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School of History Prize-giving Ceremony 2015

24 Feb 2015
School of History Prize-giving Ceremony 2015

Picture: Professor David Ryan, Head of School of History, presents the John B. O’Brien Annual Prize in History to Caroline Sheehan, at the School of History Prize-giving Ceremony 2015.

 

School of History Prize-giving Ceremony 2015

The School of History Prize-giving Ceremony took place in the Aula Maxima on Thursday, 19 February. The ceremony is an annual event celebrating the excellent achievements of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The event provides an opportunity for the staff of the School of History to acknowledge publicly and pay appropriate tribute to the inspiring work of those students. Prizes were awarded to the History Student of the Year in I, II and III Year, an MA Student of the Year Award and a Higher Diploma in Arts (History) Prize - for work completed in the last academic year. Prizes were similarly awarded to European Studies students for achievement at undergraduate level.

The event also provides an opportunity to acknowledge the generosity of the donors and representatives of the families of donors of various other prizes which were awarded – the John A. Murphy Prize in Irish History, the John B. O’Brien Annual Prize in History, the Dermot Keogh Prize in Irish History, the Leonora Hanrahan Prize in History, the Diarmuid Whelan Scholarship, the J.J. Lee Prize in History, the James and Mary Hogan Prize in History and the Head of School of History’s Prize. All of these prizes carry considerable prestige, as well as providing much-appreciated financial assistance to History students. A new prize, the Polish Ambassador Prize in Polish History, was presented by the Polish Chargé d’Affaires in Dublin, Mr Piotr Rawkowski.

The Head of School, Professor David Ryan, acknowledged the achievement of one of the prize winners in also being awarded a National University of Ireland Mansion House Fund Scholarship.

The ceremony concluded with an address by Emeritus Professor John A. Murphy who provided perspectives on the history of UCC and memorably contrasted his experience winning the Robert Peel Memorial Prize as a student in the college in the 1940s with the present prize-winning experience in the School of History. 

 

 

SCHOOL OF HISTORY

 

ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY & RECEPTION

THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2015, 3.00 PM, AULA MAXIMA, UCC

 

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES

 

History Student of the Year Awards

 

Year I: Chloe Maddock

Year II: Elaine Sugrue

Year III: Monika Meusburger

 

European Studies Student of the Year Awards

 

Year I: Sarah Catherine Lyons

Year II: Michal Nowak

Year IV: Cathal Brennan

 

The John A. Murphy Prize in Irish History

 

Aoife O’Leary-McNeice

 

The John B. O’Brien Annual Prize in History

 

Caroline Sheehan

 

The Leanora Hanrahan Prize in History

 

Brian Sweeney

 

The James and Mary Hogan Prize in History

 

Monika Meusburger

 

The Dermot Keogh Prize in Irish History

 

Craig O’Driscoll

 

The J.J. Lee History Prize

 

Roger O’Sullivan

 

 

The Head of School of History’s Prize

 

Ruth Lawlor

 

The Polish Ambassador Prize in History

 

Andrew Kennedy

 

The Higher Diploma in Arts (History) Prize

 

Louise Walsh

 

The Mansion House Fund Scholarship

 

Aoife O’Leary-McNeice

 

The History MA Student of the Year Award

 

Dominic Carroll

 

The Diarmuid Whelan Scholarship 

 

Steven Murphy

 

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