One last thing, unless anyone has something else to say. by a complete serendipitous fluke, today's Guardian newspaper has
a piece by another ex-student of Donaghy's - from five or seven years before me - who writes about his teaching, for a series called "My Hero." It's a great depiction of him in class - completely takes me back, and I'd forgotten the burglar joke, though I remember two longer ones about pigs (but those were from the pub).
The real joy of the thing for me, though, is the photograph that accompanies it. You can see it online, but unless you have the paper you can't see it BIG. Bless him.