To mark Dr O'Reilly's profound contribution to teaching and research in the School of History, University College Cork, a prize fund has been instituted for the annual award of "The Jennifer O'Reilly Prize in Medieval History". The prize will be awarded in the first instance to the student with the best BA seminar dissertation in Medieval History, achieving at least First Class Honours. In the event of no candidate reaching the required standard in the BA Seminar dissertation in Medieval History, the prize will be awarded to the student with the best written assignment in Third Year Medieval History (3,000 words or above), also achieving at least First Class Honours.

Recipients of the Jennifer O’Reilly Prize in Medieval History:

• 2023: Luke O'Donoghue
• 2022: Nicholas Scollard
• 2021: Richard Keyes McDonnell
• 2020: Andrew Neville
• 2019: Ana Harrington
• 2018: Thomas Grogan
• 2017: Natasha Dukelow and Martha Ewence

Dr Diarmuid Scully presents the 2023 Jennifer O'Reilly Prize in Medieval History to Luke O'Donoghue.

 Michael O'Reilly presents the 2022 Jennifer O’Reilly Prize in Medieval History to Nicholas Scollard.

Tom O’Reilly and Michael O’Reilly present the 2021 Jennifer O’Reilly Prize in Medieval History to Richard Keyes McDonnell. 

Dr Diarmuid Scully presents the 2020 Jennifer O’Reilly Prize in Medieval History to Andrew Neville. 

 Dr Diarmuid Scully presents the 2019 Jennifer O’Reilly Prize in Medieval History to Ana Harrington. 

Professor Terence O’Reilly presents the 2018 Jennifer O’Reilly Prize in Medieval History to Thomas Grogan. 

Professor Terence O'Reilly present the 2017 Jennifer O'Reilly Prize in Medieval History to Natasha Dukelow and Martha Ewence (with Dr Malgorzata Krasnodebska-D'Aughton, 2nd from right).