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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