Microbiology Department Fire, 1978
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Microbiology Department Fire, 1978
Identifier
VHS0001
Depiction
In darkness, two figures operating a hose against a fire in a low wooden building; in the second image, two men standing amid wreckage and examining written and other material
Description
The fire which totally destroyed the Microbiology Department building (Block P) in late 1978. The building was built in 1967 to accommodate Second Agricultural Science and Science students, then located temporarily in the Regional Hospital. The Department at the time was the only Microbiology Department in the NUI which gave full Pass and Honours degrees in Microbiology. With the rapid growth in student and staff numbers over the previous decade, Block P had been enlarged several times and now housed 195 undergraduates and 25 research staff, as well as sophisticated equipment. Through the efforts of Gerry Lee (Buildings Secretary) and many Science Departments, emergency accommodation was arranged for undergraduate and some postgraduate work.
People
In the second photo, Professor L. Kieran Dunican (right) and Dr Jim Houghton are shown sifting through the wreckage.
References
NUACHT (College's official internal newsletter), Imleabhar 2, Uimhir 4, Feabhra 1979, which reproduced these Connacht Tribune photographs and provided the above background information.
Contributor
event
Fire
Bibliographic Citation
C. Walsh, S. Mac Mathúna, 'Microbiology Department Fire, 1978', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14612, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1970s
Category
b&w
group
on-campus
outdoors
group
on-campus
outdoors
Language
English
Creator
Unknown Connacht Tribune photographer
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
Photographic credit: Connacht Tribune. For any intended re-use, permission must be obtained from the Connacht Tribune.
Photographic credit: Connacht Tribune. For any intended re-use, permission must be obtained from the Connacht Tribune.
Provenance
Copy of NUACHT containing the images provided by Clare Walsh to Séamus Mac Mathúna for the Visual History Retired Staff Collection in 2024 and scanned by him