Liam
O'Neachtain joined the staff in 1976 having previously taught in St. Michael's College,
Ballsbridge, Dublin and C.B.S. Crumlin. He was born in Dublin in 1952, but grew up
in Waterford City.
He is a past pupil of St. Declan's N.S., Water St., and De La Salle College, Waterford
and of Oatlands College, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin. He is a graduate of the 'Froebel
College of Education', Sion Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
He has a keen interest in sport, DIY, gardening, philately and computers. He also has a
love of music and is a member of the Edmund Rice Choral & Musical Society, Waterford
and was a member of the special choir which sang for the Beatification of Blessed Edmund
Rice in Rome in October, 1996.
He is the driving force in the school behind the schools much success in the IT field,
his classes having won three national Internet based competitions. He was appointed an IT
tutor by the INTO/NCTE in 1998 and has delivered many courses to teachers on the use of
"Information Technology" in their classrooms. He was also a guest presenter at
an International Teachers Conference "Cybersteps" in St. John's, Newfoundland,
Canada in August, 1998 on the use of IT in Irish classrooms.