Science Society Tour to Germany in 1966
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Format
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JPEG
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Title
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Science Society Tour to Germany in 1966
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Identifier
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VHG0024
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Depiction
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A group of thirty people in three rows
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Description
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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
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References
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Private communication: Ted Hurley via email on 11 June 2023
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event
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Science Society Group Tour to Germany
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Bibliographic Citation
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S.G. Jennings, T. Hurley, ‘Science Society Tour to Germany in 1966’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13950, Archival Record Id VHRS
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Period
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1960s
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Category
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b&w
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group
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off-campus
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indoors
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Keywords
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Science Society tour
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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/
