Honorary Conferring, 7 October 1974 at UCG
Item
- Format
- JPEG
- Title
- Honorary Conferring, 7 October 1974 at UCG
- Identifier
- VH0052
- Depiction
- Eight men standing and five men and one woman seated at a table, all wearing academic gowns.
- Description
-
Seen here are five recipients of Honorary Degrees with senior members of the National University of Ireland and NUIG.
From left to right:
Standing: Very Rev. Thomás Ó Fiaich, President St. Patrick's College, Maynooth; Dr M.D. McCarthy, President University College, Cork; Dr T. Murphy, President University College, Dublin; Dr J.V. Bourke, Registrar of the University; Professor E.M. O'Dwyer; Professor C. Ó hEocha; Professor P. Mac Giollarnáth; Professor M.V. Duignan.
Seated: Dr Michael B. Lawless; Dr James Mitchell; Dr Siobhán Nic Chionnáith; The Vice-Chancellor, Dr Máirtín Ó Tnúthail; Dr James V. O'Sullivan; Dr David Coyle.
Dr Michael Lawless, Dr James Mitchell, Dr Siobhán Nic Chionnáith and Dr James V. O'Sullivan were each awarded an LLD. Dr David Coyle was awarded a DSc. -
Michael Duignan with Michael B. Lawless at the latter's Honorary Conferring, 7 October 1974
- References
-
National University of Ireland, 'Honorary Degrees Awarded' at https://www.nui.ie/college/Honorary_Degree_Recipients.asp, accessed 1 Nov. 2023.
- Contributor
- Clare Walsh
- Bibliographic Citation
- C. Walsh, J. Conroy, S. Mac Mathúna, ‘Honorary Conferring, 7 October 1974 at UCG’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14238, Archival Record Id VHRS
- Text in image
- Honorary Conferring 7 October, 1974 at UCG
- Spatial Coverage
- University of Galway
- Temporal Coverage
- 7 October 1974
- Period
- 1970s
- Category
- b&w
- group
- on-campus
- indoors
- Subject
- University of Galway
- National University of Ireland
- Academic ceremonies and events
- Honorary Conferrings
- University Presidents
- University Registrars
- Public Servants
- Language
- English
- Irish
- Publisher
- University of Galway Library
- Provenance
- Photograph scanned by Clare Walsh as a PDF, given to Séamus Mac Mathúna and converted to JPEG by Jane Conroy for the Visual History Retired Staff Collection in 2023.
