Prof. Lábhras Ó Nualláin wearing Fáinne

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Title: Prof. Lábhras Ó Nualláin wearing Fáinne
Identifier: VHJ0003
Depiction: Image of a youthful Prof. Labhrás Ó Nualláin wearing a Fáinne, a gold circular pin, on his jacket lapel.
Description: This image depicts a young (age unspecified) Labhrás Ó Nualláin, who served as Professor of Economics at UCG between 1970 and 1982. It appears to be a studio portrait, although the photographic studio is not identifiable. The subject is wearing a tweed jacket, and on his right lapel wears a Fáinne. This is a circular pin (made from gold), worn to signify that the wearer is an Irish speaker. In later years different classes of Fáinne were introduced, i.e. a gold pin (Fáinne Óir) was worn by fluent speakers, and a silver pin (Fáinne Airgid) was worn by those with a basic or moderate fluency in the language. At the time Ó Nualláin received his pin there was only one category of pin, the Fáinne Óir.
People: Prof. Labhrás Ó Nualláin
Contributor: Eoin and Niamh Ó Dochartaigh
Spatial Coverage: Unknown
Temporal Coverage: Unknown
Category: b&w
Keywords: Economics
Fáinne
Gaeilge
Publisher: University of Galway Archive
Rights: This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/