Thomas Henry “Football” Smith
In the Year of The Gathering… Aussie Rules Football is Welcomed “Home” 15th December, 2014. Owen Smith, whose Great-great-grandfather Patrick Smith emigrated from Raferagh, near Carrickmacross, to Melbourne in 1855, …
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Profiles features personalities who has ties in or around Carrickmacross. If you know someone with links to Carrickmacross whom you think we should profile here, please send the details to the web master at updates@carrickmacross.ie
Dr Terence Dooley
Terence Dooley, MA, Ph.D. (NUI), H. Dip. Ed. was NUI Fellow in the Humanities 2001-03. He specialises in Irish social and political history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly …
Peter Woods
Peter Woods, producer with RTE Radio 1. He has also written two books. Where did you go to school?I went to the national school in Lisdoonan. We had come home …
Ardal O’Hanlon
Ardal O’Hanlon, well known comedian and actor who came to fame with his role as Dougal in Father Ted on Channel 4. Did you have a part-time or summer job …
Gerry Murphy
Gerry Murphy, from Magheracloone, is a meteorologist and a weather broadcaster with RTE 1. How did you come to be a weatherman?I studied Science at UCD and obtained a degree …
Christina McMahon
Christina McMahon, Ladies Kickboxing Champion. How did you become interested in Kickboxing?My brothers were involved in the Carrickmacross Kickboxing Club from an early age, but there were very few females …
John Coleman
John Coleman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Bose Corporation. How long did you work at Bose in Carrickmacross? From 1978 to 1995 – and I enjoyed every minute. What was …
Eugene Murtagh
Eugene Murtagh, CEO Kingspan plc How long has Kingspan been in operation? The company started in the early 1960s when I was operating from my father’s backyard, making agricultural trailers …
Rita Shah
Rita Shah, Director of Shabra Plastics You were short-listed for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards – what were the factors that lead to your short listing; …
Pat McEnaney
Pat McEnaney, from Corduff, is best known as one of Ireland’s top GAA referees, he has refereed many All-Ireland finals and still plays for his local Corduff Junior B team. …
