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The
early years.
David Wild
still lives in Poundsgate on the edge of Dartmoor and keeps in
touch with what's going on.. Jack
& Edith Sweetman are
living in Glenageary. Eileen Armstrong still lives outside Kells.
Kevin Tierney
visited recently from New York. One of the Toulemonde
brothers, original pupils of the school in 1949, was also here
recently. Peter Haworth
writes from the UK, where
he works in tourism.Siobhan
Stuart-Mills writes from
Canada. She has four children and is living in Quebec.Simon
de Courcy-Wheeler is working
as a photgrapher in London. Robert
Hall continues to comment
on racing for RTE. Adrian
Naughten has left Ottawa,
where he was military attache, to take up a post in Southern Africa.
Jonah Barrington,
our former World Squash Champion, continues his involvement with
the sport, currently coaching the Danish squad. Neville
Callaghan continues his
very successful career as a trainer in the UK. Anthony Farrell,'s
Lilliput Press have published the Dublin
Edition of Joyce's Ulysses to much general acclaim. . Guy
Williams has featured in
an excellent TV documentary about the Clifden railway. John
Farrell is in the business
of erecting temporary grandstands for large outdoor events. Alan
Sweetman continues to write
for the 'Racing Post.' and the 'Sunday Times'
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Jill McAleese died recently
after a long illness. Jim very sadly died last year and they are
naturally much missed by those of us who valued their experience
and advice.
We have also learned with
great sadness of the death of John Fletcher. You may remember
him as a robust but extremely kind child, who graced the games
field and helped anywhere he could. A memorial service was held
in May to honour his memory.
Peter de Montfort
writes from Spain where he is now living, after spells in most
parts of the world. Lionel
Baugh writes from America
where he is in charge of the Latin American and Caribbean Region
at Charles Schwab and Co, the World's largest Internet Broker.
Simon Cocksedge
writes from Bedford where he is a partner is a successful firm
of solicitors. If any of his friends would like to get in touch,
he would be grateful Ferdinand
von Prondzynski is President
of DCU. He recently visited the school. Richard
Palmer writes from Derry.
Piers de Montfort has
married Nicola Conolly Carew and is working in London as MD of
Morgan Stanley. Henry Clesham
and John Keys
are both teaching in the UK .. Simon
Johnson breeds horses in
Co Limerick.. John Searle
is working as a very successful freelance photographer in Dublin.
William Stoney
is a commercial pilot in the U.S. Christopher
Taylour is running a successful
estate agency in the centre of London. Jim
Armstrong is currently
a director of Wellman International. He has been setting up recycling
plants in France and Holland. His son Ben was at Headfort. Sam
Armstrong continues as
an auctioneer in the family firm in Kells.
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Peter Bamford still lives
outside Kells. Viktor de Raeymaeker has returned to Belgium to
work. He visited Headfort recently.
Joanna Roberts
and Grattan Lynch were
here recently. She is an
architect and I did not really gather what Grattan was doing.
Alannah Macey turned
up at a hunt ball after the end of term. She is a teacher by trade
and now works for the Dept. of Education. Edward
Lefroy writes from the
YUK where he is married with a son and runs both a surf school
in Cornwall and a net design business. He also mentions his brother
Jeffrey who
has recently retired from the music business and now spends time
in Barcelone and London and has appeared in several films as an
extra, including James Bond and Harry Potter films. Alan
Stoney is living away in
the West with three children and works in tourism, renting holiday
cottages and so on. Locket
Agnew Somerville writes
and broadcasts his poetry in London. Dermot
Dix no longer teaches History
in New York. He is Headmaster of Headfort Angus
Von Schoenberg writes from
London where he works for Airstream international. He is anxious
for information on William
& Fania Stoney and
also Johnnie Martin.Seanin
Gilmore is working as a
barrister in London. She is getting married next year.John
de Montfort has moved down
to Cork with his family. Alessandro
and Roberto Mattei are
both working in horticulture, the one in Wicklow and the other
in the UK. Peter Horsman
is farming in Co Wicklow and is married with three children. Opposite
him lives his brother Michael
who is married. Johnny
Horsman is living in London,
after flying helicopters in LA for a while.. James
Kerr has got married recently.
Marcus Simpson, after taking
an MBA, is now working in Virginia controlling the private equity
sector of the state's pension fund. He has recently married Nicole.
Michael Mura,
after a Ph.D. at Trinity, now works with Goldman Sachs in London.
David Williams-Ellis
has achieved great success as a sculptor. His work may be viewed
on the net Aran,
Tara and Conn O Carroll write
about their doings. Aran
in a lawyer in Canada, where Conn
is also studying environmental Biology. Tara
is working for VAG in Germany in Personnel and Marketing. Adrian
Horsman is working for
TV3 as Northern Ireland correspondent and is married . Martin
Cowley is working as a
mining director in Botswana. David
Lind is living in Vicenza
and working in Shipping. His brother Christopher
is farming in the south of Ireland. William
Simpson is working as a
fund manager in London. Richard
de Courcy-Wheeler is a
consultant gynaecologist in Newry. Nicky Lowry is farming in the
North and his brother Peter
is a helicopter pilot in
California. Rupert Boyd
is working as a trader for Morgan Stanley in London. Toddy Watt
has taken over as manager of Tatersall's Simon
de Montfort is working
in agriculture in Ecuador.
Roger de Montfort is a
partner in Price Waterhouse in South Africa. Johnnie
Langham runs his own internet
design company in Fermanagh. He is married and his second child,
Phoebe was born early in January. His brother
Rupert is working in IT
in the UK. John de Montfort
is working for the Halo Trust in mine clearance. Caroline
James is working as a nurse
and her brother Jeremy
is a juggler in Paris. Peter
de Montfort is working
in Panama for the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank. Angus
Von Schoenberg is married
and working in London. His brother Andreas
is working in fund management. MGP
(Freddie)Furnell is farming
in Limerick, as is his brother, Justin.
Patrick Conyngham
has recently held exhibitions of his paintings in Dundalk.
Jonathan Grew (URL)
is running his own business in the south of the UK, selling mainframe
computers and 2nd hand PCs. George
Allan Armstrong R.I.B.A.
is working as an architect for a large partnership in Stratford.
He is getting married shortly.
Patrick K. Cooper is a
bloodstock agent as are
Brett and Hugo Merry, who
combine it with farming. Christopher
Musgrave is working as
a bloodstock agent in Paris. James
Fanshawe is training horses
in the UK and with a good deal of success.
Liam Canning has announced
his retirement from international hockey but continues to play
for Three Rock and is regularly among the scoreres. Diarmuid (DD)
Canning is teaching at St. Andrew's. Richard
Murphy and
Dermot ffrench-Davis were
here exhibiting furniture at the MS Christmas Fair.. Kim
Bielenberg writes regularly
in the Irish Times. Christopher
Clesham is working for
RTE as a nightime news editor.
Konnie Jay has just finished
directing a film "Jumpers" which was screened over Christmas
by the BBC to much acclaim, and is considering what to do next.
Dominic ffrench-Davis,
training at Lambourn, had a particularly successful spell last
January. Tim Whitley runs
a flourishing horticulture business a few miles down the road
from us. His brother Christopher
works in finance in London. Joss
Hazell is working for United
Biscuits. Selena Kindersley
(Mckenzie) is farming in Co. Wicklow as are Charlie
and G Tottenham. David
Williams is studying towards
his final exam as a merchant navy captain. David has recently
married Jane Wallace Andrew
Kelly is farming in N Yorks.
Marcus Kelly
is working in recruitment consultancy. Charlie Murless was manager
of Punchestown racecourse.. Dr.
Mark Temple is currently
working in the Midlands of the UK.
Fania Stoney is practising
as a barrister in London. Johnnie
Brittain has his own boat
and runs fishing trips for visitors in Co Galway. Miles Podmore
is working in IT in Singapore. Andrew
Sterling is farming in
Co. Tipp. Michael Roller
works in Finance . Shane
Musgrave has spent six
months in Peru working in a nature reserve.
Charlie Wilby is working
for Parliament TV in London and is getting married soon. Johnnie
Osthus is working locally
in Woodpark Stud. Stephen
Fasenfeld is working as
Product Manager for Antigen. Pharmaceuticals. Christopher
Grew was working as European
Support Manager for Rand Technologies and was married last June.
David Wilby
is working in forestry near Toronto. Jeremy Wilson is helping
to run a carpet mill in South Africa.. Christopher
Johnson is back in Ulster
working for Desmond's, clothing manufacturers with strong links
to M & S. Antony Jackson
has become engaged and has a florist business quite near here.
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Had a long note from Anna
Hamilton recently. She
is working in Ecuador organizing riding holidays. She is of course
a contemporary and friend of
Sean Farrell, whose partner
was so tragically killed in London recently. Sean is and was very
much in our thoughts. Such a waste of life.
We were delightfully entertained
to supper by the Leonard family recently and met
Nicky, Matthew, Michael and James. Michael
is managing the golf course at Bellewstown; James
is about to to to NUI Galway, Matthew
is taking a degree in Geography and Planning in Dublin and Nicky
is undecided about his career path.
He has recently completed
a long walk to raise funds for a school in Zambia. Anna
Hamilton has also been
in touch. She plans to go to Ecuador in the new year. Cecilia
Melcon writes to say she is getting marfrfied soon, a function
to be attended by inter alios
Cesar Valles Cyprien
(Zip) Benoit writes from
London withb news of his life and a snippet about Jamie
Caffrey who is working
in the music business in California.
Cyp himself
took his first degree in the US and has just topped it off with
a Master's degree in something financial and now works for am
American finance house and is currently living with his brother
Bas in
London. Cyp went to Duke University, which is of course reputable
and highly-regarded. This column has an MA in the plumbing of
Headfort, gained one night after too much Scotch from a non-existent
(?) college of knowledge in the US. But then one of our dogs is
ordained so what can you expect. Max
Robinson writes.
"After Graduating
from Warwick I went to America and Qualified as both a Ski and
Snowboarding Instructor. I am now back in London and run my own
retail business called Wolf Armouries in Camden Town London. We
sell airsoft products " Max wants to hear from anyone from
here who knows him; his email addy is max_connor@yahoo.com
Karen Connolly
dropped by the other day. She lives in Lambourn and runs various
equine operations, as you'd expect. Joanna
Roberts is working as an
architect in Kildare. Velma
has recently had a little girl, Amelia. Jack
Hazell writes about the
various members of his family as follows. "Joss
as you know is married and is just after having his first child.
"Catherina" A very proud dad indeed. He is now working
for Quakers Oats (seller To Tesco's, Asda etc) for those of you
who just might possibly have eaten a bowl of porridge since !!!!!!!!!.
Ralph: Commutes to Gibralter
on a weekly basis ( Future bond trading). Spends his weekends
in England. Full of life and ideas as ever.Olivia
is still living in Vancouver. She is now engaged to a man from
Tipperary who also works in Vancouver. They are planning to move
back to main land Europe in the next year. Olivia
is a wine supplier to top restaurants in Vancouver. Jack.
I am now based in Dublin working for Colliers Jackson-Stops (
Country department- Junior Negotiator) for Marcus Magnier.. Tom
Wilkes writes from Holland
where he has a business making high spec masts for yachts. He
is married with two children. His brother Rupert
is MD of a property company in London. As noted elsewhere, Charlie
Williams had a miraculous
escape whilst parachuting in E Africa recently. Emily
is taking a Master's Degree in Peace Studies and Griselda
continues to work in hedge funds.Matthew
D-R took a Gap year and
spent it in Sarawak, as you might expect. X who is a child here
at the moment (can't remember who) met Matthew
Tindal the other day whilst
out killing things. Claudia
Preston writes from the
US. She has been teaching ESL and is now contemplating an MA in
Publishing. Rebecca Guinness
(Donleavy) writes from
NY about her doings and those of her brother Rory.
She is working as an assistant fashion editor on Harper's, if
you please. Rory
is at acting school and is in a band. Respec'. Edmund
Mahony was here the other
day and seemed on good form.
Will Connolly Carew was
also among those present at a lunch hosted by Piers
Landseer. Basile
Benoit writes of a prospective
game of golf with Toddy
Shillington who is apparently
very well. There is to be a social event this weekend somewhere,
hosted by the Watson family. He met up with Charlie
Williams and his sisters..
Griselda is married and doing hedge funds, whatever they are.
Emily is
becoming an accountant. All seemed on good form as did the parents
who run a school somewhere North from here.
Had a long note from Tom
Chambre. "All is well
with myself for the since, January 2000 I have been working with
Rob Wachman who
runs an IT recruitment consultancy called Conspicuous which is
based in London. I have been living in Herne Hill. I am moving
on from there now to work and gain experience with William's
company based in Belfast
- Chambre Public Affairs - www.chambrepa.com.
William as
I said above is doing very well, he was married last year to Sarah
was Boyle from Limavady. Kate
is currently a journalist
with the Donegal Democrat; she has been up there since the start
of the year and is living in Letterkenny. Toddy
Shillington, is on great
form, living in London and working for Cantor Sport UK doing really
well. Clare Shillington
was at Newcastle, is now living in Dublin and is Captain of the
Women's Irish Cricket team! I see quite a bit of Caroline
Patton who has been working
for a production company in london (closely involved with the
History of Briton & Briton in Colour documentaries), Leeky
who is in Paris along with Emily
Braddell, Sarah
Wachman who has been travelling
in Australia for the past year (returning in September) and will
be living in Dublin with Lucy
Tindal who is a professional
cook.
Rebecca Wardell kindly
writes from Edinburgh. Jono
graduated 2 years ago and is now working as an accountant in Dublin,
Sarah Davis-Goff is
off galavanting around Australia on yet another gap year, but
has a place in St.John's College over in the US waiting for her
when she gets back, I'm studying for my masters, still at the
University of Edinburgh, Andy
Willis graduated last year
and I think might be doing some sort of ecological work now, but
I'm not sure. I ran into Georgina
Grubb randomly in Edinburgh
at the beginning of the year and she was looking for a job here.
Suzanna Watson
is also over here about to sit her finals in Psychology. Marta
Banus writes from Spain.
She got married four years ago and has a little daughter Blanca
aged 3. For a change, a little local news supplied by Jamie
Myerscough. He has started
up his own telecoms business in Dublin (Phorest Telecommunications,
since you ask). Dave Myerscough
is working as an assistant
trainer in Lambourn. Sophie
is in the Dublin Institute
of Design studying interior architecture and design. Tom Magnier
is working in Australia for the Coolmore Stud Australian operation
and Katie Magnier has
just married David Wachman, an Irish Horse Trainer. Thank you
Jamie. Seanin Gilmore
was recently married to Graham McPherson in Lutrellstown.
This column is in danger of becoming
a house magazine for those who live in Gib.Gibraltar clearly has
a lot going for it. Ralph
Hazell writes from there
with family gossip. He is working in the futures market. Joss
is married to a lovely girl from Athens called Georgia; they live
in Battersea. Joss works for United biscuits, and has a sales
and marketing role for them. Jack
is in his final year at Cirencester agricultural college, studying
property management, and is in very good form. Olivia is on a
year stint in Vancouver; she has been working in the wine business
on and off for a few years, and is currently doing a cooking course
William Connolly-Carew
has recently celebrated
the birth of his second child and now has two children under 2
- a difficult ask. He also works in futures in Gibraltar.. Shane
Gallwey's wedding was apparently
excellent. A hooley was had by all. Shane has married a girl called
Fleur (was Neyens), a friend from Edinburgh University. Tommy
Shillington was there and in sparkling form. He is married with
two children with a third on the way. Ralph Hazell was there and
also Eddy Mahony.
Eddy is working in Dublin and seems to spend most weekends hunting
with the Blazers in Galway. He was in good form as well. Amongst
others, Will has recently seen Rob
Wachman, married and running
an IT recruitment company and Mickey ffrench-Davis, now married
and still working in catering. Davina Gray writes from TCD where
she is studying Geography & economics. Cecilia
Melcon has completed an
MBA in Bologna and was in Belfast practising her English. Benny
Giuliani is doing a degree at the university of Surrey. Jasmine
Guinness has had a baby and recently been on TV with Pat Kenny.
Nina & Sophie Kauntze's father, Michael, kindly wrote a note
of their whereabouts. Sophia
has abandoned civil engineering
and now works in Asset Backed Securities - and I don't know exactly
what that might be. Nina
is in her Final year at Trinity.
Eva Valles now works in
the travel industry and her brother Cesar
continues to work in the motor industry. Amazing what you can
see if you hang around the airport for long enough. Christina
Connolly was spotted there
before Christmas and on a more recent visit I was amazed to hear
Alex Cosby being paged. His brother Phil
is working in Scotland..
Raymond Joe Gilmore
is working as a solicitor in London. His sister, Grainne
Og, writes about finance
for the Times. Suzanne
Kelly has almost completed
her Medical studies. She writes that she spent the summer in a
hospital in Vietnam.Michelle, her sister, is at university in
Madrid. Marco Herbst recently
took part in a motor car rally, attempting to travel round Ireland
in a veteran car. Gregory
Forshaw has kindly written
with family news. Both his parents very sadly died. We remember
them both with great affection. Michael
is working in financial services in London. Gregory
is working towards his MSc at London. He has three children and
works in offshore fund management. Must be quite hard to walk
around The Square Mile without meeting someone from here.Julie
Magnier has left her job with JWT and is about to travel the world.
Constance de Diesbach writes from Paris where she is working for
an internet company.. Dave
Wilby writes from Canada,
where he has a tree consultancy business..Nicholas Wilkinson has
finished his degree and is beginning a career as a journalist.
Bernard O Sullivan
is working very successfully in the equestrian industry in New
South Wales.Diana Orejas
is living in Washington D.C. and working for the World Bank after
taking a Master's Degree in International Economics at John Hopkins
University, Bologna Lukey
Barrow is working in horticulture
after finishing a six month tour of Bolivia. Her sister Juliet
is now Mrs Gogan, has two
small children at Trinity; thank you Sean. Shane Musgrave is working
in ecotourism in the rainforest of Peru. Gwendoline
O 'Connell (Spicer)
gave birth to a baby girl, Rebekah, in September.
Tommy Reilly's wife Aisling
has presented him with a son, Jack. T..
Patrick Williams has achieved
the considerable feat of running 6 marathons in 5 days to raise
money for the Cheshire Homes. He raised the colossal total of
£16,000 and had scarcely a blister to show for it. A triumph
for the BIFFOS. Patrick
Phelan is working as National
Sales Manager for Bic Graphic Ireland. Archie Phelan is working
in the financial sector in Dublin. Rebecca Cox is working in the
media in Dublin and was married last June.Victoria
Tindal is working in the
Canaries but will shortly be returning to Ireland. Andrea
Fasenfeld after working
for BP has returned to Ireland to work for Antigen.. Eva Valles-Torrices
has just completed her MA in English Philology and was last heard
of working in a hotel in Lisdoonvarna..Raoul
Simpson is working in London
and elsewhere as a lighting engineer, dividing his time between
parties and rock concerts.
James McCaldin has finished
his HND in architecture and returned from Australia, where he
has been for 6 months. Alicia
McCaldin is studying graphic
design at Kingston University. John
Bamford, after taking a
degree in Australia and also collecting a commercial flying licence,
is doing traffic reports for radio in Malaysia, towing banners
around the sky and also working as a pilot.. Marcus Williams has
departed for Seattle to work as sales manager for Pipkin and Bonnet.
Charlie Swan
continues to be a prominent trainer and jocket He rode Istabraq
at the Cheltenham Festival and successfully too.Genevieve
Kyle has finished a course
at the National Stud and is now working in a stud in the midlands.
Karen Connolly
has recently represented Ireland in the European 3 Day Event Championships.
Kevin Spicer,
after winning two Blues for Oxford,played for London Irish for
a while. Maurice Cox,
a former Light Blue, is playing in the AIL for Old Wesley; he
has abandoned medicine as a career.Adrian
Bryce-Smith has completed
his Science degree.. Clare
Spicer is also at Trinity,
reading European studies. Sam
Wheeler aftere reading
Natural Sciences at Cambridge, intends to become a journalist.
He is writing Sport in the Yorkshire Post. Peter
Ordway has recently moved
to Capetown, where he is setting up a business. John
Ordway is working for Grey
Advertizing in New York.. Sonja
Kelly has announced her
engagement to Perrin Dinely Thomas Reilly is still working for
Goodbody Stockbrokers, Sasha
Musgrave is now Mrs Travis.
Michael ffrench-Davis is
currently working in catering, as is Simon
Chawner. Johnny
Martin is working in Liverpool
in marine loss-adjusting.
Piers Landseer is involved
in TEFL courses for Spanish children.. Patrick
Spicer, back from a spell
working in London for Matheson, Ormsby Prentice, will qualify
as a solicitor soon.. Johnnie
Spicer now works in the
family business Matthew
Tindal was here recently,
playing cricket for Co. Meath. He is working in the wine trade
in Dublin. John Filgate
is working as an interior designer. Matthew
Gallagher is working in
the construction industry. Nicholas
Wilkinson is in his final
year at TCD, reading History. Edward Galvin is also in his final
year reading History & Politics at UCD. Olympia
O Farrell is in her 3rd
year at Imperial London, reading Aeronautical Engineering towards
her M.Eng degree. Remarkably she has been educated in English
since leaving Headfort.. Caroline
Filgate has finished at
St Mary's Strawberry Hill. Patrick
Gallagher has completed
his M.Sc at Queen's and is now working in New York. Peter
Lyons is farming locally.
George Fitzherbert
is doing research in Chinese Politics at Harvard following his
first degree at Oxford. Piers
Baker is in his final year
at Salford, reading Politics.
Killian Fitzgerald is working
as a sound engineer for a TV company in London. Ollie
Osthus is skippering a
pleasure yacht, based in Malta.
.
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. Sophie Myerscough has
been writing with news. Principally that Petra
Williams, who is now a fashionista in France,
is very soon getting married in France. She also writes of Toddy
( aka Chris) Shillington,
with whom she has a connection. He may be
seen on Thursdays on Setanta Sports News where he speaks of betting.
Lisa-Jane Moeran
writes from England
with following news items. Thank you Lisa-Jane. "I write
from Newmarket in England, where I work on thoroughbred pedigree
research and marketing, sort of. I work for Sheikh Mohammed’s
Darley Stud Management (he being the ruler of Dubai). I love my
work, have an awesome life which revolves around my Jack Russell
terrier, Nelson. I have just bought a house with my boyfriend
here in Newmarket. Other Headfort alumni here include trainer
James Fanshawe -
he is very successful and very popular among the racing fraternity.
Todd Watt also
works here as a director of Tattersalls. Everywhere in racing
is full of ex-Headfort pupils. I see
Patrick Cooper quite a
lot, and all his family. I worked for Alan
Cooper for three years
in London, before I left to do this: www.darleyflyingstart.com
. Sophie Myerscough
took over my job when I left. I bumped into Nick
Patton at Cheltenham –
he is now married (January) to a lovely girl called Victoria.
Dave Myerscough
was there, now a successful trainer in Ireland, as was Archie
St. George. He lives in Kentucky in America, also successfully
working in the bloodstock business. I have written a bit for racing
magazines, but am happy at the moment with my research. Robbie
is a giant. He studies
forestry in Waterford, which he loves."
This column might well be renamed
" Kate's Comments", so great is the volume of imformation
she has kindly suppled. Ta Kate. "My brother Tom, got married
in June (06) to Sophia (nee Calvert), a fantastic girl, who he
has been friends with since they were at Stowe. Toddy
Shillington was his joint
best man with Duncan Campbell another childhood friend. Their
speech was hilarious. Ed
Coveney, still a stone
mason based in Dublin, and Stevie
Macken were among the ushers.
Tom runs
his own Property Services company in London ( www.chambrepropertyservices.com),
which predominantly manages and lets out residential properties.
William, my eldest brother, married
Sarah (nee Boyle), also from Ireland, in 2002. They now have two
adorable little boys Jack and Ned, and a third baby on the way.
William runs a successful public affairs company based in Belfast
( www.chambrepublicaffairs.com).
Myself - I'm a journalist and at present freelancing for the Irish
Daily Mail in Dublin. Moved from Dublin to Donegal in August (06)
having spent three-and-a-half years working on regional papers,
and a radio station in Letterkenny.Toddy
Shillington is in London,
and Head of Sports PR at Cantor Sport UK, and writes a very witty
column each week called From the Dug Out (email cshillington@cantorspreadfair.com
if you're interested in reading it). He has been dating Sophie
Myerscough for the past
few years who also lives in London. Last time I spoke to Soph,
she was in between jobs and hoping to go into Interior Design,
a subject that she studied while in Dublin.
Clare Shillington has recently
jetted off to Australia, via Japan, for nine months. She was working
in the wine industry in Dublin before she left, and was also kept
very busy playing cricket and hockey. Tommy Shillington is a stockbroker
in London and is married to Polly. They have four children (three
boys and a girl) and live not too far from Silverstone in England.
Other news in brief…Livy
Galvin is married to Alex
Frost and they live in London with their Jack Russell. They had
a fantastic wedding in Meath last year. Also living in London
are Nessie Galvin, Sarah
Wachman, Caroline Patton (Nick Patton
her brother is about to get married),
Orlando Hughes and Anquelique
(Leeky) Beresford-Ash.
Leeky works for a Catholic charity called Cafod and spent six
months in Sudan last year until the beginning of this year. Eleanor
Good has returned to Northern
Ireland having spent a few years in London working at Heathrow
Airport keeping illegal immigrants out of the country. She plans
to return to university possibly in Australia but nothing is concrete
yet. Michael Good
works as a translator between London and Northern Ireland.
Emily Braddell is living
in Paris with her boyfriend David, and recently qualified as a
teacher.I think she is teaching at an international school there.
Daniel Braddell is also
a teacher, and lives in England, while Edward
(or Oddie) is an aspiring
actor living in Dublin. Oddie recently graduated from the Gaiety
School of Acting, and has been working part-time for
Lucy Tindal in Dublin who
runs a successful company called Tindal O'Grady Catering with
Lucy O'Grady based in Dublin. Matthew
Tindal also runs a successful
wine company with his uncle in Dublin, and is married to Georgie
(nee Cunningham). They have a little girl and boy.
In Dublin I've also seen Johanna
Kelly, Bridget Farrell, Eva Filgate, Jamie Macken, Anthony Brabazon,
Jeff Huskinson and Alanna Macey
who are all working and living here. Hadn't seen some of them
since Headfort. Alanna
is soon about to move with her boyfriend to Cork.Old Headfort
friends living abroad at present include Bex
and Rory Guinness who are
both based in New York. As is Nick
Hamilton. Mark
Armstrong, a qualified
engineer, is working on oilrigs in the Middle East.Oh I nearly
forgot. I heard Emily Williams
married Alex Cosby
in the Summer. Not sure what their siblings Charlie, Griselda,
and Phillip are up to." At the recent theme party at Headfort
we saw Toddy Shilllington,
Tom Chambre, the Mackens and Ed Coveney,
all seeming to be extremely happy. Thet aforesaid Toddy also featured
in a long chatty email from Sophie Myerscough which I have mislaid/misfiled.
Dave is working with horses somewhere in the YUK and Jamie has
a business in Dublin which is vaguely IT related. If any of that
is wrong, please correct. Spent some time with Nic
McDowell recently. She
was car-booting, seemingly to raise funds for holliers in America.
Ross
has finished his degree and Alistair
has taken a gap year. Tina
Connolly kindly gave a
large helping hand with a music venture here in August.
Margaret (Molly) Galvin
is at university and modelling to supplement her drinks money.
Alex Day
kindly wrote with news."After being back in the UK for only
a year, my parents (and Lucy) are on the move again, Singapore
this time! I’m staying in the UK to finish my degree, then
no idea what I’ll do; probably go off travelling or something
before having to enter the ‘real world.’ I still have
no clue what I want to do, I think I may (attempt to) go into
one of the big strategy consulting firms. Degree is going fine
though, and will be finished this time next year" Alvaro
Ybarra writes cheerfully
from Spain. "I'm at the moment, finishing my studies of Telecomunication
Ingeneering at Seville University. would love to have contact
with two friends I saw are on the list. Max
Robinson and Alexander
Durdin-Robertson as they
were my best friends there. I'm sorry I can't tell you anything
about the other Spanish that studied with me at that time, I will
just tell you the names I remember:
Guillermo Mazarambroz, Iñigo Ussia, Javier Banús,
Olympia Baldrich and Teresa de Simón.
I think these are all of us.". His email valladulc@wanadoo.es
if anyone mentioned feels like getting in touch.
Thank you Rebecca,Suzannah &Alexander
for much of what follows.
Jaime
Banus
is keen to hear from anyone who was at Headfort with him. He will
be in Dublin in the summer and would like to meet such people.
At the recent re-union it was a great pleasure to see Violet
Ogden, Harry D-R, Will Simmons, Katie Kennedy and Claire Heary.
They all seemed in great order and full of life. ..Anna
Hamilton & Nicky Leonard have
both won places at Trinity. You will have seen details of Katie
Magnier's wedding in the
papers. The airport continues to be a good place to meet past
pupils. Recently
I met Ben
Simmons, scholar at Trinity
Will
is well and happy and a person of some prominence at his school.
Harriet Norris
writes cheerfully about her self and her brother William.
Tom Guinness Taylor
now goes to school in Penzance and seems happy. James Galvin writes
from the US where he is playing rugby and taking a gap year. James
Westendarp (Westy) writes
from Glenstal with news of Alexander
Grubb,M.V. Magnier and
others. Packie Morton
was here a few weekends ago from the same school and seems to
have the situation under control.Tara
Jane Butler is starting
a Ph.D in London in September. Nicky
Wolfe is reading for a
Science degree at TCD. Jack
Hazell, Archie St. George and Nicky Patton are
studying agriculture at Cirencester. Miles
Mahon is reading for a
degree at the West of England University. Charlotte
Phelan is studying Art,
somewhere in the YUK. Phil
Cosby is taking an Arts
degree at Durham. Henry
Collins has left Newtown
and now exercises polo ponies in the UK. Jamie
Caffrey is working in a
bakery in New York. Daniel
Shaw-Smith is doing a degree
at the NCAD. Freddy Madden
is at Southampton reading English. Rebecca
Wardell, studying for a
mathematics degree in the University of Edinburgh, has kindly
supplied the following info. Thanks. Jonathan Wardell - third
year joint degree in philosophy and geography in Trinity.Mary
Hoare - studying Art in
the National College of Art and Design. Lisa Macey - studying
Business and Spanish in DCU. Andrew
Willis - studying in the
University of Edinburgh.Sarah Davis-Goff -taking a gap year.Nicky
Leonard and William Gossip seem to be enjoying themselves and
emailed to see if they could get a mention so here is one - Hello
William and Nicky - wellingtons still working ?. Rachel
Hull represented Ulster
against Leinster with her.
Rhona Barry won a place
in Ireland's Olympic team for shooting. January
Johnson has started her
own business in Kentucky, importing European gourmet foods. Tristan
Tyrrell is doing pre-university courses. Alexander
Simmons is reading History
at Manchester University. Stevie Macken is beginning his career
as a showjumper in Germany.
The
Noughties
There isn't much here yet, but
the page will grow. Emily
and Olivia Plunket, Andrew
Martin, Stevie Grehan,
his sister Daisy and
Celeste Guinness
spent a week here in August, trying to assemble material for a
CD. Milllie Mantle
and Mairead Daly
have also been about the place. Iseult
Law is currently at school
in Florence, returning to Ireland soon. Lily
Conygham is
in demand playing the violin at various venues. Dropping my wife
off at the airport the other day, I was just walking out for a
fag, when a petite dark haired girl said hello to me. Allegra
FitzHerbert en route to
London. Poor girl must have thought I was somewhat gone in the
head since it took a while to recognize her. She might be right.
At the summer party we were delighted to see Stevie
Grehan, Jasper Pickersgill, Octavbian and Luke FitzHerbert and
Eoin O'Conor. James Sheridan has been on
the scene too. Ami McFarland was
here helping with the Gymkhana and Daisy
Grehan was also here, helping with swimming.
A gang of our kids from SCC
were looking for a mensh so here
is one. Lucy Alex Hannah and Opaline.
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