Naming of New Buildings, 1979

Item

Format

JPEG

Title

Naming of New Buildings, 1979

Identifier

VHS0001

Depiction

Five men standing in discussion, one of them reading from a sheaf of papers

Description

In 1979, the Minister for Education, John Wilson, TD, unveiled plaques naming new buildings in the College in a ceremony which marked the completion of the £1.5 million second phase of its major building programme. Pictured here with the Minister (far right) are the President, Secretary-Bursar and Buildings Officer of the College and the Secretary to the Department of Education. The buildings named comprised lecture theatres ( Téatar John E. Cairnes, Teatar D'Arcy W. Thompson, Téatar Ruairí Uí Fhlathartaigh, Teatar Richard Kirwan, Téatar Thomáis Diolún agus Téatar Charles A. McMunn), laboratories (Saotharlann G. Johnstone Stoney and Saotharlann W. McNevin) and the library (Leabharlann James Hardiman).

People

(From left) Dominic Ó Laoghaire (Secretary to Department of Education), Dioraí Ó Coirbhin (Rúnaí-Sparánaí), Dr Colm Ó hEocha (President), Gerard J. (Gerry) Lee (Buildings Officer), John Wilson, TD (Minister for Education).

References

NUACHT (College's official newsletter), Imleabhar 3, Uimhir 1, Deireadh Fómhair 1979, from which the image and background information are drawn.

Contributor

Clare Walsh

Bibliographic Citation

C. Walsh, S. Mac Mathúna, 'Naming of New Buildings, 1979', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14617, Archival Record Id  VHRS

Spatial Coverage

UCG campus

Temporal Coverage

1979

Period

Late 1970s

Category

b&w
group
on-campus
indoors

Subject

Arts/Science Complex
Buildings and Estates
Lecture theatres

Language

English and Irish

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/

Rights Holder

The Library, University of Galway

Provenance

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

Item sets

Visual History Retired Staff Collection IMAGES