks I got a bit homesick. Another friend, Sean

OConnell felt the same and like most 11 year olds with vivid
imaginations we thought about absconding and living on the
lam. In pretty short order most of the dorm were in on the
caper. In my memory, it became bigger than Sean and I. A date

was set and on the appointed day, I was awoken by several
excited boys, telling me it was time!
n Hugh Bell
We set off just before 6am, with two packets of Tayto, a 1/4
of a bottle of orange squash, and about 30p between us. We
thumbed our way to Dublin and arrived at my house nine hours

later. We managed to catch four lifts. Our story was we were
boy scouts on a charity walk to Dublin.
My parents were surprised to see us. My father drove us
back to NSW the next day. FEF Foster made us sit an Irish
Intermediate examination paper, which I finished in an hour.
Mr. Wigham, the headmaster at the time later told our parents
that we showed great initiative to make it safely to our
destination. He then cancelled a school holiday, and we went

from heroes to zeros with our classmates within no time!
What memories do you have of Newtown?
My early letters home were full of requests to get off rugby, and
other things that seemed to be too onerous. After our running
away episode my letters home were full of requests for new
rugby boots, and other things. I understood being on the team

was a great way to build friendships. I
thoroughly enjoyed my time at NSW.
What did you do when you finished

school?
My career counseling interview by Mr.

McCormick lasted about two minutes.
Well Bell, what do you you intend to do

when you finish school?. Work for my
father sir. OK, send in Boyd is how
I remember it. That was it. True to my
word, I did work for my father, but within

a few months, I headed off to Germany
with another schoolmate Julian Dunlop.

We were joined in Hamburg by Myles
McSwiney, and we ened up moving to
Berlin, where David Bowie was living, so

it made sense to us.
We lived beside the Berlin Wall,
and immersed ourselves in the local
community of Kreutzberg, which at the
time was full of Turkish immigrants and
n Dressing up at Newtown. From left Hugh Bell, Myles McSwiney and Martin Davis.
West German students on government
interviews. So I thought I ought to do
largest UK retail bank at the time.
exciting time to be there. After six
Jewellery making, and sold the 20 pairs
Within 12 months this became a
before returning to Dublin again.
students. Thats how it started. I invested
these was Peoples-Poll which we
At one point you earned a living
and made more. Then I switched to a
I moved to London in 1983 and
stones and sold tens of thousands to
commissioned into the 5th Royal
I later sold the knowledge and contacts
grants to study in Berlin. It was a very
something myself. I took a night course in
months, I moved to Sicily for the winter,
of silver cufflinks I made to the other
the profits in more tools and materials
business and it grew rapidly. One of

took to CNN (part of Time Warner) for
investment in 2000. We agreed terms
designing cufflinks?
design with semi-precious oval cabochon
soon after to Sandhurst and was
shirt makers around London and the UK.
Inniskillen Dragoon Guards.
to Thomas Pink.
tanks in Germany and as an Aide De
You were an early internet
Nations Peace keeping Forces in Cyprus
pioneer. Tell us more?
Prize for Peace along with 76,000 other
Apple Mac. It was 1994, it had a modem,
I was lucky in the timing of my posting
a website called Yahoo with 17 links
He had acquired 500 kilos of Gibeon
that I can tell my grandchildren some day.
view of the Internet and sold it to three
television shopping channels. I went over
After I left the Army, I couldnt get a
them offered me a job to head up their
I enjoyed five great years serving in
Camp to the Chief of Staff Of the United
entrepreneur, and later a social media
(UNFICYP). I was awarded the Nobel
With the cufflink profits, I bought an
UN Forces personnel in 1988. I suppose
a browser called Mosiac and I saw
to the UN, but its a funny little anecdote
on it. I wrote four sides of A4 on my
job. 120 CVs, 11 responses and no
advertising agencies in London. One of

Internet department (of one!) for a client
called Abbey National, which was the 5th
with CNN, Time Warner was bought

by AOL, and all Time Warner deals
evaporated. I walked away and took a

year off.
What prompted you to up sticks for

Hong Kong?
After the Internet experience, a friend

proposed that we startup a fashion
jewellery business making Meteorite

jewellery.
Meteorite and thought it would sell on
to China to make the collection in 2002,

arriving at Chinese New Year, when the
country is effectively closed for a month.


So in 2004 I condensed my life into three suitcases and bought
a one-way ticket. Wired magazine called Laserpod the Lava
Lamp of the 21st Century and the business took off. We sold
Laserpod on four continents. I closed the business in 2013.
China is a great nation, its people proud and it influence
growing. Outsiders will always be outsiders and family is family.

People are very friendly, extremely welcoming and giving.
My family and I were in the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan,
where over 90,000 people died or went missing. Apart from
being a life changing event, it was the first of several catalysts

that galvanised the people and the government of China.
The 2008 Olympics swiftly followed, which drew fantastic pride

in the nation. After that China put a man in space, which put
them on par with USA and Russia. The financial collapse in the
n Hugh with his kids - Bijou, Coco and Flynn.
West showed them that Western leaders were wholly fallible.
We sold collections on QVC in the UK and Germany and
China had conviction in the belief that they didnt need the
make a product he had invented. It was called Laserpod. This
abilities and the power they wield. They have come of age.
another channel in USA. In 2003 another person asked us to

project required me to move to Hong Kong.
West so much anymore. They have confidence in their own
Do you stay in touch with people from Newtown?
Tissa Davis lived out here for a few years. She flew 747s for
Cathy Pacific. Mareike VonEngelbrechten lives on the same
island as we do, and is married with two fantastic kids and
rescue dogs. We have one rescue dog and two budgies.
I keep in regular contact with Myles McSwiney, and more

recently a lot more people through Facebook. I joined
Facebook only this year and it was like walking back into a
party that I left 30 years ago. The party was in full swing and
the atmosphere the same as I left it in 1979!
Are there Newtown people who helped and inspired you?
Maurice Wigham A prince amongst men, demonstrated that
life could be just fine and that if you approached it with interest
and respect, it would treat you well. Alan Pim A furnace
of energy and enthusiasm, he taught me that nature was
simple enough, mountains were meant to be climbed. F.E.F. Diligence and effort are always great allies. Henry Collins- If
you are going to do something, do it with pride and enjoy it
what you do. Mrs. Robinson a true magician where some
mysteries remain better off unsolved. She managed to wash,
sort, fold, and return most every item of clothing to each of us

every week. I still havent worked that one out.
So you look back at NSW with some fondness?
10

achieved great results. NSW gave me a sense of belief that I
could literally do what I wanted, and I still do today.
What is work nowadays?
I spent a year or so living in Sichuan, China. Whilst there I got

involved in the entrepreneurship and startup eco-systems. It
was like time travelling back to London in the mid 90s. The
same energy and many of the same ideas. Since I have a few
silver wisps and experience of the 90s Dot com boom, people
looked to me as a mentor.
It was a bit of a shock, because for the first time I realised

Im older and more experienced now. So I embraced it. I
recommend mentoring or other forms of coaching. It all about

giving back and nurturing those who show enthusiasm,
promise and also those who are perhaps too shy or timid
but hugely capable. Its about helping others see the promise
n Hugh Bell and wife Ting Wang
in themselves to do what they want, with confidence, make

mistakes, have purpose and take responsibilities.
I think it was Sammy McClure who said at collect one day
that we would look back at NSW as the best days of our lives.
Theyre definitely in the medals!
What is Hong Kong like for an entrepreneur?
Hong Kong was built as a trading post. It was all about the
money then and is all about the money now. HK is a hugely
energetic city. Its a travel hub, truly international. Its exotic.
Tropical fish are just called fish here. Its like living inside the
Blade Runner movie so futuristic and rurally rustic at the
same time.
...and you started a family?
I got married in 2005 to Ting, who is from Sichuan in China.
We have three children, Bijou (9), Flynn (7), and Coco (4). We
love living here, but we live on an outlying island, which is a
25 minute fast ferry ride outside Hong Kong. Its a bit like Club
Med meets The Truman Show. There are no cars here, and
golf cars cost HK$2.2 million (Euro200k). We dont have one!
Housing here is tiny compared to other countries. Hong Kong
is run by a group of tycoons, who own most everything and as

a result we pay most of our monthly outgoings to them in one
way or another housing, utilities, telecoms, transport, food.
Is Hong Kong now definitively home?
This year, I put my children down for Newtown. We are
planning to return to Ireland in three years or so, my children
can go to Newtown. I want them to have what I had in terms of

a schooling. What I consider proper schooling. NSW nurtured
my character and enabled me to make choices. My academic

results were not great, but those who enjoyed studying
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Minutes of the A.G.M of the Newtown, Mountmellick & Foyonian

old Scholars association held at Newtown School Waterford,
Sunday the 28th September 2014.
Present: Ken Murphy, Trevor Grubb, Debbie Bailey, Andre Thompson, Donald McKlay, Ann Kinch, Helen Bailey (Murphy), David Harrison, Richard De
Courcy, Heather Stewart(Grubb), Joy Simpson (Chapman), Ray Simpson, John Williams, Michael Thompson, Sara lee OBrien, Peter Pearce, Jonathon Fletcher
and Oriel Woodbyrne.
Apologies: Bob Burns, Roger and Joan Johnson, Nicky Johnson, David Murray and Bertie Finnegan. Debbie suggested that it might be a good idea to
send both Bertie and Bob get well cards as both are in hospital this weekend and therefore missing the reunion.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and they were accepted and signed by Jonathon Fletcher.
Treasurers Report: Peter read his report for year 2013. The audited accounts are printed in full in the review.
New Officers and Committee:
The following officers were proposed by Debbie Bailey and seconded by Trevor Grubb for the year Sept 2014 to Sept 2015.
Incoming President: Andre Thompson
Vice President:
Sara Lee OBrien
Treasurer:
Peter Pearce
Secretary:
Oriel Woodbyrne
Auditor:
Brian Little
Editor:
George Jacob
Stepping down from the committee this year is outgoing president David Harrison and David Murray who is going on to do a masters in Dublin, Jonathon
thanked both for their work and effort with the committee.
Other members proposed were Bob Burns and Clodagh Webb leaving the committee the option to co-opt another person if required.
Newtown Review: A huge job was taken on this year with the
addresses outside of Ireland and the updating of their information.
Last year we had no reviews returned from outside of Ireland, this
year posting out went from 170 stamps to 40 stamps a lot of people
updated their information and opted to now receive the review on
line.
The review was very late this year due to a lot of issues on the school
side, unfortunately these things are out of our control. Next year
we are hoping the school can assure us of an earlier finish date as
September is too late for us. Jonathon has volunteered as the Old
scholars representative to the school editor and hopefully this will
cut down on phone calls and time delays.
Trevor Grubb thanks all of the committee for their endless work on
the review and suggested that it might be worth looking into doing
a separate old scholars review and at least then we would be in
control of the time delays.
Report on the gathering: We had 84 for Lunch on the Sunday not
a huge uptake on the event. Ciara Harrison and Sara Lee OBrien
did a great job with the art exhibition in the study hall and special
thanks has to go to Andrew Pim and Richie for their help in setting
up. Ciara and Sara are hoping to continue it as an event every year.
AOB: Andre Thompson reported back about the data protection
proposal that was brought up at last years meeting, there has been
no follow up on it as the Capital development fund was put on hold
for the moment.
Before handing the chain of office over to incoming president Andre
Thompson, Jonathon took the opportunity to thank all the committee for their continued hard work over the years and drew the
meeting to an end.
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There being no other business the meeting was finished.
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Accounts for the year ended 31st. December

2014
Newtown Mountmellick and Foy Old Scholars Association

Income and Expenditure Account for year ending 31/12/14
Income (All figures in )

Income from investments
Donation
Advertising Revenue
Profit (loss) on sale of ties
Profit on annual reunion
-------
Financed by
2014
2013
2,014
147
2,900
0
1,036
------6,098
====
1,780
1,050
2,750
0
562
6,142
====
Capital Account
Balance at 1st January 2014
Deficit for year ended 31st Dec 2014
Life Membership Account

Subscriptions received during year
Expenditure
Activities/Awards:
Poetry & Short Story Comp.
Young Social Innovators
Photography Competition
InterPro Hockey Contribution
Hockey Jacket Contribution
Hockey trip to Holland
Printing and stationary
Postage
Bank interest and charges
Investment Management Fee
Sundry
Suplus (deficit) on normal activities
100
0
100
0
0
0
------200
1,938
3,550
58
200
0
--------6,433
=====
-336
====
100
200
100
0
600
200
------1,300
1,938
4,640
48
200
0
------8,200
=====
-2,059
=====
Balance Sheet as at 31st. December 2014

Investments, (Note1)
Purchases (Sales) during year
Current Assets
Stock
Debtors
Bank of Ireland (Current Account)
Irish Permanent TSB (Eric de Courcy)
Current Liabilities
Creditors
Net Current Assets
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2014
177,800
6,062
----------177,800
-----------
2013
97,536
-336
97,595
-2,059
---------92,200
---------95,536
91,510
4,160
---------95,670
88,950
2,560
---------91,510
Eric DeCourcy Fund

46,817
Donations & Interest received in year 2,628
-------49,445
Student Music Grants
790
---------46,668
239,525
======
46,347
1,260
---------47,607
790
---------46,817
233,864
======
Note 1 to the account

Investments
31\12\13
Bank of Ireland
5,480
Allied Irish Bank
4,139
Blackrock Asset Mngt (Deutschland) 205
City of London
1,680
Irish Life & Permanent plc
1,947
Grafton Group
2,540
Aviva
2,700
Greencore Group Ord
7,950
470
E on Ag Npv
31\12\14
5,480
4,139
205
1,680
1,947
2,540
2,700
7,950
470
2013
171,738
6,062
----------177,800
----------
3,732
2,164
10,323
45,557
--------61,776
3,807
400
7,051
45,557
---------56,740
51
---------
675
----------
61,725
-----------
56,065
-----------
239,525
=======
233,864
======
2014
Market Value on 31\12\14 was 90,659 euro (31\12\13 was 77,920).

On behalf of the committee: Peter Pearce, Hon Treasurer
Auditors Report
I have audited the financial statements and received all the information I
found necessary. In my opinion the financial statements give a true and fair
view of the Associations affairs at 31st December 2014 and of its result for
the year then ended.
Brian S. W. Little F.C.A., Hon Auditor. 5th May 2015
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Old
Scholars
Reunion
Gallery
2014
n Alan and Sue Pim honoured - A plaque was unveiled on

Old Scholars Weekend to honour the enormous contribution
made by Alan and Sue to water safety and swimming at
Newtown and more widely, through the years.
n 2004 - Back Row: Sorcha Schnittger, Helga Bryan (Gilbert),
Jessica Stevenson (Gotto), Laura Cassin, Kelly Power, Jenny Scotson,
Caroline Torrie, Inez Randow, Sophie Sahr, Stephen Peirce, Peter
Hyland. Front Row: Cosimo Du, Jamie Evans, Ryan McLoughlin,
Brian Kennedy, Rose Paget, Brian Dagg, Philip Galloway, Robert
Marsh, John Walsh
n The Baileys, a Newtown family: Nicholas (1980), Cedric (1950),
Jillian (Barrett) (1951), Andrew (1980), Debbie (1976) and Lynn
(Bailey) Jennings (1974).
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From top:
n 1984 - Back row: Alastair Pim, Ed
Crotty, Rob Milne, Clodagh (Coad)
Nicholson, Gilly (Lazenby) Milne, Andrew
Checkett, Alan Coad. Front row: Des
Jackson, Keith Murphy, Sarah (Hill) Bean,
Andrew (Chuck) Walker, Ralph Bingham,
Luke Crosbie
n 1989- Ruth Crampton Laverty, Caroline
Pim, Dara Scallan Carberry, Siobhan Dier,
Fiona Checkett. Front: Pierre Fewer, Percy
Kingston, Duncan MacLachlan, Ciaran
Kelly, Clarke Allen.
n President hand-over - Jonathan
Fletcher (right) hands over the chain of
office to the new OS President Andre
Thompson (left).
n 1964 - Ricky Little, Wendy McChesney
(Wardell), John Williams and Clive Allen.
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n 1954 -Back row:- Elizabeth Carter(McKevitt),

Dermott Ashmore, Stuart Walker, Heather (Grubb) Stewart,
Joan Matheson, Sue (Johnson) Pim, Alan Pim, Trevor Grubb,
David Johnson, Frank Nuttall, Anthony Sherard, Eoghain
Ganly, Donald McKay, Geoffrey Coad. Front row- Adrienne
Jessop, Leslie Matheson, Olive (Wharton) Daunt, Eleanor
(Boyce) Johnson, Ann Kinch, Sheila (Pearce) Moore, Helen
(Bailey) Murphy, Sylvia (Buchanan) Torrie, Reverend Philip
Knowles, Judy (Galbraith) Craig, Richard deCourcy.
n 1974 - Back Row: Nicky Campbell, Brian ONeill, Randal
McGuckin, Dessie Daunt, Sue (Dyer) Lafarge, Charles White
Front row: Sandra (McKechnie) McLoughlin, Sarah (Dove)
Morley, Patricia (Corrigan) Loftus, Lynn (Bailey) Jennings,
Carol (Newenham) Hodder, Linda (Johnson) Quille.
n 2004 - Back Row: Sorcha Schnittger, Helga Bryan (Gilbert),
Jessica Stevenson (Gotto), Laura Cassin, Kelly Power, Jenny
Scotson, Caroline Torrie, Inez Randow, Sophie Sahr, Stephen
Peirce, Peter Hyland Front Row: Cosimo Du, Jamie Evans,
Ryan McLoughlin, Brian Kennedy, Rose Paget, Brian Dagg,
Philip Galloway, Robert Marsh, John Walsh
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n Squads for the students vs old Scholars Hockey match

on reunion weekend.
n 1994 - Adam Rynne, Ali (Egan Langley) Tyndale,
Martina (Darcy) Firbank, Stephen Mannix, Isobel (Bailey)
Baudu, Rob McConnell, Mark Deevy, Ross OShea, Robert
Corrigan
Middle Row: Cullen Allen, Stuart Musgrave, Nina (Faeste)
Casey, Ivan Varian, Sarah McBride, Mary Claire Grealy,
Rachael (Kellett) Comiskey, Daniel Tully, Thomas Reid,
Duncan Robinson, Nicky Stokes.
Front row: Suzie Shorten, Joanna Cunningham, Aedin
(Boissel) Fiel, Mary (Logue) Lyford, Tara Lynch, Jenny
(Steele )Irvine, Aura lee (OHalloran) Casey, and Aishling
Wheeler.
n Members of Pim family attend unveiling of plaque
to Alan and Sue at the old scholars weekend September
2014. L-R Jeni, Pamela, (Sam Pim in arms), Robert, Nigel,
Mark Wooller, Tia (Deirdre) Sue and Alan Pim, Andrew,
Jacob, Jonathan, Lisa,L-R kneeling: Amelia, Henry, Emma,
Jordan.
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Hong Kong Streets
areike
Von
Engelbrechten
has
lived
in
Hong Kong since the
1990s.
She works as
a photographer for a
childrens wear company,
but also takes fascinating
street photography in the
city she has grown to love.
Hong Kong is a crowded and vibrant

city made up of towering high rises a
magnificent skyline and a harbour with
stunning views. On my arrival in the 90s,

tired after a 12 hour flight I was struck by
the noise, the humidity and the melting
heat, and initially wanted to just turn heel

and head back home, she says.
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n Mareike, with husband Grgoire, and children Leah and Tristan
My pastime is street photography and
I like to portray the city and its atmosphere
cluttered streets is the perfect place for
especially interesting time as late night
Hong Kong with its busy, colourful and

any photographer. Its a modern city but as
you venture into its nooks and crannies,
at street level and after dark is an

shoppers head into the little outdoor dai
pai dongs (Hong Kong style cafs) dotted
I soon became accustomed to the
the remnants of an older Hong Kong are
since then worked in various design
colourful streets where east meets west
Most of my work is sold to interior
have two children.
people and sights to photograph.
who want to take some memories of the
craziness of the city however, and have
still visible. Its here in these vibrant and
companies. I met my husband here. We
that I like to wander and look for interesting
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decorators and Expats leaving Hong Kong

city home with them.
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OBITUARIES
SUE PIM (1944-2015)
Sue was actively involved at Newtown School, working
ue Pim, who died on

15th January 2015
was a well known
member of the Society
of Friends, and the
beloved wife of Alan,
a teacher and PE
instructor at Newtown
for more than 30 years.
part-time in teaching, and also providing swimming, life-saving
and water safety instruction. In the late 60s and early 70s (with
Alan and others) she took senior pupils on ski holidays to

Austria.
For 25 years, Sue and Alan brought 7-12 junior
pupils to Kerry to Camp on the shores of

Caragh Lake.
She taught Home Economics and coached
hockey. In all of these activities she was well-
loved by her pupils. She gave encouragement
and exuded positivity, which endeared her
to those she taught, forming strong bonds of
She was the sister of Roger Johnson,
friendship in both the school and wider Waterford
another long-established member of the
community as evidenced by the many who travelled to
teaching staff at Newtown.
her Memorial service in February.
Having suffered from cancer initially in 2004, she led an active
life until early in 2012 when her illness returned. With immense
bravery, Sue with Alan and immediate family faced up to the
prospect of her short time left. Hopes were initially high that
she would travel to New Zealand for the Christmas period,

to visit daughter Tia, Mark and their family. Sadly this proved
impossible. Tia and Mark did return for a period in September,
and Sues son Andrew flew them down to Cork, and over the
Comeragh mountains where she had walked, climbed, camped,

and orienteered many times.
whose ancestors entertained George Fox on occasions in their
home in Cumbria). Harold joined Friends after their marriage in
1936. Her siblings are David (married to Elinor), Roger (married
to Joan), Peter (married to Cathy) and Ruth (Leela) who died

some years ago.
She completed a
Secretarial course at Alexandra College Dublin, and the staff of
Johnson Brothers where she worked as a Secretary to her father.
Through Dublin Young Friends, she met Alan, whom she would
marry in 1963. That year they went to Loughborough, where Alan
obtained his Dip Ed and Dip Phys Ed. They moved the following
year to Kenya, where Alan taught at a Friends School for four

years. Sue taught knitting and sewing and looked after their
growing family. Andrew and Deirdre (now Tia) were born there.
In 1968 they returned to Ireland, and Alan took up the post of P.E.
and Biology teacher at Newtown School, where he continued to
teach for the next 31 years. Their other two children, Nigel and
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they moved from the City to the country in 1993, buying 40 acres
of land, it was no surprise that later Andrew (with partner Liisa)
and then Nigel (with wife Jeni) built on the same land. Kevin and
his wife Pam and their three children also set up home nearby
when they returned from Australia, two years ago. The family,
including twelve grandchildren, will miss her greatly as a friend,
loving guide, advicer, councillor and inspirational person. Sue
went frequently to spend time with her daughter and family in

of both the country and the many friends she made while there.
Sues energy and wide variety of interests was amazing! She was
involved with Irish and International Quakers and served for many
years as Overseer, Elder and Clerk of Monthly Meeting. She was
a Waterford rep on YMC, and internationally on FWCC EMES,

helped organise and attend Conferences both in Europe and Africa.
Sue attended Rathgar Junior School before going as a boarder
Kevin were born in Waterford.
Sue and Alan had a wonderful love for all of their family, and when
New Zealand, and had several Christmases enjoying the warmth
Sues parents were Harold Johnson and Doris (nee Bewley
to Newtown School from 1955 to 1961.
She helped with camping,
climbing and in latterly, orienteering groups.
With Alan she lead two Quaker Youth Pilgrimages. Sue was with
Irish Water Safety, Lifesaving, Waterford Orienteering, Waterford
Samaritans, the Music Club, Symphony Club, Toastmasters, and

more recently the Hospice movement. She was a very keen and
capable gardener. As was typical of Sues generosity of Spirit, she

donated her body to Trinity College for medical research. Over
420 attended a remembrance ceremony- evidence of the love in

which Sue was held.
DEATHS
With sadness we report the deaths also of John Pollard (Class of

1991) and Callum Chambers (Class of 2010). To all the families
of these loved ones, the OS Association would like to extend
deepest sympathies. If you are aware of Old Scholars who have

passed away, please inform us so as to pass on the news to
others.
OBITUARIES
ANN JEFFARES TAYLOR (NEE
BARRETT) (1932 2014)
a prominent member of her local church and continued her love of

singing through the church choir.
nn Taylor died on 25 May 2014 at

the age of 82.
Ann returned to Ireland every year and regularly paid a visit to
She was sent
touch. All her life she aspired to follow the Quaker ethos she had
to Newtown School from

her home in Dublin in
1944 on the advice of her
doctor as she suffered

from asthma and it was
felt the country air would
do her good.
Not only did her health

greatly improve, but she
discovered
time. She settled in Northampton and had two children. She was
love
of
music and singing (with huge encouragement from Eric de Courcy)

which lasted for the rest of her life.
On leaving school, she completed a secretarial course in Dublin

and worked for the Caledonian Insurance Company. She also
acted as unofficial hostess, with her sister Jill (Bailey) for the many
visiting rugby teams under the watchful guidance of her uncle who
was the Secretary of the IRFU. Having taken up a position as
secretary to the Sports Director of Timkin, Northampton, she met

and married Basil Taylor who was a well known cricketer of that
Newtown. She attended the Bi-Centenary celebrations in 1998 and

met up with old school friends with whom she had always stayed in
learnt in her schooldays, which was a big influence in her life.
BRIAN WILSON & DIERDRE WILSON FONS

I report with great sadness the demise of my husband Brian Wilson
and his sister Dierdre Wilson Fons. Brian was always interested in
the progress of his friends and kept in contact with his old school
pals. After marrying in 1962 we immigrated to Canada returning
two years later to the farm in Carbury. Following a diagnosis of
Leukaemia he made little fuss of the frequent transfusions which

enabled him to carry on with most of his interests until he was
finally hospitalised and died in February 2014.
Dierdre Anne lived most of her adult life in Denmark where she
worked as a nurse until retirement, she was married to a doctor

who proceeded her, she had two sons and one daughter. Sadly
she spent several years in a care home before dying last year.
Both Brian and Dierdre always spoke of the happy times they
spent in Newtown. With Brian his time spent in Carragh Lake in

Kerry was a lasting memory. Donations can be made to Blood
Transfusion Board in his memory. Sincerely, Susan Wilson.
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OLD SCHOLARS NEWS

CLASS OF 1974
visiting another in London.
Digicel in Jamaica and Stephanie who is
MARK KENNY
doing a degree in Montessori teaching
DAvID ASTON
Currently living in Carlow on a farm in
Living and working in Cork. He was very

disappointed not to be able to attend the 40
year reunion in September.
NICKY CAMPBELL
Nicky is married with one son and is living
in Co. Clare. He runs a clothing business.
DESSIE DAUNT
Des retired from the retail business in 2013
from Tesco and formerly with Musgraves
leased out longterm. Managing a B&B in

Ennis for the summer which he and his wife
also did last year. Eldest stepdaughter had
horsewoman and Dave, her husband is a

photographer and keen sailor. She enjoys
the odd visit to Newtown and has great
memories of her school time there.
a daughter last year, younger one had got
BrIaN ONeIll
her degree this year. His son left uni last
Brian works in his family pottery business
year and his daughter will be starting her
ONeill pottery, based at Bunratty Castle.
second year in Journalism in UL this year.
LINDA QUILLE (JOHNSTON)
So 3 more years of college fees and life is

still good for Maria and Mark!
Linda Johnston is now living in Kilkenny

caring for her mother. Linda enjoyed living
Supervalu/Centra and L & N. He is now
SUE LAFARGE (DYER)
working along side his wife Susan in a
Sue is married to Philippe and as he is now
with her husband and three daughters.
retired, her life is all about golf, travelling,
KAREN SHAFFREY (GOOD)
very successful B & B business, Samuels

Heritage B & B, on the Dunmore Road
outside Waterford City, very welcoming to
all Newtonians past and present. They have
4 children, Shannon 21 has successful
graduated in early childcare studies, Killian
19 is in first year commerce in UCC and
twins Bevin & Martha 17 are in 5th year in
the Abbey Community College.
SARAH EARLE
Living in Enniscorthy and works part time
in Dublin.
PATTY HAUGHTON
Patty is living in Delaware USA. She is
widowed and has 5 grown children, three
sons and two daughters. Two of the
sons are married. Due to ill health, she is
unable to work but volunteers with projects
involving children. She is still active with
Quakers. She was sorry not to be able to
come to the reunion.
CAROL HODDER (NEWENHAM)
Carol is planning to undertake a visual arts
residency in Iceland. She is a fellow of the
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co.
Mayo and was an invited artist to Beijing
China in 2007.
LYNN JENNINGS (BAILEY)
Lynn is still living in Belfast and teaching
primary school children at Methodist
College. She has three daughters all
married. She visits her grandchildren
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which he have a partnership which is
and lives at home. Sarah is still a keen
in Germany frequently and will soon be

animals and cars.

PATRICIA LOFTUS (CORRIGAN)
for almost twenty years in southern Africa
Karen is married and living in New Zealand.

She works for Sport New Zealand. She
Patricia is living and farming in Tullow Co.
has three step daughters. She comes back
Carlow. She enjoyed meeting her form
to Ireland as often as possible to visit her
mates last September.
family. She is an active member of a choir.
RANDAL MCGUCKIN
DENISE STANSFIELD (PASLEY)
Graduated from Aberdeen University in
Denise has been married for 37 years
Engineering. He has 3 kids, one of who is
and have two grown up children and two
sailing around the world! He moved into
grandchildren. She retired from Nursing
computers and is currently working with a
after 41 years mostly on childrens wards.
start-up in Dublin. For him - life is good -
She hopes to visit Ireland soon.
and far better than the alternative!
CHARLES WHITE
SANDRA MCLOUGHLIN (MCKECHNIE)
Whitey is married with two grown up
Sandra is living in Cork, having lived in
children, one married. He is living in
Waterford and South Africa. She has just
Sandycove and working as an auctioneer
finished a BA degree in Art History and
and estate agent in Rathmines. He enjoys
Philosophy at UCC. Both her children have
holidaying in Kerry and the occasional
left Newtown. She is enjoying her new role
biking holiday.
as a grandmother.
JUNE MCMAHON (ROSE)
June is still happily married, living in Cork.
She works part time at the Cork Examiner.
She has 4 sons, two still at college. She
and her husband are looking forward to
retirement and plan to travel the world.
HILARY MELBOURNE
Hilary is living and working in Dublin with
her long term partner.
SARAH MORLEY (DOvE)
Sarah is married and living in Dalkey. She
has two children, Jack who is working for
CLASS OF 1984
RALPH BINGHAM
Studied Architecture in Bolton Street from
1984 1989, worked in London for a year
before exploring India/Asia for 6 months,
returning to Ireland and working in Murray
OLaoire Architects, becoming a director
in the process. Today a Director of MOLA
Architecture trying to earn a crust! Living
in Dublin and married to Hilary since 1999.
Have 3 sons Max (14) and Harry and Adam
(the terrible twins 11). Enjoying cycling, 5 aside footie and watching
(11) and twins of 7, and living in Kildare.
rugby. Hello class of 1984, didnt we have a great time in Newtown-
ED CROTTY
hope you are all well.

ALISON CRANMER (NEE BOYD)
Engineering degree TCD, also studied an MBA 1994, worked in

London until 1997, moved back home, married Susan and have
Married Richard in 1991 and we have two teenage girls, Zoe and
4 kids - Patrick (12); Hugh (10); Louise (8) and Sam (6). Set up
Georgia - one at Uni and the other almost there too at the time of
my own homecare company in 2014 (providing Carers for older
writing. Enjoying living and working in Norfolk,
people in their own homes, serving South Dublin), called Heritage
JILL FITZGERALD (NEE CANNING)
Homecare. Have been competing in triathlons since 2004, still
Jill FitzGerald (Canning) Living on the beautiful Dingle Peninsula

in Kerry with husband Andrew, a dairy farmer and our 3 children,
enjoying it ! Also support the Munster Rugby Team, through thick

and thin.
Sarah, 20 and Lucy 17 and Mark 14 (when theyre not in college,
PAUL DUFFIN
boarding school or travelling...the empty nest is looking dangerously
Moved back to Ireland in 2011 with Family now 4 kids Emily 15
close!!) - running my own small online craft business www.
Patrick and Shona 10 and Kerry 7 and reside in Carlow. Work
caketoppers.ie, playing lots of tennis, dabbling in my vegetable
between Dubai and Carlow. Self employed still with The Childrens
garden, making plenty of homemade cider from the orchard and
Medical Centre Dubai and REL Cooling Services Ltd Carlow and a
just started letting out holiday accommodation in a property on the
few other bits and bobs. Walking Mondo my German Shepherd 10k
farm......life is good!
a day keeps me half fit and still race a few racehorses with friends.
SOPHIE CANTILLON
Am now on Twitter at @Duffin77Paul.
Tragically deceased. After a short illness in Gothenburg where she
LIZ DUFFY
had just completed her PhD, Sophie died in December 2010. She
A (very short!) time at Trinity College followed by a haphazard but
is remembered and missed by us all as a vivacious, sociable and
nonetheless enjoyable career path ! Enjoy horse riding - horse
smart girl who loved life and was a great friend. She was passionate
racing - interior design gardening. Partner Robert for past 15
about cycling, photography and outdoor life and always fun to be
years (one stepdaughter Emma 21 years) and apart from that Sarah
with. After a very successful stint in PR in the UK, Sophie spent
Naomi & Paul have provided plenty of lovely nieces and nephews to
a number of years completing an MBA in Oslo and her PhD in
keep me busy!
Gothenburg where she was incredibly happy loving Scandinavian
ALISON FANAGAN (nee Farrell)
life so suited to all her passions. R.I.P.

ALAN COAD
BCL in UCD, Blackhall Place Law Society solicitors course and

apprenticeship, LL.M in Trinity Hall College, Cambridge. Working
B.Tech Ed in Limerick University followed by a Post grad year in
with A & L Goodbody solicitors since November 1990, specializing
TCD. Since then, many adventures over 20 years building & running
in litigation, and environmental and planning law. Became a
technology businesses all over the globe, most recently with Pivotal.
consultant in 2008 so work 4 days a week, at least in theory! Joined
As always, passions include Sailing, Fly-fishing and shooting, albeit
Milltown Golf Club 1995 and play reasonably regularly. Married Jody
more internationally than school days. Married to Anna & living in
Fanagan 24 September 1994 and celebrated 20 year anniversary
Parsons Green, London with Toby (12)
September 2014 in Italy! 3 boys Hugo (16); Harry (14); Stephen (12)
CLODAGH NICHOLSON (NEE COAD)
JOHN FAULL
Married Darren Nicholson, 4 children aged 9,14, 20 & 22 & living
Attended UCG and got a B.SC in Marine Biology, spent a year in
near Clonakilty, West Cork. Working full time Teaching 3rd to 6th
Carna, Co. Galway (UCGs Shellfish Research Lab) studying for a
class in Kilgarriffe NS Clonakilty, Co.Cork and acting principal at
diploma in aquaculture. Spent a year working in London in various
present. Coach U12 girls hockey in Bandon HC and captain of Clon/
jobs earning some money and getting over the experience of living
Ross Girls Brigade. Hobbies: photograph, gardening, swimming,
in the isolation of Connemara for a year. Spent about 5 years
skiing & sailing whenever time permits!!
working for an environmental consultancy company, in Galway,
LUKE CROSBIE
which involved going to sea.
After a Law degree and Masters in Finance (extending studenthood
GleNN ONeIll
as long as possible), worked in private equity in Ireland, UK and EU
Did a degree in Theology at Queens Belfast. When last in
for 12 years, then managing a family investment company, BHR.
touch was working for a Community Church in Navan. www.
Now mostly Chairman of a pharmaceutical company and commuting
calvarycommunitychurch.info Married to Gabriella, one daughter
from Dublin Airport. Still married to Niamh, has 3 daughters Emily
Tara, no further update.

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aIleeN OBeIrNe
Architecture (UCD) as a career until 1999
as reflexology. Married Tom 1993. 2 kids,
BA from UCG in 1989, LLB from UCG
(now a hobby) and completed an MBA
Eoin (aeronautical engineering in Glasgow)
at Cranfield in the UK. Now run my own
and Emer (doing the Leaving!).
business consultancy in London. Married to
GILLIAN LAZENBY (Nee Milne)
in 1992, qualified as a solicitor in 1995.

Moved to Brussels with husband Brendan,
worked in various jobs, and joined the
Agricultural College in Hampshire doing
European Commission in 2001. Married
Gaia and Noah.
mum of 2 daughters.
ANDREW WALKER (ALIAS CHUCK!)
DaVID OBrIeN
TCD (History & Hockey), Kings Inns and
since! Live in Dorset, with husband Rob &
Degree in Production Engineering (Carlow
Barrister since 1992. Chair of Three Rock
daughter Lucy (21) working on a 2200 acre
Hockey club after far too many years of
arable/dairy farm. Passionate about horse-
coaching! Triathlons dominate the summer
riding, especially with my daughter.
months. Married Meriel (Bailey) 1995 and 3
IAN LAZENBY
Regional Technical College), then 4 years

working with Yazaki (in Japan) before
emigrating to Australia where Ive been
a one-year Farm Secretarial Course and

have been working in this field ever
since. All manner of unspectacular jobs
boys James, Ben and Sam.
in IT and finance project areas. Hobbies
SARAH BEAN (NEE HILL)
include Skydiving (3000 jumps) Kite-
Marketing degree from College of
Nicolette van der Wel and also involved in
Marketing & Design, & has spent the
the family nursery business.
last 26 yrs in consumer goods marketing
MIRANDA MARTIN
boarding, Mountain biking. Married my wife

in 2014 after an extended courtship!
GORMLAITH ORMOND
based in Dublin, the last 18 as general
Having qualified as a PE teacher in
manager with Coty Ireland. Married to Tom,
Stranmillis, then went on to train as a

Special Needs Assistant and has been
working in Newpark School (Dublin)
leading the SNA for 2nd year, in addition to
3 children (15, 10 & 10 carrying on the

Twin tradition!). Passions include hockey
(coaching not playing), yoga, dabbling in
piano, skiing, diving (only in warm waters!)
coaching hockey. Married to Louis and has
and keeping up my French.
two children Louis (17) and Celeste (15).
BEN JOHNSON
TIA WOOLER (DEIRDRE PIM)
Left Newtown straight into cheesemaking,
Married to Mark, living in Warkworth, NZ,
set up a honey co-op in the Burren farming
3 children Cullen, Bree & Carrie. Trained

as a Montessori teacher in Dublin but all
her working life based in NZ where she
now runs her own school. They live an hour
north of Auckland in an area becoming
increasingly popular for its vineyards, long
white sandy beaches, arts and good eating!
They have a 3 acre property with a passion
for growing veg, fruit, ducks and hens.
ALISTAIR PIM
Auctioneering (horses, not houses!) and
working the stud farm in Mountmellick.
Married to Gillian with 3 children.
GABRIELLE SHERIDAN
After degrees in social science, Business
Education & Special Education, spent a
number of years teaching and travelling.
Now working for the family business in
Dublin. Married to Gerry have 3 kids Penny age 12, Willow age 10, Gerry age 7,
2 dogs, 1 cat and 2 gold fish.
JULIAN TALBOT BRADY
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Louise. Two daughters and son - Tuscany
200 beehives. Set up cheese factories in

Sweden for the Hari Krishna movement,
Ukraine for the Chernobyl affected areas
and South Africa the next step. Currently
run a boat building school: www.bensboats.
com and run guitar making classes www.
burrenlutherie.com. Free time is taken up
with the preaching work with Jehovahs
Gurteen Agricultural College and have

been farming ever since! Married to
After many years working with horses,

teaching riding and involved in racing,
I moved to London where I now live
having started my own catering business!
Fanatical skier having worked three season
in the Alps, still go racing as much as
possible and have a love of gardening.
DAvID MEADE
Studied civil engineering in UCG and after
a stint in London and Scotland, worked as
engineer in the West of Ireland on the main
Sligo-Moscow highway! Heavily involved
in coaching hockey in Galway. Married to
Mary and has a son Conor (11).
ROBERT MILNE
Farming in Co. Wexford. Married, divorced
& happily in a new partnership! Three
Witnesses knocking on peoples doors and
children Bill, Aoife and John.
annoying them (his words not mine!)
JAMES MOLLOY
SALLY COLE (NEE KINGSTON)
Emigrated to Australia in 1995. Currently
Nurse training and after 3 years traveling
working in the construction industry in
Asia, NZ & Australia, nursed in Blackrock
Queensland. Married to Belinda & father of
and now living in Naas with Alan and 2
3 boys, Riley, Flynn and Cameron.
daughters Sasha and Sophia.
KEITH MURPHY
ROISIN LENNON (NEE KLANN)
Agricultural Science, UCD, qualified as
General nurse training in Dublin and then
Chartered Accountant with PWC and with
Perth in Scotland to do midwifery. Now

a midwife in Sligo General and currently
doing masters in advanced midwifery
practice. Great interest in aromatherapy,
spent 2 years getting a diploma in it as well
them in Warsaw. Joined Aventis Pharma

as CFO Poland/Baltic states, moved
to Strasbourg as Head of Corporate
Finance, now back in Warsaw! Married to
Agnieszka and 3 kids, Adam (15), Ola (13)
and Camilla (9).
OLD SCHOLARS NEWS

Class of 1994
SUZIE SHORTEN
Enjoying a busy life in Dublin with Dylan 6, Camille 2 and partner. In
2010 set up event management company and am currently looking
forward to more lecturing in event management in College.
MARK DEEvY
Working in the family business, healthy and happy 2 kids Matthew 6
Emily 2, life is good.
aura-lee (OHallOraN) Casey
Married to Jason with 4 children, studying for a bsc (hons) in
applied health care at Waterford Institute of Technology.
CULLEN ALLEN
Im living across the field from Ballymaloe with my wife Bree and 3
kids and Im still running Cully and Sully which is flying.
rOss OsHea
Living in Dunmore East and married to Hazel. Busy rearing two kids
Tadhg (4) and Leah (2) with one on the way. Works as a Town
Planner in Dublin, Waterford and now Kilkenny County Council
since qualifying with a Masters from UCD. Plays golf and soccer
Owns and runs food production company, The Dalkey Food Co,
whilst living in its namesake.Writes and speaks on the science and
providence of food and still Djs quite a bit, all under watchful eye of
daughters Lucienne (6) and Anna (3).
NINA CASEY nee Faeste - married to Liam with 3 children (Alex 7,
Sophie 5 and Ruby Mae (3). Back in Dublin almost a year, after 2
sun filled years in Malta.
DERMOT CONNER
Living in Houston, TX with wife Laura, mother in law Chris, two
rather large small children (Bella and Brendan, 6 and 4 respectively)
and a herd of animals. Enterprise content manager, which has the
primary advantage of being indoor work with no heavy lifting.
Class of 2004
BRIAN KENNEDY
Following BA and MSc moved to London where I have been for
nearly six years now, working in fund management. Stayed in
touch with Newtown lads by living together in the infamous Dundela
through college and more recently via Whatsapp!
and enjoys travel as much as possible.

JENNIFER (STEELE) IRvINE
Married to Stephen, 4 daughters, Lily 9, Jasmine 7, Rose 6 and
2015
Violet 1. Award winning Entrepreneur and best-selling author.

GRAHAM HANNAN
Currently residing in Louisville, Kentucky USA. I live with my wife
Kim, daughter McKayla and son Chase. I am a musician for my
band HaNNan with our fifth album for release in August, as well as
the owner/producer of Graphite Studios in Louisville.
AEDN BOISSEL
Living in Dublin. Presently working in recruitment and recently
135 per child for 1 week

245 per child for 2 weeks
350 per child for 3 weeks
www.campwaterford.com
Cub Camp
4 - 6 yrs
Amazing new experiences
in a nurturing environment
completed writing her second novel.

ALI TYNDALE ( NEE EGAN-LANGLEY )
Living in Bristol. A Drama therapist doing some photography on
the side at Alexandra Tyndale Photography.
ISOBEL BAILEY-BAUDU, In France for 17 years with husband,
Yann and daughters, Zo & Sasha, aged 9 and 6. Teaching
English and Music in Junior High School in Southern Brittany and

English at the Faculty of Law in UBS, Vannes. Training to become
an examiner with Cambridge English Language Assessment.
Directs and organises classical festival, Les Musicales de Redon.
CW Sports Academy
Skills and knowledge
for a life in Sport
Week 3 - Age 13 - 18 yrs
STUART MUSGRAvE
Married to Gemma Hayes with one son Max who is 17 months.
Lives in London and works for Marsh & McLennan. Playing a bit of
golf and growing a beard in between changing nappies.
IvAN vARIAN
3 weeks in July - 10am - 4pm

Early drop-off and late pick up service.
See our website for more details
www.campwaterford.com
Find us on
Facebook
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JESSICA STEvENSON (NEE GOTTO)
LAURA CASSIN
I have recently married in Cork to a lovely Scotsman Andrew
Living and working in Waterford and still love playing hockey! Do
Stevenson. I am living on a farm near a town named St. Andrews
we have to write about whether were married? Im not and I doubt
in Scotland. I am braving the new and setting up a business of my
things will change by the time this goes to print!
own bringing convenient tasty healthy fast food to the students of
STEPHEN PEIRCE
St. Andrews university and to the Edinburgh farmers markets.

INEZ vON RANDOW
Working in Dublin as a Case Manager for Eneclann, tracing heirs

and researching family histories. At least until his craft brewery
After leaving Newtown with tears in my eyes I studied marketing
takes off...!
and communication in my hometown Dsseldorf, enjoying
JENNY SCOTSON
a delightful partylife with my old friends. I now live in Berlin,

organising international congresses.
SOPHIE vON SAHR
Studied classical music in Cork School of Music, followed by a

2-year MPhil in Music & Media Tech in Trinity College. Having
started out my career doing internship at EMI London. I now live in
It took me almost a year to get over Newtown actually, as I missed
Dublin, and work in Universal Music Ireland as Digital & Business
it a lot! After leaving, I started my studies in Logistics in Hamburg.
Development Co-ordinator - alongside Caroline Torrie, former
Thats actually what Im also doing now, Im involved in Chartering
dorm mate of 3 years at Newtown).
vessels all around the world for the Heavy Lift Industry / Project
CAROLINE TORRIE
cargos. During the weekend I just love to hang around beside the
beach, meeting friends and enjoying a bit of Partylife! Still think
that Newtown was one of the best time in my life so far!
Having completed a Masters in Public Relations in DIT, Caroline

is in her seventh year of working with Universal Music in the artist
publicity department. Lves in Dublin with her boyfriend and spends
her free time in search of the perfect cup of coffee!
BRIAN DAGG
Brian is a Solicitor living and working in Dublin. He plays
tennis and soccer regularly, enjoys his car.
RYAN MCLOUGHLIN
Ryan originates from the Southern most country in Africa,
emigrating at 14 to the Dise. As a youth Ryan was most
happy to be on the water, in a dingy, kayak or wetsuit.
Leaving Ireland he studied architecture in Dundee, the
pursuit of which led him to live in Sydney and Mumbai
before finally arriving in London to attain his prof quals.
Keen cyclist, likes climbing and has started framing things.
SHONA KEATING
Live in Dublin, studied Social Care, Addiction counselling
in Trinity and Crisis Pregnancy counselling. I work for
the HSE - I spent 7 years working with newly homeless
teenagers, but now work in Child & Adolescent psychiatry
(mental health) Married since 2013 to Kevin Halpin.
HELGA BRIAN (NEE GILBERT)
Helga studied montessori teaching and is now working in
a preschool in Crosshaven, Cork. She married to Jason
Bryan and they have three children.
COSIMO vON DUNGERN
Cosimo is currently working for Berenberg Bank in
Hamburg and London where he is a relationship manager
for corporate banking clients. He is married and lives with
his wife Antonia in Hamburg.
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GIllIaN OsHea
Enjoying life in Dubai working for a Sports Medicine company as
After studying Psychology at UCD, I went and worked in Abu
Head of Strength and Conditioning. Still playing rugby and looking
Dhabi for a few years. It was an amazing experience and I got to

travel to lots of amazing places. I then moved to London to do a
to get a few more international caps this year. Try and get back to
Ireland as much as possible and have great memories of being a
post-grad in Primary teaching and 5 years later I am still loving
boarder in Newtown School
life in London. Did some travelling last year and now working as
JAMIE EvANS
a Special Educational Needs Coordinator in a primary school in
im working as head of operations at a hedge fund called 36 South
London. I am hoping to pursue a Doctorate in Educational and

Child Psychology in the very near future.
Capital Advisors Llp in london. Living in brixton, single. Studied

International Business and Spanish in DIT and spent 2 years living
LEILA vISSER (NEE HEGARTY)
in Argentina. That sums up my last 10 years.
After studying childcare for 2 years. I am now based in Brisbane
ROSE PAGET
Australia and work in the childcare industry for one of the major
Studied English and Music in UCD followed by a 3 year hiatus in
childcare centres. I am married to an Australian called Sean and

we have 2 children together.
retail after which I returned to UCD to complete my PGDE (H-Dip).

In a twist of fate, the poor economy and shortage of teaching jobs
KELLY POWER
meant that I landed a job in an advertising agency in Dublin. Still
Took some time off after school to travel and went between
there 2 years later and loving it. I also worked part-time in the
Australia & the UK for 7 years, during that time getting my degree
National Concert Hall for 6 years.
in Leisure Management. Back home in Waterford, managing my
KATE MURRAN
parents hotel with them. Still love to travel and try to get back to
Studied English in Dublin swiftly followed by a relocation to Cork
Australia every year.

TAIF DELAMIE
to study medicine. Currently living and working in New Zealand.

Plan to fit in some more travels before committing to adultdom. I
Shaws Department Stores

are proud suppliers
of uniforms to
Newtown School
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still have great friends from Newtown which
Studied in UCD and LSE. Now works as
lovely little boy-Lon. Studied Japanese and
I feel very lucky to have. I gave up a hockey
a consultant in London after some time
translation in DCU but wasnt for me and I
career (?) after finishing school but keep
playing semi-pro rugby in Dubai.
have just qualified as a nutritional therapist,
myself occupied with running.
PETER HYLAND
planning to open my own business.
CONOR DOYLE
Architect with a diverse background. After
JULIA ALvENSLEBEN
Studied Construction Economics and
studying architecture at Dundee university
(2005 Gap Year in Mexico, Tulancingo)
Management in university after Newtown.
and he established an online relocation
2006-2011 Magister on International
Got a Construction Project Management job
startup and also worked in Marketing at
Development in Vienna. 2011-2014 Working
despite the economy and worked in that role
Trinity College before returning to his
as Coordinator at the German Foundation
for 4 years. Stayed living in Waterford, met
passion for building. Working in London.
for Integration in Berlin. In 2015 I moved to
Lauren and we decided to try something
SORCHA SCHNITTGER
Nairobi, Kenya with my boyfriend.
I studied engineering in Galway before
BARRA COLLINS
moving to the UK. Based in Glasgow
I live in a little flat in Brockley, London, with
working in R&D for electricity networks.
my partner Evelyn and our cat Mimi. I spent
PHILIP GALLOWAY
three years studying theatre at Goldsmiths
new and we ended up in Vancouver where

we have been for the last 3 years.
GREG DEACON
Structural Engineering in D.I.T. and
qualified in 2009 and moved to Vancouver
in Canada in June 2010. I am now a project
manager for a utilities company specialising
in Trenchless technologies. Marrying my
girlfriend of almost 10 years in December.
ROBERT ARGENT
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Living in Dublin having spent six years

working abroad in London and Singapore.
He works in marketing and enjoys cycling
and travelling when he can get away.
PEN SAUGNIER (NEE PICKERSGILL)
I am married to a French man and have a
(University of London) and Trinity College

Dublin. In 2012 I formed a theatre company,
LAStheatre - las from the Irish to ignite.
Over the last 3 years our work has been
described as powerful (The Scotsman),
fascinating (BBC).
OLD SCHOLARS NEWS
Bob honoured in Cork

Old Foyonian Bob Burns turned 80
this year, while he and his wife Betty
also celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary.
Last year Bob was honoured with a civil
reception by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr
Catherine Clancy, in recognition of his
work over the years with a host of voluntary organisations in
Cork as well as years of work on the Newtown Mountmellick
and Foy Old Scholars Association.
Bob has been tireless in his commitment to them all, and
organises the Summer Bishop Foy Barbeque get-together,
each year. The Old Scholars Committee wish him a belated
happy birthday and congratulations to him and Betty on their
Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Stay in contact
Newtown Old Scholars Association is updating members
addresses and contact details. We are also trying to double
check if you are receiving your Newtown Review every year

and if you would like to change to our online facility for the
review. With postage charges going up every year we are
finding it more expensive to post so we have set up the
Newtown Review on line. If you send us a current email
address we can send you the link every year, you can also
answer the questions below:
1 Did you receive your Newtown Review this year?

2 Would you prefer to receive it on line?
3 Have any of your details changed?
4 Can you also confirm your postal and email please.
Email us the answers to these questions at nswoldscholars@
gmail.com or send a letter to Oriel Woodbyrne, Cluain
Laighean, Ballyroe, Athy, Co. Kildare . Tel. 087-6371080

Remember also - there are hundreds, if not thousands of Old
Scholars now on Facebook. Why not check it out and join - its a
great way of staying in touch, and catch up with news!
DeCourcy & NMFOSA Fund

Treasurers repOrT pupIls FuND: 200 was given
to the pupils fund towards the annual Short Story and Photo
Competition, last year.
ERIC DECOURCY FUND: 790 music
burtsary was awarded to Daniel Morris for

his outstanding music achievements. Our
congratulations to him.
The fund is currently worth 48,655.00.

Contributions to the fund are welcome
however, and can be made to OSA
Treasurer; Peter Pearce, C/O Inglewood,
Carrigmore, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. Tel.

087 2760868 e-mail: ppkpearce@gmail.
com
INvESTMENTS: The portfolio continues to
perform well and is valued at 90,658.99 as

of 31st. December 2014.
- On behalf of the cottee: Peter Pearce,

Treasurer
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NEWTOWN REVIEW 2014/15

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Student Editors: Daniel Morris and Cathy Teevan

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What do you do in Newtown?

What do you do in Newtown?

I turn off lights, and then turn them on again in the

What did you study in college?

During the rest of the time I put my energies into

What did you do before you came here?

What did you study in college?

I taught for many years, some of those years in

Hotel management, H.R. teaching and now TV

Kilgraston School, Perth, Scotland.

all that I have learned up to now.

How is Newtown different from other places

What did you do before you came here?

It is less formal than other schools I have I have worked

Whats it like looking after girls dorms?

ticket and spending eight months in a campervan

A pleasure! Keeps me on my toes!

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Where are you from?

Where are you from?

here and I wanted to see what it was like.

I applied to the UK and Ireland but Ireland was my first

Whats your favourite memory here so

it was an amazing country with friendly people.

That would probably be interacting with the students

Whats your favourite memory here so far?

Have you learned anything from your time

Whats your favourite lunch?

What will you do after this year?

Have you learned anything from your time

What will you miss most about Newtown?

What will you do after this year?

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What was it like playing for the Lions?

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What was your favourite experience

The ethos there was definitely a little

Do you feel your time in Newtown

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organised by Mr. Garbett.

What would you say to aspiring young

the harder you work, the luckier

focused and talented (he would probably say

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I made great friends and enjoyed the

He attended Newtown from 2008 to 2011 when he went to

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Newtown in the 70s

Who was the housemaster when you were in school?

Who was the principal?

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obviously pinpointed as everybody knew he was going to be the

I have been a school teacher for 25 years and that period

Did you learn any life lessons from your time in

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Newtown in the 70s

You will make plenty of friends but you