Odeon Café ~ 1964

Item

Format

JPEG

Title

Odeon Café ~ 1964

Identifier

VHG0060

Depiction

A social gathering of eleven women and sixteen men, including two priests, in a tea room

Description

The picture shows a group of eleven women and sixteen men in the Odeon Café, Galway. The gathering includes Prof. Neil McDermott and Revd Fr Eustás Ó hÉideáin O.P., of University College Galway. Names of the Group are given in the 'People' Field below. The Odeon Café was located on William Street, Galway and became the Treasure Chest in about 1965.

The names of the people in the photograph are from left to right as follows:
Top row: Sean Ó Domhnaill (?); Noone (?); Tony Claffey; Unidentified; Mullaney (?); (?) Luddin; Donal Taheny; John Igoe; Paddy Brennan; Visiting American Academic [between the person in the 2nd row with glasses (Niall McDermott) and the person with Pioneer pin]; Sean Hawkins (?); and Eamon Duffy (with glasses)
Middle row: Joy McGloin; Eva McHugh; Elsie Igoe; Róisín Mullaney;Margaret Stewart; Una Keane; Prof. Neil McDermott; David Joyce; Bruce McDevitt; Fr. Dunne, C.S.S.R.
Bottom Row: Mrs. John Igoe; Larry Walsh; Eamon Lee; Mildred Reynolds,;Fr Eustás Ó hÉideáin O.P.; Nora Dorr (?)

Prof. Edward Neil McDermott was Professor of Therapeutics, Pharmacology and Materia Medica (1923-1972).
Revd Fr Eustás Ó hÉideáin, O.P. was Lecturer in Philosophy (1959-1968) and was Professor of Education (1968-1987).

References

National University of Ireland, Galway General Calendar, 2005-06

Contributor

Bibliographic Citation

Tom O’Connor, S.G. Jennings, ‘Odeon Café ~ 1964’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14505, Archival Record Id VHRS

Spatial Coverage

Temporal Coverage

Period

1960s

Category

b&w
group
off-campus
indoors

Language

English

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/