The School of History is deeply saddened by the passing of our former colleague, Tom Dunne, after a short illness. Tom was Professor Emeritus of History following upon his retirement from UCC in 2004, after over 27 years of dedication to research and teaching in Cork. This long period does not include some of the very happy years after his retirement when he was teaching the history of Irish Art part-time at UCC, which complemented the curatorial assistance he gave to the Crawford Art Gallery, especially in the organisation of exhibitions and provision of catalogues on Cork artists, James Barry and Daniel Maclise.