Ciaran graduated from UCD in 1992. He then completed a one-year small animal internship in UCD veterinary hospital. Afterwards he joined the practice in 1992. Ciaran is a member of Animal Health Ireland which is an important part of farm animal disease prevention in Ireland.

He has recently completed a two-year companion animal medicine course. He is also a keen sheep farmer. Ciaran lives in Navan with his wife Lorraine, four children and their dog.

Donal graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2000. He took up a position in Northern Ireland in mixed practice until the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak of 2001 in England where he worked for nine months. Since then, Donal has worked in various practices including New Zealand until he joined the practice in 2003.

Donal has a keen interest in companion animal and equine veterinary but enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine. Donal lives outside Kells with his wife Grainne, daughter, son and dog Jinty.

Maria qualified from UCD in 1993 and commenced work in a large dairy practice in Bandon, West Cork. Four years later she returned to UCD as a Clinical Lecturer in Large Animal Medicine where she completed an MVM. This was followed by four years in mixed practices in Athboy and in Cavan. The following four years were spent as a locum in small animal practice in Dublin before returning home to Athboy for a further six and a half years. Maria then worked as a locum again in Dublin for a couple of years and started working with Smith and Foley in January 2016.

Maria enjoys both small animal and farm animal practice. She has a cat called Pixie and a dog called Monty.

Amy is a native of Co. Tipperary. She graduated from University College Dublin in June 2019. She joined the Smith and Foley team in August 2019.

Amy comes from an agricultural background. She enjoys the variety of working with both small and large animals on a daily basis. In her spare time, she can be found walking her dog, working on her family farm and spending time with friends.

Eirene is from Corofin, Co.Galway. She graduated from University College Dublin in June 2021. She joined our team in September 2021.

Eirene comes from an agricultural background and on her free weekends enjoys heading back home to her family farm.
From a young age she always wanted to pursue a career in Veterinary Medicine and enjoys both farm animal and small animal practice.
In her spare time she enjoys the outdoors , going for the odd run & giving a hand on her family farm at home.