Charles James O'Donnell provided a bequest in 1935 for an annual lecture in the National University of Ireland (NUI) on the history of Ireland since the time of Cromwell, with particular reference to the histories, since 1641, of old Irish families. A list of the lectures given in this series and published by NUI is available from the University. The series was revived in 1999 after a gap of ten years and the O'Donnell Lecture is now presented by the NUI constituent universities in rotation. The lecture is published by NUI through the NUI Publications Fund.
Pictured in the Aula Maxima, UCC prior to the lecture were L-R: Dr Andrew McCarthy, Dr Diarmuid Scully, School of History, Mrs Ann Keogh, Professor Dermot Keogh, Dr Damian Bracken, School of History, UCC.
