Winner of the Pierce Malone Scholarship, 1939
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Format
JPEG
Title
Winner of the Pierce Malone Scholarship, 1939
Identifier
VH0078
Depiction
A newspaper photo showing a group of men in academic gowns lifting one of the group shoulder-high; a large doorway in the background.
Description
The young man in the centre of the group is Tommie Lee, brother of Elizabeth (Nellie) Lee, who was later a professor of Chemistry, and uncle of Michael J. Brennan, Lecturer in Engineering.
Information provided in 2016 by Michael J. Brennan:
'In 1939, Nellie Lee's brother, Tommie Lee, won the Pierce Malone Scholarship in Engineering. [...] Tommie Lee's son, Frank, my first cousin, and retired consulting engineer, recently found the correspondence from the College, UCG, to Tommie informing him of his success [...]. Graduation, as you will see from the photo, was noted in the Connacht Tribune on the 4th November 1939 with a photo of Tommie being elevated by his classmates in front of the Engineering School. The award amounted to £27. This might sound like a paltry sum, but it converts to € 2,149 today. The original negative of the photo and many more were destroyed in the fire that occurred in the Connacht Tribune Offices in 1969. '
The Pierce Malone Scholarship in Engineering was revived by the NUI in 2021. There is also a long-standing Pierce Malone Scholarship in Philosophy. Both of these prestigious Scholarships were established with funds willed to the University by Pierce Malone.
Information provided in 2016 by Michael J. Brennan:
'In 1939, Nellie Lee's brother, Tommie Lee, won the Pierce Malone Scholarship in Engineering. [...] Tommie Lee's son, Frank, my first cousin, and retired consulting engineer, recently found the correspondence from the College, UCG, to Tommie informing him of his success [...]. Graduation, as you will see from the photo, was noted in the Connacht Tribune on the 4th November 1939 with a photo of Tommie being elevated by his classmates in front of the Engineering School. The award amounted to £27. This might sound like a paltry sum, but it converts to € 2,149 today. The original negative of the photo and many more were destroyed in the fire that occurred in the Connacht Tribune Offices in 1969. '
The Pierce Malone Scholarship in Engineering was revived by the NUI in 2021. There is also a long-standing Pierce Malone Scholarship in Philosophy. Both of these prestigious Scholarships were established with funds willed to the University by Pierce Malone.
People
References
Personal communication:
Michael J. Brennan, by email, 2016.
Michael J. Brennan, by email, 2016.
National University of Ireland, 'NUI Presentation of Awards, 2021', at https://www.nui.ie/awards/docs/awards2021/NUIAwardsCeremony2021%20Programme.pd, accessed 25 March 2024.
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
M.J. Brennan, J. Conroy, ‘Winner of the Pierce Malone Scholarship, 1939’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14668, Archival Record Id VHRS
Text in image
DEGREE DAY at University College, Galway. — Engineers on whom degrees had been conferred, chairing their fellow-graduate, Mr. T. Lee, Mainguard-street, Galway, who won the Pierce Malone Scholarship. Mr. Lee was educated in St. Joseph’s Seminary, Galway.
The Connacht Tribune, Saturday, November 4, 1939.
The Connacht Tribune, Saturday, November 4, 1939.
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Period
1930s
Category
b&w
group
on-campus
outdoors
Subject
Keywords
celebration
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
Photographic credit: the Connacht Tribune.
For any intended re-use permission must be obtained from the Connacht Tribune.
For any intended re-use permission must be obtained from the Connacht Tribune.