Trinity News

An Archive from 1953 to 1970

Chairs & Editors

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Listed below is a record of every Chair or Editor of Trinity News from 1953 to 2020. Since its first issue, some 155 individuals have taken up the stewardship of the newspaper. Over the years the titles used have changed, as have the tenures of these individuals, yet the enthusiasm for undergraduate journalism has remained the same. See more detailed notes on titles, volume numbering and accuracy.

    Chairs, 1953–1980

  1. Anthony Bolchover

    Volume 1 • 1953–1954 • Michaelmas term

  2. Tim Robinson

    Volume 1 • 1953–1954 • Hilary term

  3. William Fuge

    Volume 1 • 1953–1954 • Trinity term

  4. Anthony Jennings

    Volume 2 • 1954–1955 • Michaelmas term

  5. Dermod Owen–Flood

    Volume 2 • 1954–1955 • Hilary term

  6. Robert Southcombe

    Volume 2 • 1954–1955 • Trinity term

  7. Colin Tite

    Volume 3 • 1955–1956 • Michaelmas term

  8. Charalambos David

    Volume 3 • 1955–1956 • Hilary term

  9. Jill Robbins

    Volume 3 • 1955–1956 • Trinity term

  10. John Hautz

    Volume 4 • 1956–1957 • Michaelmas term

  11. Kevan Johnson

    Volume 4 • 1956–1957 • Hilary term

  12. Derek Horwood

    Volume 4 • 1956–1957 • Trinity term

  13. Robert Young

    Volume 5 • 1957–1958 • Michaelmas term

  14. John Killen

    Volume 5 • 1957–1958 • Hilary term

  15. Jan Kaminski

    Volume 5 • 1957–1958 • Trinity term

  16. Thomas Rose

    Volume 6 • 1958–1959 • Michaelmas term

  17. Frances–Jane French

    Volume 6 • 1958–1959 • Hilary term

  18. Carol Challen

    Volume 6 • 1958–1959 • Trinity term

  19. Anthony Gynn

    Volume 7 • 1959–1960 • Michaelmas term

  20. Raymond Kennedy

    Volume 7 • 1959–1960 • Hilary term

  21. John Lutton

    Volume 7 • 1959–1960 • Trinity term

  22. David Butler

    Volume 8 • 1960–1961 • Michaelmas term

  23. Bernard Adams

    Volume 8 • 1960–1961 • Hilary term

  24. Edna Broderick

    Volume 8 • 1960–1961 • Trinity term

  25. William Oddie

    Volume 9 • 1961–1962 • Michaelmas term

  26. John Watt

    Volume 9 • 1961–1962 • Hilary term

  27. Norman Sowerby

    Volume 9 • 1961–1962 • Trinity term

  28. Henry Fitzsimons

    Volume 10 • 1962–1963 • Michaelmas term

  29. Robert Harman

    Volume 10 • 1962–1963 • Hilary term

  30. Hugh Mooney

    Volume 10 • 1962–1963 • Trinity term

  31. Hugh White

    Volume 11 • 1963–1964 • Michaelmas term

  32. David Ridley

    Volume 11 • 1963–1964 • Hilary term

  33. Michael Gilmour

    Volume 11 • 1963–1964 • Trinity term

  34. Douglas Halliday

    Volume 12 • 1964–1965 • Michaelmas term

  35. Jefferson Horsley

    Volume 12 • 1964–1965 • Hilary term

  36. Robert Knight

    Volume 12 • 1964–1965 • Trinity term

  37. Hamish McRae

    Volume 13 • 1965–1966 • Michaelmas term

  38. Thomas Chance

    Volume 13 • 1965–1966 • Hilary term

  39. John Nickson

    Volume 13 • 1965–1966 • Trinity term

  40. Seán Walmsley

    Volume 14 • 1966–1967 • Michaelmas term

  41. Timothy Cullen

    Volume 14 • 1966–1967 • Hilary term

  42. Charles Dutton

    Volume 14 • 1966–1967 • Trinity term

  43. Andrew Veitch

    Volume 15 • 1967–1968 • Michaelmas term

  44. John Armstrong

    Volume 15 • 1967–1968 • Hilary term

  45. Eamonn Fingleton

    Volume 15 • 1967–1968 • Trinity term

  46. Nicholas Sharman

    Volume 16 • 1968–1969 • Michaelmas term

  47. Francis Ahern

    Volume 16 • 1968–1969 • Hilary term

  48. Richard Waterbury

    Volume 16 • 1968–1969 • Trinity term

  49. David Ford

    Volume 17 • 1969–1970 • Michaelmas term

  50. Samuel Oliver

    Volume 17 • 1969–1970 • Hilary term

  51. Paul Tansey

    Volume 17 • 1969–1970 • Trinity term

  52. Mary Punch

    Volume 18 • 1970–1971 • Michaelmas term

  53. Frank Bannister

    Volume 18 • 1970–1971 • Hilary term

  54. Robert Ashe

    Volume 18 • 1970–1971 • Trinity term

  55. Jeanne Woulfe

    Volume 19 • 1971–1972 • Michaelmas term

  56. Marie Redmond

    Volume 19 • 1971–1972 • Hilary term

  57. Anthony Roche

    Volume 19 • 1971–1972 • Trinity term

  58. James Stewart

    Volume 20 • 1972–1973 • Michaelmas term

  59. Paul Nolan

    Volume 20 • 1972–1973 • Hilary term

  60. Peter Murtagh

    Volume 20 • 1972–1973 • Trinity term

  61. Peter Murtagh

    Volume 21 • 1973–1974 • Michaelmas term

  62. Patrick Gageby

    Volume 21 • 1973–1974 • Hilary term

  63. John Thorp

    Volume 21 • 1973–1974 • Trinity term

  64. James Joyce

    Volume 22 • 1974–1975 • Michaelmas term

  65. David Barry

    Volume 22 • 1974–1975 • Hilary term

  66. Bernard McGinley

    Volume 22 • 1974–1975 • Trinity term

  67. Ernest Sterne

    Volume 23 • 1975–1976 • Michaelmas term

  68. Sarah O’Hara

    Volume 23 • 1975–1976 • Hilary term

  69. Mark Story

    Volume 23 • 1975–1976 • Trinity term

  70. Desmond King

    Volume 24 • 1976–1977 • Michaelmas term

  71. Jonathan Haughton

    Volume 24 • 1976–1977 • Hilary term

  72. Judith Dempsey

    Volume 24 • 1976–1977 • Trinity term

  73. Robin Hanan

    Volume 25 • 1977–1978 • Michaelmas term

  74. Louis Kennedy & Isolde Victory

    Volume 25 • 1977–1978 • Hilary term

  75. Kevin Dawson

    Volume 26 • 1978–1979 • Michaelmas term

  76. Karl Martin

    Volume 26 • 1978–1979 • Hilary term

  77. Russell Best

    Volume 26 • 1978–1979 • Trinity term

  78. Joe Tiernan

    Volume 27 • 1979–1980 • Michaelmas term

  79. Francis Doolin

    Volume 27 • 1979–1980 • Hilary term

  80. Catherine Troy

    Volume 27 • 1979–1980 • Trinity term

    Editors, 1980–2020

  1. Stephen Plunkett

    Volume 28 • 1980–1981 • Hilary term

  2. David Mooney

    Volume 29 • 1981–1982 • Michaelmas term

  3. Michael Flanagan

    Volume 29 • 1981–1982 • Hilary term

  4. David Mooney & Michael Flanagan

    Volume 29 • 1981–1982 • Trinity term

  5. Jane Gray

    Volume 30 • 1982–1983 • Michaelmas term

  6. Lorraine Johnston

    Volume 30 • 1982–1983 • Hilary term

  7. Dan Carey & Henry Hutchinson

    Volume 30 • 1982–1983 • Trinity term

  8. Maria Marrion

    Volume 31 • 1983–1984 • Michaelmas term

  9. Fran Lyons

    Volume 31 • 1983–1984 • Hilary term

  10. Dermot McComiskey

    Volume 32 • 1984–1985 • Michaelmas term

  11. Rachel Wolstenholme

    Volume 32 • 1984–1985 • Hilary term

  12. Cathy Mullan

    Volume 33 • 1985–1986 • Hilary term

  13. Edward O’Loughlin

    Volume 33 • 1985–1986 • Trinity term

  14. Edward O’Loughlin

    Volume 34 • 1986–1987 • Michaelmas term

  15. Eibhir Mulqueen

    Volume 34 • 1986–1987 • Hilary term

  16. Sara Morris

    Volume 35 • 1987–1988 • Michaelmas term

  17. Ultan O'Broin

    Volume 36 • 1988–1989 • Michaelmas term

  18. Trevor Butterworth

    Volume 36 • 1988–1989 • Hilary term

  19. Trevor Butterworth

    Volume 36 • 1988–1989 • Trinity term

  20. Mark Little & Aidan Kane

    Volume 37 • 1989–1990 • Michaelmas term

  21. Mark Little & Aidan Kane

    Volume 37 • 1989–1990 • Hilary term

  22. Conor Sweeney, Mark Little, Aidan Kane & Tig Mays

    Volume 37 • 1989–1990 • Trinity term

  23. Conor Sweeney

    Volume 38 • 1990–1991 • Michaelmas term

  24. Conor Sweeney

    Volume 38 • 1990–1991 • Hilary term

  25. Conor Sweeney & Aidan Fitzmaurice

    Volume 39 • 1991–1992 • Michaelmas term

  26. Aidan Fitzmaurice

    Volume 39 • 1991–1992 • Hilary term

  27. Aidan Fitzmaurice

    Volume 40 • 1992–1993

  28. Liam Reid

    Volume 41 • 1993–1994

  29. Barbara Collins

    Volume 42 • 1994–1995

  30. Matthew Magee & Amy Mahon

    Volume 43 • 1995–1996

  31. Smyth Harper

    Volume 44 • 1996–1997

  32. Oisin Tansey

    Volume 45 • 1997–1998

  33. Damian Connon

    Volume 46 • 1998–1999

  34. Eoghan Williams

    Volume 47 • 1999–2000

  35. Ruadhan MacCormaic

    Volume 48 • 2000–2001

  36. Carl Whyte

    Volume 49 • 2001–2002

  37. Ian Boyle

    Volume 50 • 2002–2003

  38. Renata McDonnell

    Volume 51 • 2003–2004

  39. Ian Carey

    Volume 52 • 2004–2005

  40. Andrew Payne

    Volume 53 • 2005–2006

  41. Peter Henry

    Volume 54 • 2006–2007

  42. Gearóid O’Rourke

    Volume 55 • 2007–2008

  43. Martin McKenna

    Volume 56 • 2008–2009

  44. David Molloy

    Volume 57 • 2009–2010

  45. Aoife Crowley

    Volume 58 • 2010–2011

  46. Kate Palmer

    Volume 59 • 2011–2012

  47. Ronan Burtenshaw

    Volume 60 • 2012–2013

  48. Elaine McCahill

    Volume 61 • 2013–2014

  49. Catherine Healy

    Volume 62 • 2014–2015

  50. Matthew Mulligan

    Volume 63 • 2015–2016

  51. Michael Foley

    Volume 64 • 2016–2017

  52. Oisin Coulter

    Volume 65 • 2017–2018

  53. Niamh Lynch

    Volume 66 • 2018–2019

  54. Aisling Grace

    Volume 67 • 2019–2020

  55. Lauren Boland

    Volume 68 • 2020–2021

  56. Jack Kennedy

    Volume 69 • 2021–2022

  57. Shannon Connolly

    Volume 70 • 2022–2023

  58. Kate Henshaw

    Volume 71 • 2023–2024

Notes on titles, volume numbering, and accuracy
Titles: “Chairmen” and “Editors”

At the foundation of Trinity News in 1953 the individual responsible for directing the production of the newspaper was, in the style of the times, referred to as a “Chairman”. In the following years the position was held by both male and female students. Here we refer to the role simply as “Chair”.

At some point in the late 1970s or the early 1980s the title of “Chairman” was dropped in favor of “Editor”. The exact year of this transition is not currently known to us, nor is the rationale. Here we have, somewhat arbitrarily, decided to make 1980 the year of demarcation.

Volume numbering

The volume numbers referenced here proceed in sequence from Volume 1 in 1953 and assume one volume was produced per academic year.

However, at various intervals over the last 67 years, volume numbers have been unintentionally reset, or misprinted, on certain volumes, or even on certain sequences of volumes. As a result, in some cases the volume number listed here does not match the volume number listed at the time of publication.

Accuracy

Every effort has been made to ensure the information presented here is complete and accurate. However, there are periods of time for which detailed records do not exists. Please bring any errors to our attention by emailing info@trinitynewsarchive.ie.