Tom O'Connor in St. Patrick's Day Parade, 1959

Item

Format

JPEG

Title

Tom O'Connor in St. Patrick's Day Parade, 1959

Identifier

VH0093

Depiction

Four young men in the uniform of the Knights of Malta striding past a public house.

Description

As the Knights of Malta pass Keaveney's Grocery and Bar, near the Small Crane on Sea Road, on 17 March 1959, the man closest to the camera is Tom O'Connor, a lecturer in the Physics Department of University College Galway.
Tom O'Connor, who is well known for establishing the Mace Head Atmospheric Research station, is featured in many of the photographs in this collection, among them the five below.

People

Tom O'Connor

Contributor

Bibliographic Citation

F. Imbusch, J. Conroy, 'Tom O'Connor in St. Patrick's Day Parade, 1959', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14725, Archival Record Id VHRS

Text in image

[KEAV]ENEY'S and Bar

Spatial Coverage

Temporal Coverage

Period

1950s

Category

b&w
group
off-campus
outdoors

Language

English

Creator

Frank Imbusch

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/