About Proinnsias (Krunchie)

Note: “Proinnsias” sounds the same as “Krunchie as,” except with a P instead of a K.

 

Inventor/ Entrepreneur
Formerly a  Lawyer, I T Scientist, Land Registration Consultant, Chief Examiner of Titles, Ground Rents Arbitrator, Translater, Jurist Linguist, Poet, photographer, artist, Share-trader, I am now starting on my new career as Inventor/ Entrepreneur. The inventions I am seeking to advance are described here.

 

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  . Past Pupil of:

      • St. Peter’s National School, Phibsborough, Dublin (a long time ago: 1947 to 1955);

 

St Peter's Confirmation Class (1953?) - 54 boys in class!

      • O’Connell CBS, North Richmond Street, Dublin (1955 to 1961);

 

OCS 1958 Scholarship Winners

OCS Scholarship Winners 1959

      • University College Dublin;
  • King’s Inns, Dublin (BL, 1st Class Honours 1966);

 

 

Group called to the Bar, Summer 1966

    • Dublin City University (BSc (IT) 1st Class Honours 1996);
  • University of Dublin, Trinity College (MSc 1998).

 

 


 
Clubs and Associations down the years:

    • St Peter’s School football and hurling
    • St Peter’s Church Choir
    • St Patrick’s Temperance Sodality
    • Knights of Malta
    • Ógra Éireann (Irish language club associated with the Christian Brothers)
    • Dáil na nÓg (“Parliament of Youth”) Irish language debating society (Cléireach)
    • St Peter’s Musical Society (c. 1960)
    • Loreto, North Gt Georges Street Musical Society (HMS Pinafore)
    • Dalymount Darkies
    • Dóchas (Irish language young adult association)
    • Na Fánaithe (Irish language hiking organisation)
    • Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League, national Irish language organisation), Craobh na Cásca (“Easter” Branch), Finglas Branch, Brendan Behan Branch, Galway Branch
    • Institute of Professional Civil Servants, which was amalgamated into UPTCS, which, in turn, was amalgamated into IMPACT, the public sector union
    • Claremont Residents Association
    • Finglas Road Action Group
    • Glasnevin Combined Residents Association Ltd
    • Gaeleagras na Seirbhíse Poiblí
    • Gaeleagras Chlárlann na Talún
    • Claremont Art Society
    • Chancery Art Society
    • Peoples Art Dublin
    • Chancery Players (The Silver Wedding)
    • The Chancers (musical group)

 
Former Voluntary Positions:

    • Clerk of Dáil na nÓg (i.e., “Parliament of Youth” debating organisation), (and drafter of its constitution);
    • Committee Member, Oireachtas na Gaeilge (Irish language national annual festival of music and literature);
    • Founder and Chairman of Brendan Behan branch of Gaelic League; (weekly music sessions in Slattery’s of Capel Street in the late 1960s)
    • Chairman of Gaelic League Dublin Joint Céilí Committee;
    • Chairman of P R Committee of Gaelic League;
    • Chairman, Constitutional Committee of Gaelic League;
    • Chairman, Legal Professional Branch of UPTCS, later IMPACT;
    • Founder Chairman of Claremont Art Society and Chancery Art Society, (now both defunct);
    • Founder Secretary of Peoples Art Dublin;
    • Chairman, Claremont Residents Association (in the two years when Claremont was overall winner of Dublin’s Tidy Areas Competition);
    • Founder Member, Finglas Road Action Group.

 
Former Paid Posts:

  • Assistant Examiner, Estate Duty Office of the Revenue Commissioners;
  • Gaeltacht field officer (Assistant Director);
  • Jurist-Linguist with Council of Ministers of EU;
  • Chief Examiner of Titles, Land Registry of Ireland;
  • Ground Rents Arbitrator;
  • Land Registration Consultant;
  • University Lecturer (Trinity College);
  • Board Member, National Museum;

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