The Arts

 

Sean O'Faoláin  MA, HDE '22
Author

Daniel Corkery  Honours MA Thesis, '29, Honorary DLitt NUI, '48
Playwright and Author

Aloys Fleischmann (Deceased)  BMus '31, MA '32
Professor of Music, UCC Composer & Founder Cork Symphony Orchestra & Founder Cork International Choral Festival

John A. Murphy  BA '48,  HDE '49,  MA '51,  PhD,  DLitt NUI '01
Historian & Author, Professor of Irish History, UCC 1971-1990
Emeritus Professor of History, UCC since 1990
Member of Seanad Eireann '77-'83, and '87-'92

Sean O'Riada  BA '48, BMus
Composer & Musician. Formed Ceoltoin Cualam which spearheaded the Irish traditional music revival. Lecturer in Irish Music, UCC

Margaret McCurtain, BA '49
Historian and Author

Eugene McCabe  BA '53
Writer and Playwright

Professor Breandan O Buachalla BA '57, MA '58, PhD '70
Irish Scholar, Author & Academic 

Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill  BA '72, HDE '73
Poet writing exclusively in Irish

Noreen Ni Riain BMus '72, HDE '73
Irish Musician

Micheal O'Suilleabhain  BA, MA '73
Irish Musician & Composer

Philip King BA'74
Founder of the Band Scullion.  Film Director/Producer with South Wind Blows 
Member of the Arts Council

Theo Dorgan  BA'74, MA '75
Poet, Prose Writer, Editor and Translator

Paul Durcan  BA '74
Poet

Nollaig Casey  BMus '76
Traditional Irish Musician & Founding Member of Traditional Irish Music Group, Planxty

Eleanor Malone BMus '76
Piano Accompanist and Performer

Fiona Wilson (Shaw) BA '79
Actress & Theatre Director

Mel Mercier  BA '89
Composer, Musician and Lecturer Department of Music, UCC

Majella Cullagh  DipDent Hyg '90
Soprano

Julie Feeney  MPhil '93, BMus '94
Composer and Performer
Recipient of the Choice Irish Music Awards, Music Album of the Year in 2005

Des Bishop BA '98
Comedian and Performer

Professor Breandan O Buachalla BA '57, MA '58, PhD '70
Renowned Irish Scholar, Author & Academic