User:Dr Sean Joseph Treanor

Sean Joseph Treanor was born in Carrickbracken, Camlough, in Co Armagh. He is the eldest of a family of nine children of Thomas and Elish (nee Loughran) Treanor (sometimes misspelled Trainor). He may have been born in a house occupied at one time by writer Donn Byrne. Like Byrne, he attended the local schoool St Malachy's primary in Camlough. Later he attended the Christian Brothers Grammar School Newry. He won many awards for academic achievements and participated in sport, especially football. At school, he had much less support in the latter field but sport became a life -long passion. Sean Treanor later attended Queens University Belfast, where he studied French, Medieval French and English. During this time he spent a year as a language assistant at Lycée paul Duez, Cambrai, France. In 1976 he married Grainne McAllister. They later had two children Fiona (b.1983) and Rory (b.1984). Sean Treanor taught at St Colman's College, Violet Hill, Newry, N. Ireland, from 1974 until 1976. He studied for a Post Graduate Certificate in Education 1976-1977. From 1977 until 1985, he continued to work in St Colman's College. He then moved to become Head of Modern languages at Sacred Heart Grammar School in Newry. He remained in this post until June 2011. During his teaching career Sean Treanor continued study and completed a M.A. thesis on the work of Robert Pinget. He later moved to University of Ulster to be supervised for a successful doctoral thesis by Professor Richard York. From his earliest days in St Colman's college, Sean Treanor was involved with colleague Sean Hollywood in the revival of the local drama group Newpoint Players. After the death of Sean Hollywood in 1998, Sean Treanor became the group's Artistic Director. After moving into directing, he no longer went onstage. However, he diversified into writing some of his own work for theatre. He also writes some poetry and prose poetry. Though heavily involved in the Amateur Drama Movement, Sean Treanor has been associated with Carrickcruppen Gaelic Football all of his life and has held many posts within the club. His uncle oliver Loughran was one of the founding members of the club and Sean has always been keen to maintain the strong family association with the local and county G.A.A.