Medical Graduation, 1978

Item

Format

JPEG

Title

Medical Graduation, 1978

Identifier

VHS0001

Depiction

Large group of men and women in academic dress standing in front of a building and behind a row of more senior men in academic dress

Description

The graduating Medical class of 1978 after conferral of the MB, BCh, BAO degrees on them in June 1978, standing on the steps of the Aula Maxima, with members of the academic staff of the Faculty of Medicine seated in front with the President and the Registrar.

People

(Front, from left) Prof. Brian Leonard (Pharmacology), Mr Colm Galvin (Surgery), Prof. Brian McNicholl (Paediatrics), Dr Colm Ó hEocha (President), Prof. Declan M. Larkin (Registrar), Prof. Eamon O'Dwyer (Obstetrics & Gynaecology), Prof. Ciaran F. McCarthy (Medicine), Dr Francis R. (Rory) Comerford (Experimental Medicine) and (standing behind him) Dr Bartholomew J. (Batt) O'Driscoll (Therapeutics).

References

NUACHT (internal official newsletter), Imleabhar 1, Uimhir 8, Iúil/Lúnasa/Meán Fómhair 1978.

Contributor

event

Graduation

Bibliographic Citation

C. Walsh, S. Mac Mathúna, 'Medical Graduation, 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

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/

Provenance

Copy of NUACHT containing the image provided by Clare Walsh to Séamus Mac Mathúna for the Visual History Retired Staff Collection in 2024 and scanned by him