Past Pupils – St Mary’s 1950s

 

Casey, Henry (Harry) (Fr) SMA (1941-2009): Ordained 20 December 1965 at St Colman’s Cathedral, Newry.  Missionary work in Nigeria, Archdiocese of Lagos, Ijebu area. Served in various parishes – Ibonwon, Ijebu-Igbo, Iperu-Remo and as administrator of the Cathedral Parish until 1976. Diocese of Down & Conor – 1976 to 2008. Served in St Columba’s, Ballyhackamore in East Belfast, (1983-1991), in Greenville (1991-1994), Newtownabbey (1994-1997) and Ballymartin, Co Down (1997 – 2008).
Conway, Noel (Canon): Former President of St Malachy’s College
Clint, Maurice (Prof): Professor of Computer Science, QUB. State Exhibition Scholarship. His research interests include parallel algorithms for numerical linear algebra and the use of formal methods in the development of parallel and distributed mathematical software.^[1] He received his PhD in 1970 from Queen’s University Belfast on The eigensolution of unsymmetric matrices by simultaneous iteration, supervised by Alan Jennings. His publications have covered topics including proving properties of programs (e.g., in work with C. A. R. Hoare), program transformation, and distributed computation of eigensolutions.
Curran, Michael (Br) (Dr): PhD. Taught in a number of schools, including Omagh CBS and CBS, Glen Road.
Cushley, Nigel (Mr): Former Senior Teacher (SMT) and teacher of Science in St. Mary’s CBGS. Former Chair of the Board of Governors of St. Aidan’s CBPS.
Dolaghan, Frank (Mr): Dip Ed, Dip Voc Guidance, Cert Ind Man. Owner, Mentor Economic Developments Ltd.

Donnelly, Seán (Dr): General Practitioner in North Belfast.

Jim Dougal (Dr): Civil Servant, Journalist – UTV and BBC, Head of the European Commission for the UK.    Awarded honorary doctorate, QUB.
Dougal, Robert (Mr): Died young. Brother of Jim Dougal.
Dunwoody, James (Prof): Professor Emeritus, Engineering QUB.  Dunwoody Scholarship: These scholarships, set up in 2010 by Professor Emeritus James Dunwoody, are open to pupils of the three Christian Brothers Grammar Schools (CBS) in Northern Ireland (St Mary’s, Belfast; Abbey, Newry and Omagh) to inspire pupils to consider Engineering and Physical Sciences as a career.
Dunleavy, Paul (Br): Retired Teacher and Principal, St. Aidan’s, Belfast PS and St. Colman’s, Newry PS
Dynan, Ciarán (Mr): Former Vice-Principal of CBS, Glen Road.

Dynan,  Muredach (Prof): 15th June 1938 – 17th March 2021. Professor Emeritus, Australian Catholic University. Former Lecturer in St Mary’s / St Joseph’s Teacher Training Colleges. Former and Inaugural Chair of the Board of Directors of Edmund Rice Schools Trust (NI), and then Chair of the Board of Members. Board Member of the Education Authority.  
Gough, Tom (Br): Christian Brother who taught in a number of schools including Omagh CBS
Hennessy, Joe (Mr): Teacher. Final year 1961.
Leydon, Matt (Mr) (1941-2010): Civil Servant.

McAreavey, Sean (Mr): Clerical Accounts , Abbatoir, Belfast.
McBrierty, Vincent (Prof): Professor Emeritus, Physicist and Researcher, Trinity College Dublin. President, Association of Papal Orders, Ireland.
McCallion, Finbarr (Mr): First Principal of Aquinas Grammar School (1992-99)
McCartan, Sean Declan (Mr): Lecturer in QUB, Mathematics.
McCaughan, Daniel V (Dr): OBE, FREng. Physicist, Engineer, Company Director, Chief Scientist – Nortel Technology, McCaughan Associates. Winner of the David Russel Lapin and Sullivan QUB Entrance Scholarship.
McCrory, Gerry (Mr): RIP. QUB. Manager with BT. A player on the first ever QUB Sigerson Cup Team. St Johns & Antrim centre forward.
McKeith, Conal (Mr): Senior Lecturer, Physics, QUB. Sadly died in his 50s.
Murphy, John (Mr): 1954 to 1961
Ó Ruairc, Éamann (An tUas): BA, QUB. MA, Univ of Sussex. An bhliain dheireannach: 1961.  European Civil Servant. Strasburg and then Brussels. Retired and living in Brussels. Message
Quinn, Paul (Mr): Civil Servant.
Watson, John (Mr): Teacher. Former Principal of St Colm’s College, Twinbrook. Former Teacher in CBS, Glen Road.
Whitehead, Tony (Mr): Teacher, Former Head of Art, St Mary’s CBGS.