The Final Medical class of 1990 subscribed to a fund for the provision of an annual prize to commemorate their late classmate Aodán Ó Donnchadha. The Extern for the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health will assess the best Paediatric projects and decide who should be awarded the prize, if necessary aided by advice from members of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health. Shortlisted candidates should keep all information gathered as this may be required by the External examiner. The award will be made provided the student chosen fulfils the other criteria:

• The prize will be called "The Aodán Ó Donnchadha Memorial Prize".
• The Academic Council considers that a sufficiently high standard has been attained.
• The successful candidate was a student at University College Cork for the three years immediately preceding the Final Medical Examination.
• He/she has taken and passed the whole of the Final Medical Examination and has taken each module for the first time. 
   

The Aodán Ó Donnchadha Memorial Prize UCC winners are as follows:

2024 Dr Aoife Dempsey/ Dr Caoimhe Cronin (Joint Winners)

2023 Dr Cole Reynolds

2022 Dr Grainne O'Mahony

2021 Dr Harriet O’Mara

2020 Dr Aisling Holland

2019 Dr Christina Moore/ Dr Ganakirthana Kalpenya Devi (Joint Winners)

2018 Dr Caitriona McCarrick

2017 Dr Madeline Edwards

2016 Dr Siobhan Rafferty 

2015 Dr Emma Higgisson

2014 Dr Thomas Keane 

2013 Dr Timothy Keady

2012 Dr Meredith Kinoshita

2011 Dr Ross Doyle

2010 Dr Daithi de Baroid

2009 Dr Aisling Jennings

2008 Dr Amit Singh Grover

2007 Dr Colin Hawkes

2006 Dr C. Monique Bohun

2005 Dr Ellen Byrne

2004 Dr Aoife Cotter

2003 Dr Katherine D'Arcy and Rosfaiizah Siran

The friends, past students and admirers of Dr R.G.G. Barry, MD, FRCP, FRCPI, DCH, who was the first Professor of Paediatrics from 1970-1977, subscribed a fund for the provision of an annual prize to be known as "The R.G.G. Barry Prize in Paediatrics". The prize is awarded to a candidate who has obtained one of the highest marks in paediatrics at the Final Medical Examination.  The award is made by the Extern Examiner in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health provided that:

• The Academic Council considers a sufficiently high standard to have been attained.
• The successful candidate has been a student in University College Cork, for the three years immediately preceding the Examination.
• He/she had not passed the Third University Examination in Medicine more than three years before the Summer of the year in which the Final Medical Examination (Part II) is taken, provided that, in the case of a student who has interrupted his/her medical studies at any time after passing the Third University Examination in Medicine to proceed to the BSc Degree or to pursue any other non-medical programme of study approved by the Faculty of Medicine, the period devoted to such non-medical studies shall not be counted when computing the interval between his/her passing of the Third University Examination in Medicine and Final Medical Examination (Part II).
• He/she has taken and passed the whole of the Final Medical Examination (Part II) and has taken each subject of the examination for the first time.

The R.G.G. Barry UCC Prizewinners are as follows

2024 Dr Orlaith O'Donovan

2023 Dr Jessica Murphy

2022 Dr Louise Howe

2021 Dr Cathriona Murphy

2020 Dr Jiahong Cedric Chua

2019 Dr John Kehoe

2018 Dr Ciara Sreenan

2017 Dr Anna Powell

2016 Dr Killian McCarthy 

2015 Dr Roisin Ryan 

2014 Dr Veronique La Rue Constantineau

2013 Dr Anne O'Mahony

2012 Dr Michael Murphy

2011 Dr Marie Rafferty                                         

2011 Dr Grace Neville

2010 Dr Peter M. Barrett

2009 Dr Jennifer O'Sullivan

2008 Dr Ciara Ann McCarthy

2007 Dr David Ryan

2006 Dr Dearbhail O'Driscoll

2005 Dr Julie Burns

2004 Dr John Ryan

2003 Dr Grainne Murphy               

Regulations for the Scholarship and Prizes, to be awarded annually:

• The award of the Scholarship and Prizes will be based on the written examination in Paediatrics for the MB, BCh, and BAO degree examination in each of the NUI constituent universities and in the RCSI.
• Up to three of the top students in the written examination in Paediatrics for the MB, BCh, and BAO degree examination in each of the NUI constituent universities and the RCSI are automatically put forward for the scholarship and prizes. In NUI institutions where the examination for Paediatrics is taken in the penultimate year of the MB, BCh, and BAO degree examination, up to three of the top candidates in that examination are put forward as candidates for the scholarship and prizes.
• The recommendation about the award of the scholarship and prizes will be determined by an Agreed Extern Examiner, having considered the submissions of all the candidates.  

The Dr. Henry Hutchinson Stewart Scholarship and Prize in Paediatrics UCC winners are as follows:

2022 Bridget Sheehan was awarded a scholarship

2021 Niamh Emer Moloney was awarded second prize

         Cian Morgan Carey was awarded a commendation

2015 Jane Cudmore was awarded third prize

2014 Leanne Cussen was awarded a scholarship

2013 Karen McCarthy was awarded a scholarship

        Daniel Mark Crowley was awarded second prize

2011 Una Clancy was awarded third prize

2011 Grace Neville was awarded second prize

2010 Peter Barrett was awarded first prize

2008 William Owen Healy was awarded second prize

        Ciara Ann McCarthy was awarded third prize

2007 David Ryan was awarded first prize

         Sarah Moran was awarded third prize

2006 Ruth Delaney was awarded first prize

2005 James Dollard was awarded third prize

2004 John Ryan was awarded first prize

         Danielle M.M. Ní Chróinín received a commendation

2003 Andrea Ryan was awarded first prize

         Grainne P. Murphy was awarded second prize

2002 Grainne M. Murphy was awarded second prize