Timeline
A life in milestones
Sixty years between an Atlantic coast and the deep North Sea.
1965
Born in County Cork, Ireland
A childhood on the Atlantic coast — boats, weather, and the sea as a constant teacher.
1983
First commercial diving certification
Trained in Scotland with a generation of North Sea pioneers.
1987
First North Sea offshore contract
Inshore air diving on platform inspections — long days, hard weather, lifelong friends.
1991
Qualified as a hyperbaric welder
Joined the small fraternity of welder-divers who work at pressure.
1995
First saturation bell run
Twenty-eight days in the chambers; a turning point.
2001
West Africa pipeline programme
Deep tie-ins offshore Angola and Nigeria across three seasons.
2008
Gulf of Mexico structural repairs
Post-hurricane platform leg restoration to 280m.
2014
Norway field maintenance
Long saturation programme on subsea infrastructure.
2019
Lead diving supervisor
Crossed into supervision and training without leaving the steel behind.
2024
Mentoring the next generation
Working with new divers and writing the story of the life.
