| ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT |
2010: A Year in the Spotlight 2010 has seen UCD alumni ACHIEVE SUCCESS across the boards and proudly carry the banner of their alma mater worldwide. We select a number who have had notable success in their field over the last twelve months ... COLM TÓIBÍN
has found her niche and this year secured
DIARMAID FERRITER
a six-figure modelling contract with
2010 got off to the best possible start for
Historian and UCD lecturer
lingerie brand Ultimo, following in the
(BA 1992, PhD 1996)
Enniscorthy writer Colm Tóibín when
footsteps of Melinda Messenger, Helena
Professor of Modern History at UCD,
he was presented with the Costa Fiction
Christensen and Girls Aloud singer
Diarmaid Ferriter graced our screens
Award for his sixth novel, the highly lauded
Sarah Harding.
on RTÉ this summer with his four-part
Author (BA 1975)
Brooklyn, in January. The former Arts
documentary on the making of modern
student has become one of both Ireland
Ireland entitled ‘The Limits of Liberty’.
and the world’s most celebrated novelists
Ferriter was honoured this year when his
Lightship and The Master. His alma mater
ROLE OF HONOUR
awarded him an honorary degree at the
GERRY BREEN
and has in the past been nominated for the Booker Prize for his novels The Blackwater
UCD Bloomsday celebrations in June.
CLAUDINE PALMER-KEANE
Model (BA 2004) Most widely known in the public eye as wife of Irish soccer star Robbie Keane, the double first
(BComm 1979) THIS YEAR GERRY BREEN WAS ELECTED AS LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN. THE FINE GAEL COUNCILLOR WAS ALSO APPOINTED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS.
class honours graduate
critically acclaimed biography of Eamon de Valera, Judging Dev, was shortlisted for Irish Book of the Decade.
FRANK MC GUINNESS
Playwright, poet, UCD lecturer (BA 1974, MPhil 1976)
Celebrated playwright and Professor of Creative Writing at UCD, Frank McGuinness was honoured twice in 2010. The Arts graduate was nominated for
Claudine Palmer-Keane
AWARD WINNER
Colm Tóibín Winner of the Costa Fiction Award
DOUBLE ACT
Claudine Palmer-Keane
LIVING LEGEND
Frank McGuinness
Double honours graduate secured a six-figure deal BOOKISH TYPE
Diarmaid Ferriter
Shortlisted for Book of the Decade
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UCD CONNECTIONS ALUMNI MAGAZINE
The UCD lecturer has been honoured twice this year