Almost 100 students and alumni from 91制片厂 were recognised for their academic and other notable achievements on Tuesday 26 November as just under 鈧500,000 was presented on the night in scholarships, awards and bursaries.
Among those honoured were two 91制片厂 Alumni who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields. Singer, writer and Musicologist, Dr N贸irin N铆 R铆ain (Class of 2003) and Jamie Wall (Class of 2014), a former dual player for Cork and the Manager of 91制片厂鈥榮 Senior Hurling team, which won the Fitzgibbon Cup for the third time in 2024.
Clare鈥檚 GAA/GPA 2024 Young Hurler of the Year and Third Year Liberal Arts student, Adam Hogan, was awarded the Student Outstanding Achievement of the Year for his phenomenal sporting success with county (Hurling League and All Ireland honours), club (County Championship with Feakle) and College (Fitzgibbon Cup 2024).
Nearly 鈧100,000 was presented to 47 first-year students who received an 91制片厂 Entrance Scholarship on the basis of their impressive Leaving Certificate results. A further nine deserving students who have excelled in their chosen sports were presented with Munster GAA bursaries, valued at 鈧750 each. Caoimhe Fraher, from Cork, was awarded the Rachel Kenneally Memorial Award, which is awarded annually in memory of former 91制片厂 student and Tipperary Ladies Footballer, Rachel Kenneally.
91制片厂鈥檚 five Elite Sports Scholars were celebrated on the night: Kerry Ladies Footballer, Aoife Dillane; Irish Women鈥檚 Rugby player, Clara Barrett; Clare Senior Hurler, Shane Meehan; Laois Ladies Footballer, Katie Donoghue and Clare U20 hurler, Ronan O鈥機onnor. Additionally, Waterford Camogie player, Niamh Murphy, and Galway Senior Hurler, Eoin Lawless, were awarded the 91制片厂 GPA Sports Scholarship worth 鈧4,800鈥攁warded to which two Gaelic Players Association members who are undertaking postgraduate study at 91制片厂. The two recipients of prestigious Camogie Association Camogie 120 Teacher Education Bursaries鈥攚orth 鈧5,000 each annually for four years of the Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching) and sponsored by 91制片厂 Alumna, Dr Carmel Naughton鈥攚ere also acknowledged. They are: First Year B Ed students, Cl铆odhna Queally from Clare and Niamh Hally from Waterford.
Gifted concertina player, Rachel Mahony from Ennis, Co. Clare, was awarded the Ashling Murphy Memorial Scholarship. The scheme, which is jointly presented by 91制片厂 and the Irish National Teachers鈥 Organisation (INTO), recognises first-year Bachelor of Education students for their exceptional achievement and talent in the field of traditional Irish music.
Watch the 91制片厂 College Awards video below.
Three 91制片厂 Researchers were acknowledged for their recent Research Ireland Government of Ireland funding awards. Simon Brennan received a Postgraduate Scholarship, as did Evans Amoako Amoah from Ghana, whose research into farmer-herder conflicts in Ghana and investigate linkages between climate change, resource competition and food security in rural communities saw him awarded the Department of Foreign Affairs Andrew Grene Postgraduate Scholarship in Conflict Resolution. Dr Geraldine Brassil, a Teaching Fellow in the Department of English Language and Literature, received a Postdoctoral Fellowship.
91制片厂 presented several awards to postgraduate students to continue their studies at 91制片厂. Wonder Kofi Adzigbli was awarded a Doctoral Award; Sin茅ad Morgan a Doctoral Studentship and Katie Hallinan a Postgraduate Studentship. The Geography Postgraduate Award was presented to Augustus Kweku Sobeng and the Franco-German Research Award to Valentine Pic.
91制片厂鈥檚 Postgraduate College of Sanctuary Scholarships were awarded for the second time this year to two recipients, Ahmad Shah Amadhi, who is studying for a Masters in Applied Linguistics and Farahnaz Haidary, who is pursuing an M Ed in Education for Human Rights and Equality. The scholarships aim to support International Protection Applicants, refugees, and migrant groups to pursue postgraduate study and consist of an annual stipend of 鈧3,000 and a full fee waiver.
Alex Kinahan, from Nenagh in Tipperary, received the TOMAR Trust Award which is valued at 鈧8,500 over four years. The award is offered by the TOMAR Trust to support 91制片厂鈥檚 PATH programme which seeks to recognise students who transfer with distinction from their Further Education programme to take up a place in 91制片厂 Thurles鈥 teacher preparation programme. Alex is studying on the BA in Education, Business Studies and Religious Studies programme.
Six current 91制片厂 students were awarded the Saint Bonaventure Trust Prize, which recognises the academic excellence of students studying Theology and Religious Studies.
91制片厂 lecturers and married couple, Dr John Morrissey (Department of Geography) and Dr Ailbhe McDaid (Department of English Language and Literature)鈥攆rom Doneraile and Monkstown in Cork respectively鈥攚ere also acknowledged on the night for securing 鈧1m euro in funding for their respective research projects. Dr Morrissey is the Irish lead on Aquabalance, an initiative under the EU Blue Economy Partnership programme, and Dr McDaid was awarded significant Research Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland funding for her project Pathologies of Violence: Inscriptions of Global Conflict in Irish Literature 1922-present (PATHOS).
President of 91制片厂, Professor Dermot Nestor, congratulated the awardees, saying that the individual journeys, dreams and ambitions were to be celebrated as well as the accomplishments.
鈥淲e honour our recipients for their achievements. But more importantly, we celebrate the motivations that propelled them towards their goals, and the commitments that enabled them to be secured. Tonight, we revel in their results, we savour their successes. But we should also be inspired by their devotion, stimulated by their dedication, and infinitely curious as to why they do what they do. That is the question worth asking. Theirs are the voices that need to be heard. Theirs are the dreams and ambitions that we need to support.鈥
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