Omagh Participants 2006

Naomh McAleer

10/15/91

Wants to be a PE teacher

Can offer enthusiasm, dedication, fun, good values and friendship

Loves to play basketball

Lee Liggett

2/8/90

Wants to go to Omagh College to train as a joiner

Can offer good communication skills and wants to meet new friends

Loves to fish, weight-lift

Eoin Coney

7/13/91

Wants to go to University

offer his experience of his own culture.

Loves to play Gaelic football

Ruth Allen

9/18/91

Wants to be a hairdresser and beautician & open own salon

Favorite subject is  Art—Can offer a true friendship, and has a disabled sister.

Ruth plays the clarinet, plays tennis and netball.

Christopher Gallagher

5/15/91

Wants to go to university and travel

Was in U.S. for a documentary on his sister, Claire, who was blinded in the Omagah bombing in 1998.

Is friendly & has a good personality

Loves to play basketball, gaelic football

Richard Clements

6/17/91

Wants to be a History teacher

Plays the cello and bagpipes, is well organized and easy to get along with.  Loves the trampoline, volleyball, and ice-skating. Looking forward to making new friends and learning about American

Caroline Strain

3/20/91

Wants to go to University and become a teacher.  She has a good sense of humor.  She has traveled in Europe, is a Girl Guide and teaches  pre-school Sunday School

Plays football, and also plays the piano.

Jemma Walker

10/4/90

Wants to get a good education and job.

Can offer friendship & educate people on NI culture.

Wants to bring a smile to someone’s face! Plays the guitar and is in the Mountjoy Girl’s Brigade

 

Counselors

 

Heather Robinson

2/21/83

Graduated from Northumbria University with a degree in British and American Cultures.  Spent a year in Atlanta and attended Georgia State during university.

Was an Ulster Project teen in Salt Lake City.  Currently works as a medical receptionist

Barry McAleer

8/7/81

Barry is a final year Business Studies student at University of Ulster.  Has worked as a leader at the Omagh Boys and Girls Club.   Plays soccer with friends, and involved with local Gaelic team Omagh Saint Enda’s. Loves music and film.  Has worked at a local college doing MIS work and supervising computer students

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