Portraits of Clongowes

Dec 16 2024 104 ep. 29 mins 1

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A podcast series on alumni who went to Clongowes who share their recollections of those days now as adults. Series 4 has been sponsored by Eimear Hannon, of Hannon Travel and Liz O’Kane, Buying Agent of the Year 2024, and is out soon. Portraits is recorded and produced in South Podcast Studio in Dundrum. The series concept is devised and crated by Rossa McDermott OC’78. Broadcast Coordinator Lee Brennan & Conor Eustace Editor Peter Rice If you enjoy podcasts consider supporting the project https://gofund.me/b2eafd2 and/or want to be on the podcast E [email protected]

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Cyril Power SJ, OC’ 1907

Dec 16 2024 43 mins

There is a wonderful photo in the Castle of the physicists working at Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory in August 1920. Taking his position amongst historical greats such as Prof. Chadwick and Ernest Rutherford is Fr C. Power S.J. The script underneath describes the former as being famous for his discovery of the neutron while Rutherford discovered the alpha particle an

Adam Lewis

Dec 09 2024 43 mins

Adam Lewis a native and is currently principal of Boston College High School.After time as principal of Loyola School in Manhattan, NY. And b4 a director of Senior Campus at Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia, a Jesuit school serving 1000 boys He was also Deputy Principal of Saint Ignatius College Riverview in Sydney, Australia, was d a Jesuit school for 1500 boys. His connecti

Peter O’Meara OC’88

Dec 06 2024 32 mins

Peter O’Meara left Clongowes in 1988. A native of Mallow where he lives with his wife Hilary and four children, Peter was President of The Clongowes Union for the year 2023/2024.He is a Director of Savills Ireland, based in their Cork office, with whom he has worked for over 30 years.

Sean McMahon OC’16

Dec 05 2024 44 mins

Our guest is one of the early Alberto Hurtado Bursary graduates, who entered the Jesuit noviciate in Innsbruck this September. Shadowing the life of Fr Cyril Power S.J. (OC 1907) Seán studied Theoretical Physics in Cambridge after leaving Clongowes. While at Cambridge he gained his full blue in Rugby, playing in two Varsity matches, one time on losing and the following year on the

Adam MacNulty OC’88

Dec 04 2024 39 mins

Adam MacNulty is President and Client Portfolio Manager, Brandes Investment Partners (Europe) based in Dublin Previously he was with with Pioneer investments , Davys and Aviva Investors A graduate of the Michael Smurfit Business School with an MBS in Financial Services following his BA Ecomomics from UCDHe left Clongowes in 1988

Blair Fanning OC’00

Dec 03 2024 41 mins

Blair is CFO of Vanguard Europe, which manages over $400bn in assets across the UK, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and France; as well as having a growing presence in Ireland. Blair has held a variety of senior finance and business strategy roles.He has worked across different geographies, business sectors and in businesses at varied stages of maturity. The common thread

David Soden OC’79

Dec 02 2024 41 mins

Born in Galway in 1961, David Soden grew up in “Tullamore, Ring and Clongowes” and wenton to obtain a BCL at University College, Dublin. Having trained as a solicitor in Waterford, he returned to Dublin in 1989 and has been self-employed since the mid-1990s.He’s one of a numbers of brothers who attended Clongowes and one. Of sets of brothers to appear on Portraits.Married wit

John Daly OC’82

Nov 30 2024 46 mins

John Daly was born in Dublin on the day JFK was shot, as good an alibi as you'll get.Attended Clongowes Wood College (OC 1982 [his brother Conor OC 1985]), Dublin City University, University of Oxford (Keble College) and the Institute of Art & Law. John has worked as a lecturer in a number of third level institutions including the National College of Art & Design and at the Open Un

Tanner O’Connell OC’08

Nov 29 2024 24 mins

Tanner O’Connell grew up in County Meath before attending Clongowes.He studied Commerce in UCD and completed a Masters in Accounting in Smurfit Business School.After his studies he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in KPMG's Deal Advisory DepartmentTanner joined Elkstone (a leading Irish Investment House) in 2018 and, working with Alan Merriman, has held Investment Director, Ch

Ross Finegan OC’87

Nov 28 2024 46 mins

Ross Finegan started out his career in 1994 at Deloitte Corporate Finance where he advised management teams on MBO’sIn 1996 he moved to JP Morgan Partners, the private equity arm of JP Morgan. In the mid naughtiest he cofounder of Lonsdale Capital Partners and is based l in London He trained as a chartered accountant in PWC after completing a BComm in UCD Ross Finegan left CWC in