Michael Duignan with Michael B. Lawless at the latter's Honorary Conferring, 7 October 1974
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Format
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JPEG
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Title
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Michael Duignan with Michael B. Lawless at the latter's Honorary Conferring, 7 October 1974
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Identifier
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VH0038
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Depiction
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Two men in academic gowns, one holding a cylindrical case.
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Description
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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.
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Honorary Conferring, 7 October 1974 at UCG
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References
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Personal communication: Séamus Mac Mathúna, email, 3.10.2023.
Published sources:
National University of Ireland, 'Honorary Degrees Awarded', https://www.nui.ie/college/Honorary_Degree_Recipients.asp. Accessed 1.11.2023
Maths Ireland, 'Galway NUI Travelling Studentship Awards in Mathematical Science (May 2019)', at http://www.mathsireland.ie/blog/2019_05_cm. Accessed 1.11.2023.
'New Secretary of Local Government', Irish Independent, 23.07.1966, at https://cardcolm.org/Pics/LawlessMcareer1966.pdf. Accessed 1.11.2023.
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Bibliographic Citation
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J. Waddell, J. Conroy, S. Mac Mathúna, C. Walsh, ‘Michael Duignan with Michael Lawless at the latter's Honorary Conferring, 1974’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13940, Archival Record Id VHRS
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Period
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1970s
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b&w
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portrait
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on-campus
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indoors
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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University of Galway Library
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Rights
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This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
