Áras de Brún, pre-1989

Item

Format

JPEG

Title

Áras de Brún, pre-1989

Identifier

VHS0001

Depiction

A three-storey rectangular glass building, fronted by low-level hedging and a road

Description

The west side of Áras de Brún, University of Galway. Named after the then recently retired President of the University, Monsignor Pádraig de Brún (1889-1960), designed by Michael Scott and opened on 18 May 1963, Áras de Brún was the first building erected on campus since the Old Arts Building in 1932. It provided badly needed lecture halls and offices for a variety of disciplines and services over the years, including Mathematical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Ancient Classics, History, English and Student Services. In later years it was also labelled as Block C in the campus zonal identification system.

People

None

References

Prof. S. G. Jennings re date of opening (personal communication)

Contributor

Bibliographic Citation

C. Walsh, S.G. Jennings, S. Mac Mathúna, 'Áras de Brún, pre-1989', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14202, Archival Record Id VHRS

Temporal Coverage

Period

1980s

Category

colour
on-campus
outdoors

Language

English

Creator

Clare Walsh

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

Image given by Clare Walsh to Séamus Mac Mathúna for the Visual History Retired Staff Collection in 2023 and scanned by Jackie Uí Chionna