School Daze: Peter Cosgrove

Up to the age of seven, I went to Muckross College, which is a girl's only school after that age. As my Dad used to say, past the age of seven, boys understood sins, so you had to move to an all-boy's school. Then, I moved to Stillorgan, and I was at Oaklands for all of primary school and three years of secondary school. For my last three years, I moved to Gonzaga.

I was outgoing and relatively sporty. That's to say that I wasn't always on the good teams, but I enjoyed sport to a good level. Unfortunately, I was a bit of a messer in school. The problem was, that I was smart enough to catch on to what was being taught, despite messing around and this made me a dangerous combination.