Judy May Murphy, class of 1986
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Judy May Murphy, class of 1986
What do you miss the most?
" Miss Doyle’s art classes. Not necessarily for the art but for the stories she’d tell about artists, galleries, design choices, ways of looking at the world. She said to always visit the local art museum when you landed in a new place, and I always have. One year she gave me a philosophy book for my birthday and inscribed it, ‘From one seeker to another.’ I still treasure it. I’ve been back to Muckross to speak to the students a couple of times and Miss Doyle and her art classroom still felt like the beating heart of the school."
" I remember how myself and a few friends (like Clodagh O’Donoghue) broke with convention and acted in plays with Sandford Park and Belvedere College. Usually we were twinned with Gonzaga for those productions. Most of my Muckross memories are arts-based ones in fact. I didn’t find life easy at that age and things like poetry and drama got me through. In sixth year I designed the set for the Muckross musical, ‘The King And I.’ I also loved walking home chatting with my neighbours, classmate Deborah Lockwood and Ruth Kennedy from the class of ‘87. "
" I have my first book of poetry being published worldwide this October. My first ever poetry ‘review’ was from Sr Rose Elizabeth who wrote on my 3rd class report in junior school that my poetry was good. I still have that report and may whip it out if any critic dares to disagree.
"Having lived in many different places, New York, DC, LA, Paris, Kathmandu etc. I’ve now settled in central London with frequent trips to visit my sister Susie (class of ‘85) and her family in Paris. I graduated in Drama Studies from Trinity right after school and then stayed on there for an extra three years to get a Masters in Literature. I ended up in the late 1990s and early 2000s working as a writer/performer/guest on comedy and arts shows on RTE. For the past 18 years I’ve been working internationally as a motivational speaker. Some might see my life as a little unusual, and they’d have a point, but I see it as an adventure."
" Trust people, there are good people out there, many of them right beside you already - talk more to the girls in your year! "
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