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School of History Prize-giving Ceremony 2024

4 Mar 2024

The School of History Annual Prize-giving Ceremony 2024 took place in the Aula Maxima on Monday, 26 February. The ceremony is an annual event celebrating the excellent achievements of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Prizes were awarded on the basis of academic performance in the previous academic year, 2022-2023. We are extremely proud of the outstanding achievements of our students.

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 History students. Prizes were awarded to the History Student of the Year in I, II and III Year. Prizes were similarly awarded to European Studies and History of Art 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 also awarded – the John A. Murphy Prize in Irish History, the John B. O’Brien Annual Prize in History, the Leonora Hanrahan Prize in History, the Con Kelleher Prize in Irish History, the James and Mary Hogan Prize in History, the Jennifer O’Reilly Prize in Medieval History, the J.J Lee History Prize, the Geoff Roberts Prize, the Dermot Keogh Prize. The Polish Ambassador Prize in Polish History was also awarded. We were honoured to have the Polish Ambassador to Ireland, Professor Arkady Rzegocki, to present this prize. All of the prizes carry considerable prestige. We are extremely grateful to all the donors for their continued, deeply valued connection with the School of History. [See gallery of pictures: School of History Prize-giving Ceremony 2024 | University College Cork (ucc.ie)]

Each year the award ceremony features an address by a guest speaker, normally either a former student or a former member of the History staff. On this occasion, current staff member, Dr Andrew McCarthy, gave a presentation entitled ‘Remembering Professor Dermot F. Keogh’ reflecting on the achievements and the legacy of the greatly respected late Emeritus Professor who sadly passed last September 2023. The ceremony was followed with a reception.

For details on History prizes and other related scholarships see the Scholarships and Prizes database at https://www.ucc.ie/en/scholarships

 

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES 

Prizes presented by Dr Finola Doyle-O’Neill

(Chair of External Liaison Committee, School of History, UCC)

 

History Student of the Year Awards

Year I: Evan Daly

Year II: Fiona Huggard

Year III: Iseult Cahill

 

Higher Diploma in Arts (History) Student of the Year

Kevin Tuohy

 

European Studies Student of the Year Awards

Year I: Kira LeDuff

Year II: Emily Calton O'Keeffe

Year III: Glen Rothwell

Year IV: Eoin Walsh

 

European Studies Dissertation of the Year

Harry Slattery

 

EU 50 - European Studies Competition Award

Lena Power

 

History of Art Student of the Year Awards

Year I: Chiara Alessio

Year II: Claire O’Dowd

Year III: Shea Fitzgibbon Good

 

Higher Diploma in Arts (History of Art) Student of the Year

Mary Wallace

 

The Leanora Hanrahan Prize in History

Jack Kelly

 

The Con Kelleher Prize in Irish History

Lorenzo Leone

 

The James and Mary Hogan Prize in History

Iseult Cahill

 

The Dermot Keogh Prize in Irish History

Thérèse Keniry

 

The Geoff Roberts Prize in International History/International Relations

Luke O’Neill

 

The J.J. Lee History Prize

Claire Minehane

 

The John A. Murphy Prize in Irish History

Conor Murphy

 

The John B. O’Brien Annual Prize in History

Ciara O’Brien

 

The Jennifer O’Reilly Prize in Medieval History

Luke O’Donoghue

 

The Polish Ambassador Prize in History

Kate Creedon

 

Presentation: ‘Remembering Professor Dermot F. Keogh’ by Andrew McCarthy

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