May day mayday

The location looks familiar but who are these motley crew?
The men are Cornelius O'Sullivan, Kieran Barry, Conor O'Donoghue, Cormac Heffernan, Pat O'Sullivan and Gerald Forde.
 Padraig Nolan took the photo to publicize the May Day high jinx in Listowel. There will be vintage everything on that weekend including a swing dance in The Listowel Arms. Vintage dress is optional.

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Calling all graduates of UCC

Dr Michael B. Murphy

President

University College Cork

is pleased to invite graduates and friends to

A Lecture Evening & Reception

To Celebrate UCC’s Connections with County Kerry

A Great Kerry Academic & Public Man: President Alfred O’Rahilly, UCC

by Professor John A Murphy, Emeritus Professor of History, UCC

&

Reflections of a UCC Graduate

by Dr Denis Brosnan, Founder Kerry Group Plc

with guest of honour,

Mr Jimmy Deenihan TD,

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

from 7.30pm – 9.30pm

on Monday, 28 May 2012

in St John’s Theatre, The Square, Listowel, Co. Kerry

A Reception will follow the Lecture at 8.30pm

Please forward this email to any UCC graduates you know who may be interested in attending.

RSVP by 22 May 2012 (as numbers are limited.

Please include your home address)

To:   Ms Caroline Waters, Development & Alumni Office, UCC

Email:  graduates@ucc.ie

Tel:  021 490 2040

Looks like we could be in for a good night.  

Read more about Alfred O'Rahilly here

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My Cork roots are showing  bit lately!! But I have to mention this young lady. I know that people like Joanne shun the label "inspirational".  Joanne is playing the hand she was dealt, but boy! is she playing those cards well:


"Cork teenager Joanne O'Riordan, who was born with no limbs, will travel to the United Nations in New York today to address the ITU conference.

Joanne, 15, is to give a key note speech to the International Telecommunication Union on how technology has helped her advance her life through both education and the social environment around her.

She is the only person with a disability to be invited to this exclusive conference entitled "Girls in Technology".

Some of the world's leading women in technology will also attend the event which Joanne hopes will empower others to realise the importance of technology in their lives.

The Irish Film Board has granted Joanne's brother Steven O'Riordan and 2000 AD Productions in Galway funding to produce a documentary charting his sister's extraordinary life story.

The working title "No Limbs No Limits" is to highlight the positive and lasting effect on how people perceive those with disabilities in Ireland and beyond.

Mr O'Riordan's debut film, "The Forgotten Maggies", was a documentary charting the human rights issues surrounding the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland."

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Remember these?

Nuns in Tralee in 1952 - location unknown

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“If everything you try works, you are not trying hard enough.”

This is a quote from Gordon Moore, founder of Intel. I read it today in an article from Tom McEnery. The article is  here and it is well worth reading as it contains much food for thought.