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Citation for Professor George Francis ('Frank') Mitchell, March 1977
Citation delivered by Professor Michael Duignan at the conferring of a doctorate honoris causa on Professor George Francis Mitchell, 31 March 1977. Professor Mitchell, who held the chair of Quaternary Studies in Trinity College Dublin, was generally known as Frank Mitchell.
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Citation for William Binchy, Doctor of Celtic Literature honoris causa, April 1973
Text of the citation read by Professor Michael Duignan, NUI Galway, on the occasion of the conferring of an honorary doctorate on Professor William Binchy, 12 April 1973.
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Souvenir of a visit to the Guinness Brewery Cover of a folder holding a photograph offered as a memento of a visit to the Guinness Brewery, mid 1970s.
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List of delegates at Groups Conference, 1990 A list of the delegates who attended the Groups Conference held in NUIG in 1990 to honour Seán Tobin, Professor of Mathematics, on his 60th birthday.
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Attestation for an outstanding student, 1923 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.
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Film society brochure, 1956-57 The 2 outer pages of a single-leaf brochure.
Front and back of the 1956-57 brochure for 'Aonáid Scannán [sic], Ċoláiste Iolscoile na Gailliṁe', or Education Film Unit of University College Galway, which was the forerunner of the present FilmSoc. Established in 1947 by Pat Larkin, Professor of Education, the Unit brought films to Galway where they were projected in An Taibhdhearc.
As this brochure shows, members were also invited to join in making short films on location. The membership fee was 20 shillings (£1) with a concessionary rate of 15 shillings for students. £1 in 1956 has been estimated as equivalent to between £24.86 and £31.93 (€29.04 and €39.63) in 2023. In 1956 a professor's stipend was £1,450 on appointment, increasing to a maximum of £1,800. The fee charged to students implies that they were thought to be relatively well off.
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Menu of the celebration dinner for Seán Tobin, 1990 The menu for the 1990 dinner held in honour of Seán Tobin, professor of Mathematics, to celebrate his 60th birthday. Shown here: outer cover, guests' signatures, menu.
Among those present were many distinguished mathematicians as well as members of Professor Tobin's family and circle of friends.
The menu itself, devised by Seán Tobin's colleague, James Ward, makes ingenious use of equations and values based on the guest of honour's initials, to reflect his primary mathematical interests.
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Programme for 'Le bal des voleurs', performed in 1971 Programme for 'Le Bal des voleurs', a comedy by Jean Anouilh, performed by UCG students in 1971 in An Taibhdhearc theatre in Galway.
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Michael Kane's account of the Mountaineering Club c. 1971-1972 An account of the activities of the UCG Mountaineering Club c. 1971-1972, and a day spent hiking in the Twelve Bens. Note: The illustrations named in the account are photos take on that day and, with others taken on other outings, are included in this collection.
