Retirement party for Mrs. Creaven, 'Ma Creaven'

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JPEG

Title

Identifier

VHJ0007

Depiction

Male and Female standing opposite each other. Both formally attired, the man is presenting the woman with a tray containing crystal glasses and a crystal decanter. Both the man and the woman are wearing glasses, and both are smiling.

Description

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.

People

Mrs. Anne Creaven, 'Ma Creaven'.
Prof. Michael Duignan

References

April/May 1983 edition of the college magazine Cois Coiribe.

Contributor

Mrs. Susan Courtney, daughter of Mrs. Creaven.

event

Depicted is the retirement party of Mrs. Creaven in October 1975. On behalf of the college Professor Duignan presented Mrs. Creaven with a set of crystal glasses and decanter, and a cheque, on the occasion of her retirement from the college. The event took place on an unspecified date in October 1975.

Spatial Coverage

Quadrangle, University of Galway

Temporal Coverage

October 1975

Period

1970s

Subject

Staff Retirement

Keywords

Retirement
Party

Creator

Unknown

Publisher

University of Galway Library

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/

Provenance

Original print shared with Mrs. Susan Courtney to Jackie Uí Chionna for the University in Living Memory Oral History Project. Digitized by Jackie Uí Chionna.

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Visual History Retired Staff Collection IMAGES

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