Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Treacy gara ụlọ akwụkwọ St Anne's Post-Primary School na Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland, na-agba ihe karịrị kilomita asaa ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ kwa ụtụtụ. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Providence College na United States. N'afọ 1978 na 1979
o meriri n'asọmpi iko mba ụwa nke IAAF na Glasgow, Scotland na Limerick, Ireland.