Porter, Paddy Higgins
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Porter, Paddy Higgins
Identifier
VHG0058
Depiction
Man in smart attire standing in an archway
Description
The picture shows Paddy (Pat) Higgins, the Porter at University College Galway. He lived in the Archway of the University’s quadrangle building and he preceded Pádraig Ó Fátharta, who was Porter from 1958. The Porter was the custodian of the keys of the College and was likely first point of contact for those coming into the College, be they students, academics or visitors (Uí Chionna, pp 212 & 234, 2019).
In the words of Tom O’Connor who was interviewed by Jackie Uí Chionna for ‘An Oral History of University College Galway, 1930 – 1980’ (Uí Chionna, p. 212, 2019), “he (Pat Higgins) had a great dislike of people leaving their bicycles in the Archway. And he had this great skill of taking a bicycle and just flinging it out of the Archway, and you would be coming in and you would suddenly see this riderless bicycle come out of the Archway and across and down the steps”.
In the words of Tom O’Connor who was interviewed by Jackie Uí Chionna for ‘An Oral History of University College Galway, 1930 – 1980’ (Uí Chionna, p. 212, 2019), “he (Pat Higgins) had a great dislike of people leaving their bicycles in the Archway. And he had this great skill of taking a bicycle and just flinging it out of the Archway, and you would be coming in and you would suddenly see this riderless bicycle come out of the Archway and across and down the steps”.
References
Uí Chionna, J., An Oral History of University College Galway 1930-1980: A University in Living Memory, Four Courts Press Dublin, pp 212 & 234, 2019.
Uí Chionna, J., An Oral History of University College Galway 1930-1980: A University in Living Memory, Four Courts Press Dublin, p. 212, 2019
Uí Chionna, J., An Oral History of University College Galway 1930-1980: A University in Living Memory, Four Courts Press Dublin, p. 212, 2019
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
Tom Furey, Patsy Clancy, S.G. Jennings, ‘Porter_Paddy Higgins’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14501, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1950s
Category
b&w
on-campus
outdoors
Keywords
Archway
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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