Kieran, August 2008
I was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in Altnagelvin Hospital (yeah, I hadn't even heard of it either until a few years ago!) on 6/7/89. Shortly after, we all moved to Rabat, Morocco where we lived for three (sweaty) years. Following Rabat, we moved to Arlington, Virginia to check out the US side of things. One of the memories that springs to mind was a gigantic Easter egg hunt which we were invited to at the Bill and Hillary Clinton White House. That was back in the days when America wasn't so paranoid of children wielding spherical objects and running around crazily, screaming for chocolate....?!? When we moved back to Ireland in, the summer of 1995, primary education was required so I reluctantly (read: dragged, kicking and screaming) attended Dalkey School Project in Dublin, Ireland's first multi-denominational primary school. But of course, at the time I couldn't have cared less what multi-denominational meant. All I wanted to do was play Pok?mon. From there I went on to St. Andrew's College, (South) Dublin where I graduated in June 2008, having destroyed the Irish Leaving Certificate, or more specifically Classical Studies in which I got an A1, a grade only 18 people in the entire country achieved! To celebrate the end of six years of tyranny under the iron fist of A.G my friends and I embarked on what we christened "The Loliday". An epic two week inter-planing (Because we were too lazy to go by train) tour of Paris, Stockholm, Amsterdam and London. In August, Andrea and I travelled to Mexico for some sun, salsa and...burritos? We stayed with my dad in Quer?taro (look it up on google. It is a real place) and spent a few days at Club Med Ixtapa. A word of warning: an all inclusive bar does NOT mean you must sample every single cocktail and spirit that they have on offer, especially not on the same night! Unfortunately no one was around to tell me that and, needless to say, I can never drink Tequila and lemon again. In September 2008 I started first year at University College Dublin, studying for a BComm degree with the intention of entering the film industry as a producer in the near future (if you are reading this and are involved in the film industry in any way, I'd love to get in touch). For the past three summers I have been doing extra work in the hit Showtime series 'The Tudors' Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. It's a good laugh and probably one of the easiest but decently paid jobs I'll have for the next forty odd years. I have also worked as a volunteer in the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival which is actually bigger than Cannes! (But not really) I've made/edited a few short films just to experience some amateur filmmaking and have a laugh with some of my other friends who are interested in film as well. And I've just won an ERASMUS place at the University of Auckland starting Feb. 2010; visitors welcome. Check out some of my videos on You Tube under kierz101. Some include ('War, the only thing we're good at'..music by Faithless)and a Top Secret clip of Afghan army training can be seen on You Tube and You Tube respectively. Also check out Josh Bourke's Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/joshbourke89 He's got skillz. Here is a video of me sky diving http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiIELR4U4vs

High Flyer Ixtapa Aug 2008

Like Son, Like Father.. Ixtapa Aug 2008

Sunset, Ixtapa Aug 2008