tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24198873917714748512024-03-13T03:26:09.575+00:00UCG Grads of 1978-1981Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-17698130322813648112020-05-29T09:13:00.000+01:002020-05-29T09:13:20.558+01:00Do You Remember Ag Science at UCG?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>1978-'79: Last 2nd Year Agricultural Science Students in UCG</b></div>
<b> </b><br /> This photo taken in 1979 shows the last second year agricultural science students to study in UCG. <br /> Thanks to Leo Keary for donating this historic photograph. <br />
Front row (L-R): Morgan Lane, Katherine Macklin, Emmet McGloin, Brendan
Donoghue(RIP), Michael Murphy, Annette Wimms, Seimi Greene, Mary
Pidgeon, Barbara Keaveney, Sheena O'Sullivan, Ray Daly.<span class="text_exposed_show"><br />
Second Row (L-R): Liam Rushe, Leo Keary, John Fox, Tom Freeman, Brendan
Stafford, Michael Neylon, Ritchie Lee, Kieran Forde, Joe Burke, Michael
Murphy, Liam McDonnell.<br /> Third Row (L-R): Eddie O'Riordan, John
Staunton, Michael Fawle, Eugene Hennigan, Eamon Prendiville(RIP),
Michael Hanley, Pat Deacy, Cyril Browne.</span><br />
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In 1974, the Irish government secured funding from the World Bank for
the expansion of agricultural science in UCD. It was given on the
proviso that general agricultural science would close in UCC and UCG
with total centralisation in UCD. <br /> UCC did so almost immediately as it concentrated on Dairy Science. <br /> UCG hosted the first two years of Ag Science before the students moved onto Dublin for the completion of their degree.<br />
But, unlike Cork, the ag science students in Galway fought hard to
retain the two year course and to have it developed ultimately into a
more specialised agricultural science degree suitable to the Western
region. Led by Sheena O'Sullivan and actively supported by the UCG
Students' Union (I was SU Vice President at the time), they lobbied all
of the farming organisations and political parties. With ACOT (now
Teagasc) having a major research and training centre in Athenry, there
was a good case to be made for further development in Galway. Meetings
were held in the Dept of Agriculture with its Junior Minister (Tom
Hussey FF of east Galway); Fine Gael's spokesperson for Agriculture
(John Bruton) and Labour's Michael D. Higgins. IFA and the ICMSA came
onboard. University staff led by Dr. Tony Finan (Chemistry) also aligned
to the campaign. <br /> But, in spite of their best efforts, success
unfortunately did not happen. It was felt later that the UCG authorities
were prepared to let it go in the expectation that a fisheries degree
course would be secured as a viable alternative. <br /> First year agriculture science continued for a few more years as it was identical to First Science. <br />
Over the years, the ag students played a big part in the life of the
campus, none more so than the class of 1978-79. They were so missed by
so many (including myself) when they departed.</div>
Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-7414660170646938522018-11-11T17:02:00.000+00:002018-11-11T17:04:05.695+00:00UCG 78/'81 Reunion -Saturday November 17th at NUI Galway.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>UCG 78/'81 Reunion-Celebrating a Golden Era of Student Life in Galway.</b><br />An exciting UCG reunion for the graduate classes of 1978 to 1981 will take place on Saturday November 17th at NUI Galway.`</div>
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The event will be an opportunity for students
from this era to meet up with old friends, listen to talks from
favourite lecturers and student characters, view an exhibition of UCG
Life from 1975 to 1981, savour once again the banter and humorous
heckling of a Lit ‘n’ Deb event and enjoy a buffet meal in the Student
Union’s Bar (Sult) followed by the sounds of a 70s-themed disco with the
legendary Gerry Sexton (‘Big G’) and 60s/70s classic live rock from
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Tickets can be obtained at the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucg-reunion-197881-tickets-50140512623?aff=ebdssbdestsearch" target="_blank">Eventbrite UCG 1978/'81 page</a>:</div>
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<span class="go"></span><u>Programme</u> <br /> 2.00pm Meet-up in front of <b>D’Arcy Thompson Theatre, Concourse</b>.</div>
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2.30pm UCG <b>Lit ‘n’ Deb</b> entitled <i>The Papal Visit of 2018 was truly honest and more beneficial for the people of Ireland than the Visit of 1979. </i>Participants are <b>Benny Irwin, <b>Grainne McMorrow,</b> </b><b>Eugene O’Kelly, </b><b> Jacqui O'Dowd, Joyce McGreevy and Joe Rice</b><b>.<br />Venue: D’Arcy Thompson Theatre, Concourse.</b></div>
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3.30pm Intermission<br /> 3.50pm Lecture: <i>Anglo-Irish Drama: The Hidden History</i> by <b>Prof. Hubert McDermott.</b><br />4.50pm Lecture: <i>Gibs, Rag Ball & Toga Parties- an insider's story on the Fun & Frolics at UCG</i>.</div>
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8.00pm A series of exhibitions on ‘School Days’, ‘Arcade Games’, & ‘UCG Life – 1975-1981’.</div>
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8.15pm <b>Seisiún</b> in ‘Sult’ (Students’ Union) Bar<br /> 8.30pm <b>Food</b> Buffet and <b>Music</b> with ‘<i>Big G’ 70’s Disco</i> and ‘<i>Mouse & the Traps’</i> (classic rock)</div>
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Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-48468685280587237962016-02-15T19:22:00.002+00:002016-02-16T13:04:41.222+00:00Do You Remember....the many different shades of Red in Student Politics?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photo shows Mike Jennings and Padraig Mannion at the <b>Union of Students of Ireland</b> (USI) <b>1979</b> <b>Congress</b> in the Great Southern Hotel Killarney.<br />
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Students' Union during 1977/78. Mike was USI Regional Organiser for
Limerick for 1978-'79. Padraig was elected as Education Officer of USI
for 1979-80. <span class="text_exposed_show">Both were then supporters
of Sinn Féin Workers Party (SFWP) which was in all its different name
versions (Official Sinn Féin, Republican Clubs etc) the most influential
left-wing party in Irish student politics during the 1970s and into the
early 1980s. The party was also affectionately known as the 'Stickies'
due to the fact that members wore 'adhesive' Easter Lily badges in
commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising whilst Provisional Sinn Féin
members wore pinned versions.</span></span></span><br />
But there were many other socialist parties that also maintained an active involvement in student politics at this time including <i>Christian Socialists, Communist Party of Ireland Marxist Leninist, Militant Tendency </i>and<i> Revolutionary Struggle</i>. Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-62759800343943362852014-12-17T18:05:00.000+00:002014-12-17T19:11:29.886+00:00UCG Reunion Secures Laptops for Zambia<style>
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</style><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-IE">The monies raised at the 1978-1981 Reunion that took place on the weekend of November 30th to December 1st 2013 was used, along with an additional contribution from the Insight Centre for Data Analytics at NUI Galway, to provide ten laptops for the students in a Zambian school supported by the <a href="http://alankerinsprojects.org/" target="_blank">Alan Kerins Projects</a> charity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-IE">Below is a letter from Pearse O'Toole of the Alan Kerins Projects.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-IE">Brendan Smith</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span lang="EN-IE">This is a quick note to say a huge Thank
You for your recent donation of 10 laptops to the Alan Kerins Projects. </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span lang="EN-IE">Alan Kerins Projects have been working in
Western Zambia since 2005. We have supported and continue to support
orphanages, schools and rehabilitation centres for some of the most inspiring
children one could ever meet. A partnership between ourselves and The
Presentation Sisters has allowed hundreds of children to benefit from our
‘Education for All’ programme throughout the past 10 years. Last year saw the
first of the children from the orphanage there continue on to third level
education. This was a milestone for all involved and a very emotional one at
that. </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span lang="EN-IE">As part of a ’Discovery’ trip to Zambia we
carried with us 10 laptops kindly donated by your group. Handing over these laptops
to students about to embark on third level education will stand out as one of
the most emotional moments in the participants lives. The pride and
determination beaming from each student as they received their new gift was a
telling experience for us all. </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span lang="EN-IE">Your generosity has enabled the next
generation of teachers, doctors and engineers in a land so rich in
determination. For this we say ‘Míle Buíochas’.</span></i></span></span></div>
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Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-44957362573501640542014-05-05T22:43:00.001+01:002014-05-05T22:45:06.608+01:00Do You Remember...When It Was Cool to Have & to Share a Smoke!?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-39013079832237089482014-04-25T22:09:00.003+01:002014-04-25T22:29:16.824+01:00Do You Remember...the Wooden Hut at the back of the garden that qualified as Student Accommodation?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wooden huts aka <b><i>Chalets</i></b> were erected in back gardens by many house-owners in Galway City during the 1970s to serve as student accommodation units. They normally consisted of one small bedroom, a kitchen/dining room and a toilet/shower closet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Damp and drafty for most the year, they absolutely froze during the winter!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Heating was normally provided by a small mobile </span><span class="st"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">fume-oozing <i>Calor Kosangas</i> heater.</span></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-90895758083232814952014-02-03T00:14:00.000+00:002014-02-03T00:14:36.210+00:00Do You Remember...the Anti-Nuclear Concerts at Carnsore Point? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The late 1970s witnessed the
birth of a countrywide environmental movement based on opposition to the Irish
government’s proposals to build Ireland’s first nuclear power station which was
to be located at <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Carnsore Point</b></span></span> in <b>Wexford</b>. </span></span></span></div>
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catalyst for this policy. Anti-nuclear groups spring up across the country to
campaign against this decision with many members drawn from third level
colleges. Students from UCG joined this new anti-nuclear movement including
members of the <span style="color: red;"><b>UCG Friends of the Earth.</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Environmentalists organised
a series of highly successful concerts at Carnsore Point from 1978 to 1981 that
featured many of the country’s top folk and rock musicians including <span style="color: blue;"><b>Christy
Moore, Barry Moore, Clannad </b>and</span><b><span style="color: blue;"> Andy Irvine</span>.</b></span></span></span></div>
Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-82119089338688451132013-11-28T23:12:00.002+00:002013-11-28T23:15:21.427+00:00Do You Remember...DANCING AT THE INTERNATIONAL NIGHTCLUB IN SALTHILL?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The International nightclub was a small dark underground club in the middle of Salthill village.
But nevertheless it was amongst the top three clubs in Salthill for
students in the late 1970s and early 1980s.</span></span></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-70699133837288862292013-11-26T01:14:00.002+00:002018-09-12T20:07:23.240+01:00Do You Remember...SCIENCE SOCIETY TOUR IN 1977(?) TO AVONMORE CREAMERY?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent"><br /></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-41439294047689729532013-11-22T21:41:00.000+00:002013-11-22T21:42:47.404+00:00Do You Remember...THIRD ARTS' SOCCER TEAM, 1977-1978<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-42532146307681862122013-11-19T18:37:00.000+00:002018-09-12T20:10:09.804+01:00'Big G' Disco Returns to Galway for 2018 UCG Reunion!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"><span style="color: red;"><b>Gerry
Sexton</b></span>, the most exuberant of disc jockeys in the late 1970s and early
1980s, returns to Galway on November <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7</span></span>th to present his unique music
show at the 1978-1981 UCG Reunion. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"><br /> With his '<b>ration of pas</b><span class="text_exposed_show"><b>sion</b>'
disco extravaganza, Gerry brought a smile on everyone's face that
danced the night away to the sounds of <span style="color: blue;"><i>Boney M, Sweet, Showaddywaddy,
Mud, Bee Gees, Suzi Quatro, Beatles, Ottawan, Gloria Gaynor, Donna
Summer</i></span>...</span></span></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-52086315113890700552013-11-18T18:58:00.000+00:002013-11-18T18:58:36.704+00:00Do You Remember...U2 PLAYING LEISURELAND DURING COLLEGE WEEK 1980?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-14191717043992048302013-11-02T22:21:00.000+00:002013-11-02T22:21:00.280+00:00Do You Remember When...CIANA CAMPBELL & OTHER FEMINISTS BURNED 'DICK' MAGAZINE OUTSIDE THE ENGE BLOCK?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LBwBvMUPJLU/UnV6YnHjFvI/AAAAAAAAIA8/6pal0tpgVzU/s1600/ucgburndickciana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LBwBvMUPJLU/UnV6YnHjFvI/AAAAAAAAIA8/6pal0tpgVzU/s400/ucgburndickciana.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-825148792594146382013-11-02T22:14:00.000+00:002013-11-02T22:21:28.815+00:00Do You Remember...THE SLOW DANCE?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-82382936024143751832013-10-29T20:42:00.001+00:002013-10-29T20:42:40.270+00:00Do You Remember...WHEN HUNDREDS OF 'PUNK' STUDENTS 'POGO' DANCED OUTSIDE THE UCG RESTAURANT DURING COLLEGE WEEK '78?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent"><br /> Associated with <span style="color: red;"><b>Punk Music </b></span>and probably invented by <b><span style="color: red;">Sid Vicious</span></b> of the <b><span style="color: red;">Sex Pistols</span></b> in 1976, <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">pogo dancing</span></span> involves dancers <span class="text_exposed_show">jumping
up and down, while remaining in the same location. It takes its name
from its resemblance to the use of a pogo stick, especially in a common
version of the dance, where an individual keeps their torso stiff, their
arms rigid, and their legs close together. </span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> The event was one of many innovative ideas organised by arts maestro <span style="color: blue;"><b>Ollie Jennings</b></span> in February 1978 when he was director of probably the most fun-packed <b>UCG College Week</b> ever.</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> This photo is posted in honour of the fact that, on October 27th 1977, the legendary and generation shaping Sex Pistols released their only studio album, "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols".</span></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-5271869560835782172013-10-17T01:43:00.002+01:002013-10-28T09:49:54.180+00:00Do You Remember...DANCING AT THE (AULA) DISCO ON A SATURDAY NIGHT?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-twXCYYLqMqo/Ul8ya5Tg2BI/AAAAAAAAH50/M2aKNbvUUUA/s1600/ucgaulamags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-twXCYYLqMqo/Ul8ya5Tg2BI/AAAAAAAAH50/M2aKNbvUUUA/s400/ucgaulamags.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">The </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Aula Maxima</b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> in the Quadangle UCG was a popular <b>disco</b> venue for students
on Friday and Saturday nights during the 1970s and much of the 1980s. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">It was a high octane dance venue with no alcohol on sale. Even in an era
of nightclubs and bars, that did not deter the place from being mobbed. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><br /> On one side of the hall, there was locate<span class="text_exposed_show">d a 'mineral bar'; on the other side was the cloakroom. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br />
DJs at the time included the<b> <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">K-Tel Kids, Harry O'Beirne, 'Nervous Rex</span></span>' </b>
<i>(Terry Monaghan & Derrick, later of the Stunning)</i> and the brilliant<b>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">'Big G' <i><span style="font-size: small;">(aka Gerry Sexton)</span></i></span></span></b><i><span style="color: red;">.</span></i><br /> The Big G disco makes a welcome return to the campus next month for the Reunion on November 30th.</span></span></span></span></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-84602417905920781132013-10-10T19:27:00.001+01:002013-10-11T01:17:21.555+01:00Do You Remember...THE CAMOGIE GIRLS?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DXVW_Ly32aw/UlbxaJOmpiI/AAAAAAAAH4Y/VSSAO3sN8mo/s1600/UCGcamogie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DXVW_Ly32aw/UlbxaJOmpiI/AAAAAAAAH4Y/VSSAO3sN8mo/s400/UCGcamogie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="userContent">A
copy of this photograph of a <b>UCG Camogie cup-winning team</b> from circa
1977-1978, with names of some of the players identified, is located on
the <i>BEO Digital Heritage Archives Online Photo Gallery</i> at<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishbeo/10178513223/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishbeo/10178513223/</a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="userContent"><br /> Can you help identify others in this image? If so, contact us. Thanking you in advance!</span></span></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-53257074838022624832013-10-04T00:40:00.002+01:002013-10-04T00:40:59.771+01:00Do You Remember...THE WEIRD, MAD, CRAZY, FUNNY, OUTRAGEOUS & WONDERFUL TIME THAT WAS 'COLLEGE WEEK'?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7INlX8PuP-s/Uk4ANLDuRBI/AAAAAAAAH0s/KDC8bJcRZSw/s1600/UCGragweek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7INlX8PuP-s/Uk4ANLDuRBI/AAAAAAAAH0s/KDC8bJcRZSw/s400/UCGragweek.jpg" width="310" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="userContent">This image is of the cover of a February 1980 edition of the
independent UCG student known as '<b>Unity</b>'. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="userContent">The series of comical drawings
were done by Marie Drumgoole, a highly talented medical student.</span></span></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-61115976481092884252013-09-30T00:16:00.000+01:002013-09-30T00:20:34.882+01:00Do You Remember...THE GREAT UCG MUSIC GIGS OF THE LATE 1970s THAT WERE THE BEGINNINGS OF GALWAY's STATUS AS AN INTERNATIONAL ARTS MECCA?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dchDDF_OgXo/Uki1XRFALgI/AAAAAAAAHzk/GPxcMlBT-io/s1600/UCGMusicGigs7879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dchDDF_OgXo/Uki1XRFALgI/AAAAAAAAHzk/GPxcMlBT-io/s400/UCGMusicGigs7879.jpg" width="257" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent">It was arts impresario <b>Ollie Jennings</b> originally of <b>UCG ArtsSoc</b> and founder of the <b>Smokey Joe's Folk Club</b>,
and <b>Padraic Boran</b>, UCG Students' Union Entertainment Officer, who were
primarily responsible for placing Galway city on the international arts
and music concert circuit.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent"><br />They transformed Galway from being a sleepy
backwater town into a major cosmopolitan city of culture.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent">Note: Layout and writing for this photo montage from the UCG Students' Union 'Forum' magazine, was done by Padraic Boran</span></span></span></span></span></i>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-27375157846515901722013-09-23T01:08:00.000+01:002013-09-23T01:08:35.817+01:00Do You Remember...THE OLD COFFEE SHOP?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwHFZKG44Pk/Uj-GDB1ax2I/AAAAAAAAHvQ/kj8lZtBSb_E/s1600/UCGOldCoffeeShop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwHFZKG44Pk/Uj-GDB1ax2I/AAAAAAAAHvQ/kj8lZtBSb_E/s400/UCGOldCoffeeShop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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In the 1970s and 1980s, the old <b>Coffee shop</b>, located beside the Education and Enge buildings,
served the best cup of coffee in Galway!</span></span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> The manageress was <b>Peggy</b>, who
always had a kind word and a friendly smile for all her patrons.<br /> Old style service in a quaint old world establishment!</span></span><br />
<br />Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-80986671940000158512013-09-10T22:10:00.001+01:002013-09-10T22:17:20.174+01:00Do You Remember ... THE UCG BOAT CLUB?<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">A sign of the summer at UCG in the 1970s was the appearance of <b>boats</b> on
the <b>Eglinton Canal</b>. Many a student couple spent a romantic afternoon
rowing up the River <b>Corrib</b> to picnic on some grassy shore.<br /> <br /> The student in the foreground was <b>Anthony Ryan</b>, a 2nd year commerce student when this photograph was taken in summer 1976. Anthony is of course from the well known Anthony Ryan Fashions store in Shop Street.</span></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-21110426177395249612013-09-09T20:38:00.001+01:002013-09-09T20:50:50.820+01:00Do You Remember...THE STUDENT UNION (SU) GENERAL MEETINGS IN THE CONCOURSE?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HBQMXQAIbXg/Ui4gwSegfFI/AAAAAAAAHss/mw5m-pLSI9U/s1600/UCGSUMeetConcourse241177.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HBQMXQAIbXg/Ui4gwSegfFI/AAAAAAAAHss/mw5m-pLSI9U/s400/UCGSUMeetConcourse241177.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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The <b>Student Union general and assembly meetings</b> of the 1970s and 1980s were opportunities for students to discuss, argue, shout, insult(not a lot though!) and ultimately vote on all the great controversial issues of Ireland and the world including <b><span style="color: red;">Abortion, Family Planning services, Condoms, Gay Rights, the H-Blocks Hunger Strikes, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, US involvement in Latin America, Student Fees, Grants</span></b>....<br />
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Photograph is from 1977 Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-16827106491568599012013-08-30T12:52:00.003+01:002013-08-30T13:09:01.632+01:00Do You Remember...UCG MEN'S SOCCER CLUB (MEN AT PLAY!) - COLLINGWOOD CUP 1978?<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--HZAQtiPNa4/UiCEyOpopLI/AAAAAAAAHgs/QilDVF4PIeg/s1600/UCGCollingwoodCup78.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--HZAQtiPNa4/UiCEyOpopLI/AAAAAAAAHgs/QilDVF4PIeg/s400/UCGCollingwoodCup78.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Note: An annotated and tagged version of the photograph with all players, coach & club president identified is located at the BEO Digital Heritage Archive gallery at http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishbeo/9629553816/</i></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-51948462161565397712013-08-26T21:01:00.000+01:002013-08-26T21:01:20.184+01:00Do You Remember...THE SUMMER ROCK FESTIVALS & CONCERTS? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Df690QdkNOs/UhuzvnY2P-I/AAAAAAAAHYU/dfY-Vtbrmas/s1600/UCGDalymountAug77.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Df690QdkNOs/UhuzvnY2P-I/AAAAAAAAHYU/dfY-Vtbrmas/s400/UCGDalymountAug77.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span class="userContent">From the mid-1970s, outdoor rock music concerts started to be held
across Ireland, from Dalymount Park to the greatest of them all - <b>
Lisdoonvarna</b> in county Clare.<br /> This photograph show<span class="text_exposed_show">s
<span style="color: red;"> <b>Boomtown Rats</b> </span>at <b>Dalymount Park</b> in Dublin on August 21st 1977. Other
bands on stage on that memorable evening included the <span style="color: red;">'Radiators from
Space' </span>and <span style="color: red;">Thin Lizzy</span>.</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> It was rumoured at the time that<b> Elvis
Costello</b> was to appear at the gig. The story was told that people were
to run across the pitch during half time of a GAA match taking place
that same afternoon holding banners with the message 'Elvis is playing
Dalymount Park'!</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> But the other Elvis (Presley) had died a few days before the concert. So the publicity stunt was cancelled.</span></span>Speedie's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091093281263233234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419887391771474851.post-18463718908437996962012-03-30T23:35:00.001+01:002012-03-31T09:25:34.582+01:00Death of a Galway Musical Legend- Eugene Kelly<style>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The funeral took place this week of a man
that will always be remembered with great fondness by a generation of UCG
students. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Along with his musical partner <b>Cha Taylor</b>,
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Eugene Kelly</span> (<i>photo-far right</i>) formed a highly talented two piece band that was the central focus
of so many Galway students' weekly<span style="font-size: large;"> <i>night on the town </i></span>during the mid to the very late
1970s. We packed the <b>King’s Head</b> bar every Thursday to listen, sing and dance
to Eugene and Cha as they belted out such classics as <i>Route 66, Lucille, Bad
Bad Leroy Brown</i>…</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">A Packed Thursday Night in the King's Head during a Kelly & Taylor Gig</span></i></span></div>
As the best pub band in Galway, they had an
army of adoring fans who established the King’s Head pub as the undisputed
musical youth mecca of Ireland’s primary student city. Eugene was without doubt
the ultimate ‘<i>Mr Cool</i>’ of his time. Handsome, tall, slim, proud owner of a wonderful singing voice, a fine
crop of shining black hair and gleaming white teeth, with a shirt always unbuttoned to show off
his hairy chest, he had teenage girls swooning at this feet. Appropriately, he drove a sleek Ford Capri car at a time when us poor students walked or cycled everywhere.
Decades later, he still managed to retain his youthful looks and this <i>Dorian
Grey</i> character was often referred to as <i>Ireland’s answer to Cliff Richard or
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<span lang="EN-GB">It would perhaps be expected therefore that students
such as me would have been jealous even spiteful towards a man that possessed all the characteristics in
abundance that the rest of the Irish male population seemed to lack. Not so.
For Eugene was the <i>perfect gentleman- friendly, helpful, concerned and supportive</i>. You
could not help but like the man. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">His musical prowess was not confined to the
pub. He was bigger and better than that. Until the early 1980s, the 3-4 piece <b>Kelly and Taylor Band</b> became the
mainstay of UCG faculty dress dances, Graduation Balls and charity concerts. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As we grew older and moved from college to
the world of work, the musical styles of Eugene and Cha changed but they still
remained part of the lives of those of us that remained in Galway. As members
of ‘<b>All That Jazz</b>’ the two lads were part of the city’s most successful early
Sunday afternoon musical event.
Eugene was the cornerstone of <b>Horizon</b> and other great local bands during the
1980s and 1990s. He also became a highly respected musical producer, writer and
promoter that did so much to help develop the musical talents of countless young bands. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was appropriate and symbolic of the role that Eugene and Cha meant to UCG denizens in this wonderful era, that they were the main artistic act at the highly successful UCG 78/'81 Reunion in 2008.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Eugene's unexpected and sudden death was painful to us all, particularly to his wife Sindy, brother John and sister Mary Rose who were our fellow students. But we will always cherish beautiful memories of a man who gave so much joy and solace to us during our college nights.</span><br />
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<i>Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam</i><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></div>
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