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Kevin Cavey
Kevin Cavey was reared in Rathmines Dublin. His Mother was from Belfast but his Father was Dublin born of an American mother from Cincinnati Ohio. He was trained to the hotel trade...ver maisKevin Cavey was reared in Rathmines Dublin. His Mother was from Belfast but his Father was Dublin born of an American mother from Cincinnati Ohio. He was trained to the hotel trade in Switzerland as his parents owned a large hotel in Bray Co Wicklow. As he worked days and nights he made use of the afternoons to experiment with surfing in Bray. He built wooden boards and then began to tell the world about it. Due to several visits to USA and England, he made friends in California and New Quay Cornwall and then in 1965 formed Irelands first ever surf club. The sport grew from there till eventually there were many clubs and an association. Irish Surfers then became competitive and eventually the 1972 European Surfing Championships was hosted by Ireland at Lahinch, Co Clare. His new book HOW GREEN WAS THEIR WAVE at www.originalwriting.ie tells the tale.
With the troubles in the North of Ireland the family hotel was taken by the bank as trade had deteriorated. Now married and with his family immigrated to Canada. In Alberta he worked in the hotel industry but also became a Rocky Mountain skier, and Cross country skier. He reckons that he was one of the first ever to surf Vancouver Island, Pacific Rim beach.
On their return to Ireland six years later, he continued in the hotel trade and eventually moved to become the Catering Officer in Beaumont Hospital, till he retired at 65 yrs. He then took part time work with the newly opened Marriot Shelbourne Renaissance hotel in Dublin. Over the years he had an interest in the study of warfare but also cosmology. The cosmology brought about his writing a novel called THE REPUBLIC OF PARADISE. This can be found as an e book or on hard copy from www.traffordpublishing.com. This is his prophesy and ‘grand theory of everything’ all bound up in an exciting adventure story. The secret to his happy life is three wonderful grown children but a beautiful wife with Hospital experience and a flare for cooking.ver menos