Know Your Maynoothians 2010/11

CFC1905_NK · 23-08-2010 5:51pm #1

There was a thread like this for last year. I'm starting a new one so new first years can get to know long-serving students, and introduce themselves.

Your post should consist of the following -
NAME:
AGE:
FROM:
COURSE & YEAR:
SOCIETIES:
INTERESTS:
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES:

...I'll start.

NAME: Neil
AGE: 19
FROM: Dublin
COURSE & YEAR: European Studies, going into 2nd year
SOCIETIES: Will join French Society and TeaSoc.
INTERESTS: CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Tall, red hair, often seen in one of many Chelsea jerseys.

Who's next?

Photos of yourselves welcome, by the way.

K4t · 23-08-2010 5:56pm

NAME: John (friends call me jk)
AGE: 19
FROM: The Wesht
COURSE & YEAR: Going into 2nd year arts (Economics and English)
SOCIETIES: (joined loads but never went to any, might try and attend one or two this year seeing as I'm off campus and will have more time)
INTERESTS: Sport, current affairs, going out/socialising
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: tall, brown hair, dashing..

Next!

itchyblood · 23-08-2010 6:20pm

NAME: Roger
AGE: 19
FROM: KILDARE
COURSE & YEAR: Going into 3rd year Arts.
SOCIETIES: Alt Music I think. I joined up to loads last year but ended up not going to many meetings.
INTERESTS: Music, local music, films, books, computers, running, vegertarianism.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Giant patch over one eye, big bushy red beard, balding with 6 piercings in each ear.

allandanyways · 23-08-2010 6:25pm

CFC1905_NK wrote: »

Your post should consist of the following -

NAME: Neil
AGE: 19
FROM: Dublin
COURSE & YEAR: European Studies, going into 2nd year
SOCIETIES: Will join French Society and TeaSoc.
INTERESTS: CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Tall, red hair, often seen in one of many Chelsea jerseys.

Hey, I always see/saw you in the SALL room! Holla @ another language student!

I am irrelevant to this thread otherwise, as I'm taking a year out between my BA and my MA to go to Spain! See yiz all next September!

CFC1905_NK · 23-08-2010 7:19pm

allandanyways wrote: »

Hey, I always see/saw you in the SALL room! Holla @ another language student!

I am irrelevant to this thread otherwise, as I'm taking a year out between my BA and my MA to go to Spain! See yiz all next September!

Holla back at ya allandanyways(I hope I've got it right now?)! Yup, I'm always in that room!

cian1500ww · 23-08-2010 9:06pm

NAME: Cian
AGE: 19
FROM: Leitrim (Best place in the world

)
COURSE & YEAR: Going into 3rd year CSSE
SOCIETIES: None :eek:
INTERESTS: Computers, Gaming, Music, Cars
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Brown hair, Passat driver, often seen on Facebook during labs :P

Bigtoe107 · 23-08-2010 9:15pm

NAME: Anthony
AGE: 19
FROM: Laois
COURSE & YEAR: Going into second year theology and arts
SOCIETIES: Joined a few but never went being honest
INTERESTS: Football, Cars, Dance music and Xbox
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Tall, Browney red hair, Most likely seen wearing a Prodrift hoody or some sort of football jersey.

GVNDNN · 24-08-2010 11:16am

:eek: Wow...
I feel old..
Your all 19 going into 2nd/3rd year..i'm 19 only going into 1st

TO_ARTHUR! · 24-08-2010 1:05pm

Well, I'm 22 going into first year theology and arts.

LeahBaby · 24-08-2010 1:18pm

22 going into computer science!

seriousfizz · 24-08-2010 2:11pm

NAME: Steven
AGE: 18
FROM: Dublin
COURSE & YEAR: First year arts student
SOCIETIES: I'll make sure to have a good look, most likely some sort of music society and other shtuff...
INTERESTS: Music, reading, I play a few different instruments, poetry, bitta football (Casual Man United fan, follow the odd Sevilla FC game too)
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: I generally appear to be indistinguishable :P

leopoldbloom · 24-08-2010 4:09pm

NAME: Aengus
AGE: 25
FROM: Dublin's wonderful Northside
COURSE & YEAR: Students' Union Sabbatical Officer
SOCIETIES: Technically a member of ALL of them!
INTERESTS: You, the SU, Students, free education
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Either dressed in jeans and a hoody (no meetings) or trousers and a shirt (meetings).

First years, come to the 'Student Life' section of Orientation cos I look forward to welcoming you all personally!:)

Much Love,
AE

*Miss Ní C* · 24-08-2010 4:24pm

NAME: Emma
AGE: 17
FROM: Mayo
COURSE & YEAR: Going into first year English
SOCIETIES: Not sure yet, I'll have a good look round when I get there!
INTERESTS: Horseriding, reading, music, procrastinating...
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Tallish, blonde, usually wearing dresses and permantly rushing because I'm always late :rolleyes:

titi · 24-08-2010 5:55pm

NAME: intissar
AGE: 22
FROM: Paris/ france
COURSE & YEAR: erasmus going into 2nd year English
SOCIETIES: don't know yet but will join the international soc for sure
INTERESTS: literature, music, socializing etc...
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES : ...

next

Seren_ · 24-08-2010 6:03pm

Name: Shauna

Age: 20

From: Sligo, meh.

Course & Year: 3rd year Arts, studying English and Sociology.

Societies: Gospel Choir and Veggie Soc

Was vice prez of Geog Soc last year too, a lot of work. Maybe I'll take up a sport this year, need to get fit :pac:

Interests: Music (listening not playing

), reading, interwebzing >_>

Distinguishing Features: Brown hair? That's not very distinguishing though

I'll probably have some sort of mad coloured bag... Will most likely be found in the Arts Block/common room with a hot chocolate, nom nom xD

clairemcbear · 24-08-2010 6:25pm

Hello!!

NAME: Claire
AGE: 20
FROM: Kilkenny
COURSE & YEAR: Multimedia 1st year woot woot!!
SOCIETIES: hopefully loads!
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Dyed red hair/fringe

freeze4real · 24-08-2010 6:35pm

Hello fellow maynoothians

NAME:Mikey
AGE: 18
FROM: Blanchardstown
COURSE : first year in finance and economics
SOCIETIES: Drama, boxing, football, fashion and beauty if there's one.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: you will recognize me with my buff physique and skinny jeans.

Who's next.

irish_goat · 24-08-2010 8:24pm

NAME: Thomas
AGE: 21
FROM: Donegal/Derry
COURSE & YEAR: Economics and Politics 2nd Year
SOCIETIES: Thinking of doing archery this year, can't remember what else there is on offer. Might help out with the Print if banquo ever gets round to askin. :P
Interests: Beer, reading, politics, pool (both kinds).
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Yellow Mr Happy shoes.

Ugh.Im.Clashing · 24-08-2010 9:08pm

I don't post but I've been lurking around here all summer!

NAME: Aisling
AGE: 19
FROM: Sligo
COURSE & YEAR: Music technology & business, 2nd year.
SOCIETIES: I only attended the Juggling Society last year after joining loads

. Gonna try a sport this time though...hopefully!
INTERESTS: Music, comedy, reading, TV, the usual.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: I'll probably have dyed red hair but it might be colourful for a short while. Gonna try to break my plain hoody, jeans, shoulder-bag and Converse style but if I don't, then you'll know who I am!

GVNDNN · 24-08-2010 10:48pm

NAME: Gavin
AGE: 19
FROM: Kildare
COURSE & YEAR: Arts 1st year
SOCIETIES: I haven't a clue tbh, i haven't seen the list

INTERESTS: Fashion, music, athletics, swimming
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: I don't know really...skinny jeans, scarfs, polo t shirts, plimsolls, cardigans..

24-08-2010 11:09pm

NAME: Joe
AGE: 17
FROM: Blanchardstown
COURSE & YEAR: First year Science
SOCIETIES: I haven't a clue. Probably just follow my interests.
INTERESTS: Martial Arts, Hunting, Music.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: I'd always be dressed casually. No distinguishable features.

J.D.R · 25-08-2010 12:27am

NAME: Jack
AGE: 17
FROM: Kildare
COURSE & YEAR: Going into first year Arts (english, sociology, and economics)
SOCIETIES: Hopefully start an Airsoft one, if there's not one already, and anything else interesting
INTERESTS: Airsoft, Music, Hurling, Anything new that I haven't done before,
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Emmm, tallish, black hair,dressed casually, usually wear gel?

A Changer · 25-08-2010 12:49am

NAME: Aaron
AGE: 20 in a couple of weeks
FROM: Naas
COURSE & YEAR: First year English, minoring in History
SOCIETIES: No idea what's available. I saw someone mention archery, so that'd be a given.
INTERESTS: Reading, writing, film-watching, gaming...distinctly labour-intensive fields, as you'd imagine. :P
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: I'll be wearing different hats, and a brown shoulder bag. The hats will probably give me away.

Xxhaylsxx · 25-08-2010 11:09am

NAME:Hayley
AGE:20
FROM:Meath
COURSE & YEAR:Fourth Year Applied Maths and Exp Physics.
SOCIETIES:Must find more time to join societies this year!
INTERESTS:Maths,swimming,reading,music.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: I dont really,hmmmm skinny jeans,cons/vans,glasses(most of the time):D

XxMCRxBabyxX · 25-08-2010 11:41am

NAME: Síomha
AGE: 19
FROM: Wickla!
COURSE & YEAR: Going into 2nd Year Law and Arts (History), Yup I got the 60 and got in whoop!

SOCIETIES: Well I'm PRO for the Golden Thred, The Law Newsletter. Not involved in anything else atm
INTERESTS: Law, History, music, fashion, fun, friends, just generally having a good time!

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Eh... Well I have shoulder length natural black hair with a fringe, am tallish, Will always either be wearing some colour of skinny jeans or a skirt/dress with tights. Any other boardsies wanna help describe me?!

I remembered more! I have a tattoo on my wrist that is nearly always covered with loads of Pennys pearl bracelets due to the fact that I have to hide it from my dad at home!

Also all Law students should know me by the end of the year as the girl who is trying to convince them to write for The Golden Thread

tootyflutty · 25-08-2010 12:38pm

NAME: Lorna
AGE: 20...I feel so old

FROM: the bog arse of nowhere.. in Meath
COURSE & YEAR: 2nd year Music and Geog
SOCIETIES: Secretary of the Archery Club, and sec/vice pres of Playdo Soc, juggling, oh and Music soc. Tried fencing for a while but nearly died

INTERESTS: bitta Muzaaak, friends/boardsies, juggling and the likes.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: I was the one with the rainbow hair this year :cool:
Also the one rollerblading to lectures this year (damn cost of car insurance).

Xqzciara · 25-08-2010 12:43pm

NAME: Ciara (mostly known as 'Buckle')
AGE: 19
FROM: Rathangan
COURSE & YEAR: 2nd year psychology
SOCIETIES: Am currently president of Playdo, the arts, crafts and photography soc. Ya'll should join and make me look good!!
INTERESTS: Chocolate, fluffy things, small things, buttons, stationary, tescos, monkeys. you know...the usual
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: small, loud, annoying. Black hair (for now), two tattoos, awful nails and hanging off a skinny fella with a beard

Ms.Marvel · 25-08-2010 5:06pm

clairemcbear wrote: »

Hello!!

NAME: Claire
AGE: 20
FROM: Kilkenny
COURSE & YEAR: Multimedia 1st year woot woot!!
SOCIETIES: hopefully loads!
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Dyed red hair/fringe

Ah ! I've nabbed someone going into the same course as me

Snaps, I absolutely cannot wait to get cracking with Multimedia. See you at Registration, fun starts in Maynooth !

NAME: Ericka
AGE: 18
FROM: Dublin
COURSE & YEAR: Multimedia, 1st year.
SOCIETIES: Any of them that grab my fancy on the day !
INTERESTS: Reading,film,comic books,music. Bog standard pop culture.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Long brown hair and a laugh that can only be described as a cackle.

AmyMaria · 25-08-2010 5:20pm

NAME: Amy

AGE: 17

FROM: Celbridge

COURSE & YEAR: Psychology Through Science, 1st Year

SOCIETIES: Gonna have a look around and see what I wanna do then

INTERESTS: Shopping, Having fun with friends, chocolate, horseriding, writing, drama, singing to myself, music.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: I've dark hair, I like to dress up most of the time, I'm nearly always smiling or being happy and I talk a lot once I stop being shy lol

Pudsy33 · 25-08-2010 6:12pm

NAME: James

AGE: 18

FROM: Dublin

COURSE & YEAR: Science, 1st Year

SOCIETIES: Just looking at them here, philosophy and alt music sound good

INTERESTS: Football, rugby, golf, music.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Bluey greeny shoes, sports jerseys

LeixlipRed · 25-08-2010 6:21pm

NAME: Martin

AGE: 25

FROM: Maynooth

COURSE & YEAR: 2nd Year research student

SOCIETIES: Maths and I always join a few I never go to

INTERESTS: Football and swimming

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Shelbourne gear and if you use the pool you probably know me.

iLoveTwilight · 25-08-2010 6:37pm

NAME: Leanne
AGE: 19 next week

FROM: Leixlip
COURSE & YEAR: 2nd Year Biological and Biomedical Sciences
SOCIETIES: Snooker club .. am there at least once a week

INTERESTS: Gaming , music , snooker and biology
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Short , brunette , blue eyes with glasses and can be seen in the CS labs with a bunch of lads

CFC1905_NK · 25-08-2010 7:37pm

Xqzciara wrote: »

NAME: Ciara (mostly known as 'Buckle')
AGE: 19
FROM: Rathangan
COURSE & YEAR: 2nd year psychology
SOCIETIES: Am currently president of Playdo, the arts, crafts and photography soc. Ya'll should join and make me look good!!
INTERESTS: Chocolate, fluffy things, small things, buttons, stationary, tescos, monkeys. you know...the usual
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: small, loud, annoying. Black hair (for now), two tattoos, awful nails and hanging off a skinny fella with a beard

Hi Ciara! I remember you, I attended Playdo's life-drawing class during December's art week

banquo · 25-08-2010 7:40pm

NAME: Rob. Rob Munnelly.
AGE: 24
FROM: Dublin. Howaya howaya howaya.
COURSE & YEAR: Vice-President of Communications and Development, NUIM Students' Union. Former BMus.
INTERESTS: Nerdy things that nobody else likes. Like fonts. I

me fonts.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Staying up till 4am working on the First Years' Handbook whispering ''Oh ****, oh ****, there's so much to do, oh ****''. Also, short beard.

tootyflutty · 25-08-2010 7:43pm

banquo wrote: »

NAME: Rob. Rob Munnelly.
INTERESTS: . I me comic sans.

banquo · 25-08-2010 7:56pm

tootyflutty wrote: »

NAME: Rob. Rob Munnelly.
INTERESTS: . I me comic sans.

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iWeeze · 26-08-2010 1:24am

NAME: Richie
AGE: 17 (18 next month)
FROM: Tallafornia, Dublin
COURSE & YEAR: Multimedia, First Year
SOCIETIES: We'll see
INTERESTS: Music and twitter, sometimes X-Box. I am pretty cool.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Hmm, I wouldn't stand out in a crowd. Messy brown hair, green eyes. One thing I'll always have on me are black and white converse.

Stalk further: http://twitter.com/Berminghammer

banquo · 26-08-2010 12:01pm

iWeeze wrote: »

Stalk further: http://twitter.com/Berminghammer

Followed.

yoursaviour1989 · 26-08-2010 1:27pm

NAME: Colin
AGE: 21, wanna be a teenager again though
FROM: Aaaahhhhhhhhlone
COURSE & YEAR: 3rd, Bus & Mgt
SOCIETIES: None, might go play rugby again
INTERESTS: Music, sports, tryna and failing abysmally to learn bass
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: none really, freakishly small ears is about it, have a look and tell me what's distinguishing (I'm the one that's not the girl) http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1187296013

chillian17 · 26-08-2010 3:49pm

NAME: Cillian
AGE: 17 (Yous have me feeling quite young

)
FROM: Blanchardstown
COURSE & YEAR: Media Studies, 1st year
SOCIETIES: Hopefully I'll find some good ones along the lines of alternative/indie music, football

INTERESTS: Erm, football and alternative/indie music (who saw that coming?), film, reading, socialising!
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Tall, short beard when I'm lazy or stubbled most of the time, brown medium lengthed hair.

Can't wait for this to start

squishykins · 28-08-2010 4:57pm

NAME: Amy
AGE: 18
FROM: Dundalk, but staying on campus this year...anyone else, I'm all alone =/
COURSE & YEAR: Arts 1st year (German, History & Maths, I'm a freak I know ^^; )
SOCIETIES: I'm not too sure yet, might try my hand at fencing

INTERESTS: Singing, watching tennis, trying to play guitar (tiny hands

) Loved the xbox, but was stolen

, having a VERY organised laptop :S
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Short, Black-dyed shoulder length with fringe (normal not side), thinking of going bright purple but should get a job first :P, glasses, a good few piercings covered by my hair, usually wearing something purple, which tends to be my purple vans

I know absolutely nobody coming here, just my luck :P So hai guiz

banquo · 28-08-2010 7:00pm

*Waves at all first years*

Hello!

Michellenman · 28-08-2010 7:48pm

Name: Michelle
Age: 20 (21 soon... eeeep!)
From: Blanchardstown
Course & year: Just finished second year arts (french and geography) and going in to an Erasmus year in France (Rennes; to be precise).
Societies; none really. Maybe Alt Music again.
Interests; gymming it with my gym buddy.
Distinguishing features: I'm phenomenally attractive.

BarryDoodles · 29-08-2010 4:03am

NAME: Barry "All you Bitchz know me" Dooley

AGE: 20...

FROM: Wonderland

COURSE & YEAR: 3rd Law and Economics... really need to become sensible again.

SOCIETIES: Law and LND

INTERESTS: Myself, generally being a genius, selling my girlfriend to buy my cat back after I sold it for heroin, wearing Pro israel t shirts, Critising USI, having fun and being a mess.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Shirt, Ginger and yellow hair, drunk.

CFC1905_NK · 29-08-2010 8:58am

BarryDoodles wrote: »

NAME: Barry "All you Bitchz know me" Dooley

AGE: 20...

FROM: Wonderland

COURSE & YEAR: 3rd Law and Economics... really need to become sensible again.

SOCIETIES: Law and LND

INTERESTS: Myself, generally being a genius, selling my girlfriend to buy my cat back after I sold it for heroin, wearing Pro israel t shirts, Critising USI, having fun and being a mess.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Shirt, Ginger and yellow hair, drunk.

Hey, I seen you quite a lot last year in the SU bar

banquo · 29-08-2010 10:45am

BarryDoodles wrote: »

NAME: Barry "All you Bitchz know me" Dooley

AGE: 20...

FROM: Wonderland

COURSE & YEAR: 3rd Law and Economics... really need to become sensible again.

SOCIETIES: Law and LND

INTERESTS: Myself, generally being a genius, selling my girlfriend to buy my cat back after I sold it for heroin, wearing Pro israel t shirts, Critising USI, having fun and being a mess.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Shirt, Ginger and yellow hair, drunk.

Trust me: avoid this guy.

Norrdeth · 29-08-2010 2:53pm

Name: Ben

Age: 21

From: West Dublin

Course & Year: 3BMus International

Societies: Composers' and maybe Musicology soc.

Chief Occupation: Wannabe Genius/Artist/Musician.

Interests: Sound, Music, Photography, The Outdoors, Tea, Visual arts,
Czech Beer, Literature & Poetry.

Distinguishing features:
Reasonably attractive depending on season, shortish blondy brown hair, extremely blue eyes, either looking totally concentrated/demented or spaced out looking at the sky. Usually wears woolly jumpers (Thanks Funky).
=D

banquo · 29-08-2010 3:44pm

It's Ben!
Ben's back!
Hooray for Ben!

notGill · 29-08-2010 4:24pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

NAME: Síomha
AGE: 19
FROM: Wickla!
COURSE & YEAR: Going into 2nd Year Law and Arts (History), Yup I got the 60 and got in whoop!
SOCIETIES: Well I'm PRO for the Golden Thred, The Law Newsletter. Not involved in anything else atm
INTERESTS: Law, History, music, fashion, fun, friends, just generally having a good time!
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Eh... Well I have shoulder length natural black hair with a fringe, am tallish, Will always either be wearing some colour of skinny jeans or a skirt/dress with tights. Any other boardsies wanna help describe me?!
I remembered more! I have a tattoo on my wrist that is nearly always covered with loads of Pennys pearl bracelets due to the fact that I have to hide it from my dad at home!

Also all Law students should know me by the end of the year as the girl who is trying to convince them to write for The Golden Thread

NAME: Conor
AGE: 19
FROM: Wickla!
COURSE & YEAR: Going into 2nd Year in eh......
SOCIETIES: Whatever I'm dragged to.
INTERESTS: I am forbidden from having interests other than my girlfriend, XxMCRxBabyxX.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: A ball & chain like object around my ankle and a red mark on my face resembling a handprint.

:rolleyes:

banquo · 29-08-2010 4:41pm

notGill wrote: »

NAME: Conor
INTERESTS: I am forbidden from having interests other than my girlfriend, XxMCRxBabyxX.

*High-five from fellow whipped boyfriend*

XxMCRxBabyxX · 29-08-2010 6:28pm

notGill wrote: »

NAME: Conor
AGE: 19
FROM: Wickla!
COURSE & YEAR: Going into 2nd Year in eh......
SOCIETIES: Whatever I'm dragged to.
INTERESTS: I am forbidden from having interests other than my girlfriend, XxMCRxBabyxX.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: A ball & chain like object around my ankle and a red mark on my face resembling a handprint.

:rolleyes:

He doesn't go to Maynooth btw but you'll see him around a lot! He owes me for the post! :mad:

Know Your Maynoothians 2010/11

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