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2 unusual facts about UCD


Kentstown

Bus Éireann route 107 (Navan-Ashbourne-Finglas-Dublin-UCD) provides a limited service to/from the village Mondays to Saturdays inclusive.

Monkstown Hockey Club

Kiwi Andy Ewington (Andrew Ellington or Ewy) netted the silver goal dragflick to give the 'town a famous victory in UCD.


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2008 League of Ireland Cup

Four more clubs received a bye into the Second Round as a result of an open draw: Derry City, Finn Harps, Limerick 37 and UCD.

2012 Dublin Senior Football Championship

UCD, Ballyboden St Enda's, Raheny, St Oliver Plunkett's-Eoghan Ruadh, Skerries Harps, St Vincent's, St Peregrine's, Kilmacud Crokes, Trinity Gaels, Na Fianna, Ballymun Kickham's, St Patrick's Palmerstown, Parnells, Templeogue Synge Street, St Brigid's and Lucan Sarsfields all went on to qualify for the winners section of the second round of the Dublin Championship.

Agnes O'Farrelly

An oil portrait by Seán Keating was presented to her by the Women Graduates' Association on her retirement from UCD in 1947, after which she lived at 38 Brighton Road, Rathgar, where she died on 5 November 1951.

Anthony Glavin

In 1963, during his first year at UCD, he was approached by the Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society and played Jack Point in The Gaiety's production of The Yeomen of the Guard.

Barry Bresnihan

After qualifying as a doctor, Bresnihan specialised in rheumatology at Guy's Hospital in London before working with Morris Ziff at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School before returning to Ireland to set up a laboratory at the UCD Medical School and St. Vincent's University Hospital.

In 1991 UCD created a chair of Rheumatology for Bresnihan and in 2009 he was honoured as a "Master" by the American College of Rheumatology.

Belfield, Dublin

University College Dublin (UCD) dates back to its foundation at 86 St. Stephen's Green in 1851 as the Catholic University of Ireland founded by John Henry Newman who was its first rector.

Ciarán Martyn

Signed from UCD by Kevin Mahon, Martyn has played at numerous under-age levels for the Republic of Ireland.

David Gannon

In 2004, Gannon captained the Ireland Under 21 in the Under 21 Rugby World Championship side while playing for UCD.

Dick Roche

Roche was born in Wexford and was educated at Wexford Christian Brothers School and University College Dublin (UCD) where he received Bachelor of Commerce Degree and a Masters Degree in Public Administration.

Eduardo Zaplana

After involvement in the now defunct Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), Zaplana joined the PP.

Free Education for Everyone

Politicians such as the former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, and Ministers Batt O'Keeffe, Éamon Ó Cuív, Brian Lenihan and his brother Conor Lenihan have all been targeted, with NUI Galway and UCD having the most widely reported rate of activism against visiting Ministers.

Gavin Whelan

Gavin developed at Home Farm before playing for UCD and was signed by Drogheda United in 2004.

Hypex Electronics

The Class D audio modules employ a control method called UcD, invented by Bruno Putzeys and patented by Philips Electronics.

IAFL College Bowl

Four teams competed in the championship since its inauguration: the UL Vikings, the DCU Saints, Trinity College, and UCD.

Julian Simmons

February saw the first official meeting of the Julian Simmons Fans' Society in University College Dublin in the offices of UCD's independent newspaper, College Tribune.

Luis Ortiz González

He finally realised his parliamentary ambitions in the October 1982 General Election when he was elected MP as part of the UCD list, representing Zamora Province.

Maev Kennedy

Kennedy was born in Dublin and attended University College Dublin (UCD) before joining The Irish Times, where she became the parliamentary sketch writer.

Mariehem SK

A number of local players have Mariehem SK as the parent club, for example Anton Holmberg (UCD), Mikael Dahlberg (Umeå FC and GIF Sundsvall) and Hanna Ljungberg (Umeå IK).

Maurice Manning

He is a member of the Senate of the National University of Ireland and of the Governing Authority of UCD, and was a member of the Governing Authority of the European University Institute at Florence.

Net-SNMP

The package was later abandoned by CMU and Wes Hardaker at UC Davis renamed it to UCD-SNMP and extended it to meet the network management needs of the Electrical Engineering department there.

Peter McMahon

After he was awarded a soccer scholarship at University College Dublin in 2008, McMahon officially joined UCD for their 2009 League of Ireland First Division campaign.

Richard Kearney

He studied at Glenstal Abbey under the Benedictines until 1972, and was a 1st Class Honours graduate in Philosophy in the Bachelor of Arts graduate class of 1975 in UCD.

Royal College of Science for Ireland

In 1926 the RCSI was absorbed into University College Dublin (UCD), where it became the UCD Science and Engineering faculties.

Sean D. Barrett

After graduating from University College Dublin in 1973, Barrett went on to obtain a master's degree at McMaster University in Canada before returning to UCD to gain his PhD in Economics.

Tony McDonnell

He has also worked as a pundit on RTÉ's Monday Night Soccer show since retirement and still regularly attends UCD's home games.

Victoria Smurfit

The family is also associated with Smurfit Business School in University College Dublin (UCD).


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