Remembering Professor Dermot Keogh (1945-2023)
The School of History & Cork University Press co-hosted a very special event in the Aula Maxima on 12 December 2025, to celebrate the academic legacy of the late Professor Dermot Keogh, a highly distinguished historian and former head of the History Department in UCC. The Inaugural Dermot Keogh Memorial Lecture was given by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, one of Dermot's former students.
Among the other speakers were the President of UCC, Professor John O’Halloran, Ann Keogh (Dermot’s wife), Katherine McGarry, Director of European Studies, and the Head of the School of History, Dr Hiram Morgan. The evening also included the launch of The Irish Revolution: Diplomacy and reactions 1919–1923, Dermot’s final scholarly volume with his co-editors Owen McGee and Mervyn O’Driscoll, both of whom spoke at the memorial event, along with Sinéad Neville, Cork University Press.
Link to speech by An Taoiseach: Speech by Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Dermot Keogh Memorial Lecture, UCC Friday 12 December
Photo: (left to right) President of UCC, Professor John O'Halloran, Ann Keogh (Dermot's wife), An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. (Photo by Darragh Kane)