Eibhlín Uí Chionna (née O'Malley)
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Title
Eibhlín Uí Chionna (née O'Malley)
Identifier
VHJ0027
Depiction
Graduation studio portrait of female student in cap and gown
Description
Eibhlín Uí Chionna (née O'Malley) on her graduation day as a B.Sc.(Hons) in 1945. Eibhlín O'Malley was a daughter of Dr. Michael O'Malley, Professor of Surgery at UCG for many years. She was one of six of the seven children of Professor O'Malley who took degrees from UCG. She subsequently undertook post-graduate studies in the United States, qualified as a dietician, and later taught Physics at the Royal College of Surgeons. Her sister, Dr. Ethna Gaffney (née O'Malley), also a UCG graduate, was Professor of Chemistry at the Royal College of Surgeons at the same time, and was the first female professor at the RCS.
People
Eibhlín Uí Chionna (née O'Malley)
References
Personal communication with the family of Eibhlín Uí Chionna
Contributor
event
UCG Graduation
Bibliographic Citation
Uí Chionna, J. An Oral History of University College Galway: A University in Living Memory, 1930-1980 (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2019.)
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Temporal Coverage
Period
1940s
Category
b&w
Subject
Keywords
Science
Graduation
Graduation
Creator
Unknown
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/