Higher Diploma in Education Class of 1923
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Higher Diploma in Education Class of 1923
Identifier
VHG0035
Depiction
A picture of students along with staff, comprising eleven women, eight men and seven priests
Description
The picture shows the graduation class of the Higher Diploma in Education in 1923. It also includes some staff including Fr. Tomás Ó Ceallaigh, first Professor of Education at University College Galway.
Fr. Tomás Ó Ceallaigh was Professor of Education at the time of the graduation of the Higher Diploma in Education class of 1923. He is likely to be in the second row from the top, third from the left and holding a hat – this is reasonably consistent with the writing at back of the photographic postcard which reads ‘Father O’Kelly, the celebrated Professor and writer of Neo-Celtic Opera is to be seen in this photo in one of his characteristic moods (Daily Mail, Jul. 1923). Graduands included Patt Larkin, on the left in the top row; Rita Carlos (fifth from the left in bottom row) and Frances Moffett (sixth from the left in bottom row).
Tomás Ó Ceallaigh was born in Gurteen, Co. Sligo on 15 December 1879. At the age of thirteen he won first place in a scholarship examination to Summerhill College, Sligo. Later, in 1897, he went as a clerical student to Maynooth College, was ordained priest in 1903, and after the award of the Licentiate in Theology degree returned to Summerhill College where he taught until 1912.
In 1908, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at the National University of Ireland, and from 1913 to 1914 studied in University College Dublin where he was awarded the Higher Diploma in Education
He was appointed as first Professor of Education at University College Galway in 1914. Ó Ceallaigh came to Galway with the reputation of a scholar, an outstanding, experienced teacher, and a writer, especially in Irish. He was awarded the M.A. Degree in University College Dublin in 1922.
He became very ill in 1923 and his doctor advised him to go to France. He left Galway on Feb. 4th 1924. Within three weeks, on 24 February, Ó Ceallaigh died in France, in San Roche Hospital, Nice and he was buried in Nice Cemetery. He was succeeded in the position of Chair of Education by Patt Larkin in 1925 (E. Ó Héideáin, History of Education, 1968-88), (www.universityofgalway.ie/ school-of-education).
Fr. Tomás Ó Ceallaigh was Professor of Education at the time of the graduation of the Higher Diploma in Education class of 1923. He is likely to be in the second row from the top, third from the left and holding a hat – this is reasonably consistent with the writing at back of the photographic postcard which reads ‘Father O’Kelly, the celebrated Professor and writer of Neo-Celtic Opera is to be seen in this photo in one of his characteristic moods (Daily Mail, Jul. 1923). Graduands included Patt Larkin, on the left in the top row; Rita Carlos (fifth from the left in bottom row) and Frances Moffett (sixth from the left in bottom row).
Tomás Ó Ceallaigh was born in Gurteen, Co. Sligo on 15 December 1879. At the age of thirteen he won first place in a scholarship examination to Summerhill College, Sligo. Later, in 1897, he went as a clerical student to Maynooth College, was ordained priest in 1903, and after the award of the Licentiate in Theology degree returned to Summerhill College where he taught until 1912.
In 1908, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at the National University of Ireland, and from 1913 to 1914 studied in University College Dublin where he was awarded the Higher Diploma in Education
He was appointed as first Professor of Education at University College Galway in 1914. Ó Ceallaigh came to Galway with the reputation of a scholar, an outstanding, experienced teacher, and a writer, especially in Irish. He was awarded the M.A. Degree in University College Dublin in 1922.
He became very ill in 1923 and his doctor advised him to go to France. He left Galway on Feb. 4th 1924. Within three weeks, on 24 February, Ó Ceallaigh died in France, in San Roche Hospital, Nice and he was buried in Nice Cemetery. He was succeeded in the position of Chair of Education by Patt Larkin in 1925 (E. Ó Héideáin, History of Education, 1968-88), (www.universityofgalway.ie/ school-of-education).
People
Fr. Tomás Ó Ceallaigh
References
Article “The Beginnings” by an tAthair Eustás Ó Héideáin O.P., Professor of Education at University of Galway from 1968 – 1988 in ‘History of Education’.
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/education/contactus/history-school-of-education/
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and-schools/arts-social-sciences-and-celtic-studies/education/contactus/history-school-of-education/
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
P. Larkin, S.G. Jennings, ‘Higher Diploma in Education Class of 1923’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14196, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1920s
Category
colour
group
on-campus
outdoors
Keywords
Priests
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
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