Apprentices from 1957

Pictured Apprentices who started in the ESB October 1st, 1957 at Morans Hotel, Dublin on June 34th, 1961, during their 'Graduation' which was celebrated just before completion of the final training course at Kevin St. 'College of Technology' - as it was known then.

Front row (l-r) Dan O'Rourke, Cork, Michael Dunphy, Waterford, Michael O'Brien, Waterford, Don Cooney, Cork, Roy Baldwin, Dundalk, Michael Carr, Galway, Jim Fitzgerald, Limerick, Noel Morrissey, Limerick, Tommy Grandison, Sligo, Dick Thorne, Sligo, Michael Walshe, Portlaoise, John Grant, Donegal, John Kirby, Tralee (Sender) and Joe Collins, Limerick. Back row (l-r) Tom Coughlan, Athlone, Kevin Norris, Dublin, John Murphy, Cork, Jim Cushen, Dublin, Patrick Daly, Cork, Terry O'Brien, Dublin, John O'Rourke, Dublin, Frank Byrne, Dublin, Peter Sheehan, Tralee (R.I.P), Joseph Keogh, Dublin, John Brown, Dublin, Hidden behind John Brown is Paddy Melia, Galway, Joe Boland, Portlaoise and Patrick Campbell Donegal. Missing from the photo are Bobby Amberson, Cork, Chris Duke, Cork, Gerard Gough, Dublin, Tony Eaton, Dundalk, Neal Gordon, Sligo, Liam Campbell, Dundalk. Picture sent in by John Kirby.