Honorary Conferrings
Most recent speeches
06 Mar 2024
Honorary Citation by Professor Des MacHale for Jim Corr
A Uachtarán, a chéimithe, cuarteoiri, a dhaoine uaisle agus a cháirde go leir, is mór an onóir domsa é, agus tá an-athas orm, bheith tofa chun cúpla focail a rá anseo innu faoi saol agus eachtraií Jim Corr ar an ócáid athasach seo. Tá an céim a bronnfar air innu, Doctuir Ealaine, fíor-tuilte aige as ucht saol fada neamh-leithleasach i seribhís do muintir Corchaí, muintir na hÉireann agus fiú amháin, muintir an domhan ar fad.
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23 Oct 2023
Honorary Citation by Dr Jack Talty for Bobby Gardiner
A dhaoine uaisle, is mór an onóir domsa a bheith anseo inniu chun céim oinigh Maistir Ceoil a bhronnadh ar laoch Ceol Tradisiúnta na hÉireann, Bobby Gardiner.
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22 May 2023
Honorary Citation by Dr Mary C. Murphy for Professor Brendan O'Leary
A dhaoine uaisle, is mór an onóir domsa a bheith anseo inniu chun céim oinigh Dochtúir Ealaíne a bhronnadh ar Breandán Ó Laoghaire.
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26 Apr 2023
Introduction by Professor John F. Cryan for Dr Katalin Karikó
A Sheansailéir agus a mhuintir uilig na hOllscoile, Chancellor of the NUI, Registrar of the NUI, President of UCC, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. ‘If one takes the path of success, then one ends up either successful or unsuccessful, there is no third alternative’. These are the words of the Hungarian writer Imre Kertész - winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002.
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Honorary Conferrings at University College Cork
The conferment of an honorary degree is one of the highest honours bestowed on and received by a person in Ireland.
Honorary graduates are selected carefully to recognise outstanding distinction in their chosen field including the arts, business, science, technology, sport and service to society.
At UCC, the day of the Honorary Conferrings’ ceremony is one of celebration and acknowledgement of extraordinary achievement - a day of great importance within the university’s calendar.
View our archive of honorary conferring speeches below.