Administrative staff on a social outing at a banquet in Bunratty Castle.

This photograph, taken on 11 April 1930 and published in the Irish Independent the following day, shows a group of about a dozen people surrounding Rev. John Hynes, who was at the time Professor of Archaeology and Registrar in University College, Galway. He went on to be President from 1934 to 1945.

Two members of Central Administration staff at a social outing

Michael B. Lawless, MSc, Secretary of the Department of Local Government from 1966 to 1974 was awarded an LLD by the National University of Ireland in 1974. Séamus Mac Mathúna records that 'His family, as I seem to recall, lived in or had some connection with the big yellow house on campus which had to be demolished to make way for the Arts/Science complex – maybe just across from where the Bank of Ireland office is. [...] He was Secretary of the Department of Local Government from 1966 to 1974, so the degree was obviously timed to reflect also his retirement from that position - and indeed the opening of the Arts/Science complex in 1974 (if my memory of his connection to that house is accurate) would have added to the pleasant coincidence.' Michael V. Duignan (1907- 1988), seen here on the right, held the Chair of Celtic Archaeology in UCG from 1945 to his retirement in 1977. He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts (1965-70) and Registrar (1970-74) and also served on the Senate of the National University of Ireland.

Birthday party in the Information Office

Three members of Central Administration staff posing for a photograph against the cloister of the Quadrangle

The Social Committee of the newly formed representative administrative and library staff association, Comhaltas Lucht Riaracháin agus Leabharlainne, pictured with the President, Dr Martin J. Newell, prior to his retirement in 1975 at the second annual dinner of the association in the Salthill Hotel

William A. Byrne, M.A., Professor of English Language and Literature in UCG (1917-1933) wrote an attestation for Rita Carlos in June 1923 for (a) her attendance at all lectures required by the University over the three year period from 1919 to 1922; (b) for receipt of the highest marks yet given in her award of the Peel Prize in English Composition in 1919; and (c) in obtaining 1st place and the highest marks for the B.A. Examination in 1922 (Special Collections). Two prizes, originally founded by Sir Robert Peel, with value of about £5 in the 1923 – 24 period, were offered each year for competition among candidates who are matriculated students of the National University of Ireland – one offered in English Composition and the other in Geometry. Rita Carlos was awarded the Peel Prize in English Composition in the Michaelmas Term of 1919. She obtained the highest marks yet given in the words of William A. Byrne, M.A., Professor of English Language and Literature in UCG. Her sister Nina Carlos was awarded the Peel Prize also in English Composition in the following year of 1920.

Margaret (Peggy) McDermott was born in August 1900. She entered UCG in 1918. She obtained her B.A. degree in 1922 with 1st Class Honours and the Higher Diploma in Education also with 1st Class Honours in 1929 (Special Collections). Margaret (Peggy) McDermott was born on 15 August 1900 (www.irishgenealogy) to parents Patrick McDermott, farmer, Two Mile Ditch, Castlegar, Galway City and Kate Jennings. She came to UCG in 1918 as is also shown in the 1918 – 19 List of Students. The First Examination in Arts in Summer 1919 shows Margaret obtaining 1st Class Honours in Irish and in Logic; and 1st Class Honours in Irish & French in the Autumn Examination of 1921. She obtained her BA degree in 1922 with 1st Class Honours and obtained the Higher Diploma in Education also with 1st Class Honours in 1929.

The picture shows the President, Eamon de Valera, Chancellor of the National University of Ireland (NUI) alongside Prof. Thomas J. Dinan (Acting President of UCG) left of picture and Prof. James Mitchell, Registrar and Secretary of UCG. The second row shows Séamus Wilmot, NUI Registrar (to the left) and Colonel Sean Brennan, Aide-de-Camp to the President. The Chancellor of the NUI had come to UCG to confer Degrees and Diplomas on the 5th of September 1959. Thomas John Dinan, MSc was appointed Professor of Natural History in 1927. He married Mary Josephine (Nina) Carlos on 17 Dec. 1942 in St. Andrew’s Church, Dublin. Her bridesmaid was Bridget Byrne (likely Ciss Byrne). Thomas Dinan was Acting President of UCG following Rt. Revd Monsignor de Brún’s retirement in 1959. Thomas Dinan retired in 1960.

John Francis Whittington Howley (1866 – 1941) was Professor of Philosophy in UCG from 1914 to 1936. He received the D.Litt. in 1924 and was the Librarian in UCG from 1917 until his retirement in 1936. He died in August 1941. John Howley was educated at Summerhill College, Sligo; St. Stanislaus’s College, Tullabeg; and at University College Dublin. He received the BA degree in 1888, majoring in Philosophy, and Physics and Chemistry. He received the MA degree in Philosophy in 1889 and the D.Litt. in 1925 for his book, Psychology and Mystical Experience. He was appointed Professor of Psychology and Pedagogy at St. Patrick’s Training College, Drumcondra, Dublin in 1908 and he became Professor of Philosophy at UCG in 1914. He was Librarian from 1917 until his retirement in 1936. He was a member of the Governing body in 1928. He made many contributions to periodicals and was in great demand as a reviewer. He was an impressive public speaker. Howley, who was unmarried, lived at 11 The Cresent, Galway and on his retirement moved to ‘Cepeda’, Goatstown Road, Dundrum, Co. Dublin. John Howley died on 29 August 1941 in Monkstown Hospital, with a given age of 76 years, and his funeral was attended by An Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera; the Minister of Education; and the Lord Mayor of Dublin (J. Howley, 1941, pp 601-04). Further details of his career are given in 'T. Foley & F. Bateman, 1999, pp 415-17'.

The Cumann Éargna Aiconta (Science Society) organised their first ever overseas tour in March 1966 and the destination was Germany. Venues included Heidelberg; Berlin which included attendance at a Brecht play and visiting the Berlin Wall; and a visit to a plant which manufactured contraceptive pills. They also visited a BASF chemical facility, possibly located in Ludwigshafen. Twenty four - twenty five persons who went on the Tour are shown in this picture. More senior attendees included Dr Patrick F. Fottrell and the UCG Chaplain, Fr Tom Kyne. Names of some of the Tour attendees are given below and pictured here from left to right: Back row: Unidentified; Harry Warner; Sean McDonagh; Stephen G. Jennings, Séamus O’Shea,; Ciaran Dempsey; Ted Hurley; Liam Kelleher; Hilary Lawless; Sean Ward Centre row: Dr Pat Fottrell; Brendan Hanniffy; Eugene O'Brien; Tom Laffey; Unidentified; Fr Tom Kyne; Unidentified: Unidentified; Unidentified; Unidentified Bottom Row: Patricia (Pat) Hogan (?); Unidentified; Phyllis Montgomery (?); Gráinne Finan (?); Catherine Woods; Gráinne Finan(?); Helen Cleary; Unidentified; Brenda Johnson (?); Oliver (Olly) Dolly Some of the unidentified people were representatives of chemical facilities visited

The Science Society organised a second tour to Germany in 1968, following the one in 1966. Venues included Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne, Heidelberg and Munich. Twenty-six went on the tour, which included Dr Kieran Dunican, Lecturer in Microbiology (1965-1971) and Professor of Microbiology (1971-1998). Names of the Tour attendees are given below along with numbers as shown in the key to people, facilitated by Jane Conroy: 1. Joseph McCarthy, B.Sc General 1970; 2. Tom Glynn B.Sc. Hons Physics 1968. 3. Bus Driver; 4. Jack Brennan, Assistant in Chemistry; 5. Angela O’Driscoll, B.Sc. Physiology 1968; 6. David O’Keefe; 7. Ciaran O’Donnell, Assistant in Chemistry; 8. Vivienne Abbott, B.A. Hons. 1968; Rory Kearns, B.Sc. General 1971; 10. Niamh Ryder, B.Sc. General 1971; 11. Jeremiah O’Brien, B.Sc. Hons. 1971; 12.Unidentified; 13. Jimmy Clear; 14. Frances Clynes, B.Sc. Hons Chemistry 1968; 15. Anna Dillon, B.Sc. Hons Biochemistry 1968; 16. Industry Factory representative; 17. Jim Malone, B.Sc. Hons 1968; later Professor of Medical Physics TCD; 18. Mary O’Donnell Finn, B.Sc. Hons 1970; 19. Dervilla Byrne, B.Sc. Hons Chemistry 1970; later IT Systems and Networks Manager, NUI Maynooth, retired 2012. 20. Genevieve Warner, Medical student; 21. Emer Colleran, later Professor of Microbiology, UCG; 22. Marion Laffey, B.Sc. Chemistry 1968; 23. Tour Guide; 24. Kieran Dunican, Professor of Microbiology; 25. Lucy Warner. 26. Niall Mathews, Physics Minor 1970, later an RTE producer; 27. Unidentified; 28. Unidentified; 29. Anne Hanley (Medical student).

Image 1 shows postgraduate students Nicholas Canny (History), Máire Coughlan (Ancient Classics) and Hubert McDermott (English) in late August 1967 in front of Áras de Brún, with the Anatomy Building in the background. Image 2 shows postgraduate student Nicholas Canny (History), holding examination scripts allocated to him for marking, in front of Áras de Brún in late August 1967. Image 3 shows postgraduate students Nicholas Canny (History), Máire Coughlan (Ancient Classics) and Séamus Mac Mathúna (Ancient Classics) in late August 1967 in front of Áras de Brún, with the Anatomy Building in the background, Image 4 shows postgraduate students Nicholas Canny (History) and Hubert McDermott (English) in late August 1967 in front of Áras de Brún, with car no. EIH 496 in the background. The particular occasion for the photographs was the imminent departure of Nicholas Canny to the University of Pennsylvania and Séamus Mac Mathúna to Cornell University for PhD studies in History and Classics, respectively.

Mrs. Creaven is pictured wearing glasses, and with her hands clasped under her chin.

The image is of the retirement party of Mrs. Anne Creaven, known to all as 'Ma Creaven'. The man making the presentation to her is Prof. Michael Duignan, Acting President UCG.

An official photograph of the members of the Governing Body of UCG in office for the period 1 February 1980 - 31 January 1983, together with the two senior members of administrative staff who serviced it. Missing from the photograph are Most Rev. Dr Eamonn Casey (Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh; nominated by the Minister of Education), Professor Timothy J. Casey (elected by the NUI Senate), Professor Seán M. Lavelle (elected by Academic Council), Mícheál Ó hUiginn (elected by Galway Corporation), and the President of the Students' Union / Uachtarán Chomhaltas na Mac Léinn, nominated by the Minister of Education). As the precise date of the photograph is unknown, it is unclear whether that person was Cathal Guiomard (in office till 1 July 1980) or his successor, Brendan 'Speedie' Smith (in office till 1 July 1981), or the latter's successor, Aileen O'Meara (in office till 1 July 1982). As her successor, Séamus Henry (in office till 1 July 1983), appears in the photograph, taken in June 1983, of the 1983-86 Governing Body / Coiste Rialaithe, he is very unlikely to have been the student member at the time of this photograph.

Administrative staff laughing and smiling at a social outing in Flannery's Hotel

Administrative staff smiling at a social outing in Flannery's Hotel

Photograph in the Connacht Sentinel of two members of Administrative Staff at a UCG Administrative Staff dinner

A man and two women smiling at an Administrative Staff social outing in Bunratty Castle, with an unidentified man taking a photograph of another group in the background

12 members of fulltime Administrative Staff (8 women and 4 men) at the conferral of the BA degree on them in 1988. They had pursued the four-year part-time Evening BA degree programme, designed particularly for those in employment. The conferral ceremony took place in the open area at the Biochemistry end of the Arts-Science complex seen in the background.

This was one of the larger PhD conferrings in Science in the 1980s. This photograph was taken in one of the relatively new lecture theatres in the Arts-Science Building, which was opened in 1974. Seen here, left to right: Back row: Anne McMahon; Brendan O’Connor; Brian Hegarty; Unidentified; Lynn O’Connor; Anthony McHale Front Row: Dr Gerd Koennecker; Gerard Morris; Professor Noel Wilkins, Dean of Science; Dr Colm Ó hEocha, President; John O’Reilly; Tommy Hannigan; Pat Morgan.

People seen here, from left to right Back Row: Unidentified; Michael Brougham; Ann Hanahoe; Gerry Nihil; Mary Riordan Middle Row: Pat Hoade; Anne O’Donohue; Chrissie Killeen; Grainne McGlinchey; Maria Reid; Geraldine O’Shea; Anne Cullina; Marie Killeen Front Row: Gerry Morgan; James Quinn; Tommy Kelly; Unidentified Chrisse Killeen was the first woman from the University to cox a senior eight male rowing team at Henley.

Johnny O’Carroll (BSc 1976) and ‘parents’ in Eyre Square. He borrowed a cart from the Travelling Community and was dressed as a Monster baby, complete with his nappy. Note the large crowd who came to view this event. He won the prize.