Opening of Teach na Gaeilge
Item
Format
JPEG
Title
Opening of Teach na Gaeilge
Identifier
VHG0072
Depiction
Three men in a row, with the middle man reading from a script
Description
The picture was taken at the opening of Teach na Gaeilge, Distillery Road and shows from left to right: Colm Ó hEocha, President of the University; Pádraig Flynn, Minister for the Gaeltacht, and Diarmuid Ó Cearbhaill.
Colm Ó hEocha was Lecturer in Chemistry (1955-1963), Professor of Biochemistry (1963-1975), and President (1995-1996).
Pádraig Flynn was a Fianna Fáil politician and served as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo West constituency from 1977 to 1994. During that period, he was a Minister of several portfolios. He also served as European Commissioner for Social Affairs from 1993 to 1999 (Wikipedia / Flynn, Mar., 2024).
Diarmuid Ó Cearbhaill was appointed Léachtóir ar Gheilleagar agus Tráchtáil in 1967 and he retired in 1994.
Colm Ó hEocha was Lecturer in Chemistry (1955-1963), Professor of Biochemistry (1963-1975), and President (1995-1996).
Pádraig Flynn was a Fianna Fáil politician and served as Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo West constituency from 1977 to 1994. During that period, he was a Minister of several portfolios. He also served as European Commissioner for Social Affairs from 1993 to 1999 (Wikipedia / Flynn, Mar., 2024).
Diarmuid Ó Cearbhaill was appointed Léachtóir ar Gheilleagar agus Tráchtáil in 1967 and he retired in 1994.
References
University Calendars, Archives & Special Collections, University of Galway Library.
Wikipedia contributors, ‘Oscailt Teach na Gaeilge’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Flynn, accessed 17 Mar. 2024
Wikipedia contributors, ‘Oscailt Teach na Gaeilge’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Flynn, accessed 17 Mar. 2024
Contributor
event
The opening of Teach na Gaeilge, Distillery Road
Bibliographic Citation
Patsy Clancy, S.G. Jennings, ‘Opening of Teach na Gaeilge’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14628, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1980s
Category
b&w
group
on-campus
indoors
Keywords
Minister
University President
Language
English
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/
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/