1. Leonard Hatrick
5 Chapel View
Louth Village
Co. Louth
086 8519910
Email:leonardhatrick@eircom.net
D.O.B. 19TH
March 1954
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Sept 1958 – March 1969 Primary School
School: St Marys Church of Ireland NS Ardee Co Louth
Subjects: Maths, Irish, English and Scripture.
WORK EXPERIENCE
I was firstly employed in 1969 in Ardee Chair Factory. I then did a various number of
jobs from Mechanical Engineering and working in garages, until I was 18. I was made
redundant in 1972 from the Castleguard Textile Company (Seafield Gentiex) I then went
to England rather than sign on the dole where I worked as a labourer and then was
employed on British Rail. I then returned to Ireland where I was re employed in
Castleguard textile in 1975. I was then made redundant again and returned to London
and worked on the London Underground as a Guard emergency Motorman. The Guard
had to be able to drive the trains as you couldn’t leave the train in the tunnel with
passengers on board the train.
In 1978 I returned home to Ireland to look after my mother after my father passed away.
I did a course in Anco which is now FAS on welding and sheet metal work which I
completed. I then applied to Irish Rail for employment on the Railway in April 1981. I
was first employed as a Porter with Irish Rail and then after 18 months I became a train
driver and was doing this for 25 years until I had to retire on health grounds in 2006. I
served as a Town Commissioner first and from 1999 – 2004 and then as a Town
Councillor from 2004-2014. I am at present a member of the board of Peace three. .
I have been the Rectors Church Warden for St Marys Church of Ireland Ardee for the
past 20 years which I have a responsibility for the up keep of the two Churches in the
parish. Collon and Ardee. I have been Chairman of the board of Ardee Educate Together
N. S. Since 2002. I was appointed Peace Commissioner on the 31st
January 2015.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
My hobbies are Computers, Gardening, Doing odd jobs around the Church’s, Driving and
Train Spotting.
OTHER INFORMATION/ ACHIEVEMENTS
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2. • I hold a Full Driving Licence
• I’ve been a film extra in 5 movies and appeared in an ad in 1978 called METRIC,
for RTE.
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