Partners

John A. Stafford MVB MRCVS

Johnny qualified from UCD vet school in 1969 and cut his teeth in mixed practice in Westport, Co.Mayo. After further positions in mixed practice in the Midlands, the U.K. and Kildare, he joined Ned Gowing’s practice on the Curragh in the early 1980’s and has worked in exclusive equine practice since then. In 1991, himself and Paul Traynor set up their own equine practice in Kildare town and Grey Abbey Veterinary Hospital was born.
Johnny’s professional interests centre around the racehorse and he has provided veterinary care for many Group winners over the last 20 years. He is an accomplished general surgeon and carries out many pre-purchase examinations. On a personal level, he enjoys painting and an occasional game of golf.
Johnny lives in Rathangan with his wife Angela. They have four grown-up children, the youngest, Trudi, is studying for her degree in Veterinary Medicine in Edinburgh.

Paul A. Traynor MVB MRCVS

Paul qualified from UCD vet school in 1982. After a brief period in mixed practice in Clonakilty he spent a year on a stud farm in Greece before joining Ned Gowing’s practice on the Curragh. Four years later he took up a position as veterinarian to the King of Saudi Arabia, managing his racing and breeding operations. In 1991 he returned home to start up the Grey Abbey Veterinary Hospital with John Stafford.
Paul’s areas of professional interest include mare fertility and lameness investigation. He has a particular interest in musculo-skeletal scanning and back problems. He is also committed to practice development and promotion.
Paul is married to Yvonne and they live at Punchestown with their two children Brian and Robin. When not working, Paul plays a little golf and enjoys socialising, traveling and reading.

Bridget McGing MVB MRCVS 

Bridget qualified from UCD vet school in 1984. After a period in practice with the late Kieran Bredin, she joined the Irish National Stud in 1986. She held the position of resident vet at the National Stud for 19 years before joining the Grey Abbey partnership in 2005 and the National Stud is now one of the largest clients of the practice.
Bridget’s professional interests are mainly to do with foal medicine and surgery, mare fertility and teaching. She still plays a prominent role in the student course at the National Stud and has lectured to many farmers and breeders groups on different aspects of breeding.
Outside the professional sphere, she is passionate about sport horse breeding, show jumping and eventing and lives at Friarstown, on the Curragh edge, with a hairy dog and too many horses.

Assistant Vets

John Conroy MVB

Pamela Kelly MVB BSc

Sean Finan MVB

Nursing & Administration

Alan Stafford

Siobhan O'Flaherty RVN

Pamela Moore

Sinead Loonan

Geraldine Brett