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12 unusual facts about University College Cork


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Daphne Pochin Mould

In 1993 she received an honorary doctorate from University College Cork when she was described as "a scientist and a free spirit, a courageous pioneer and an outstanding woman warrior".

Desmond Clarke

Desmond M. Clarke is an author and former professor of philosophy at University College Cork, in Cork, Ireland.

Lochlainn McKenna

Lochlainn went on to study Drama and Theatre Studies in University College Cork.

Mardyke

The Athletic Grounds includes sport and fitness facilities used by UCC's sports clubs, the general student body, and members of the public.

Mark Changizi

His interdisciplinary skills have earned him prestigious academic roles in multiple fields, including appointments in Computer Science at University College Cork, Theoretical Neurobiology at Caltech, and Cognitive Science at Rensselaer.

Michael J. Dowling

He earned his undergraduate degree from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, and his master’s degree from Fordham University.

Pádraig Ó Riain

Ó Riain has spent much of his academic life at the University College Cork, where he became a lecturer in 1964.

Pro-vice-chancellor

In the National University of Ireland, each president of the constituent universities (being University College Dublin, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Galway and National University of Ireland, Maynooth), holds the title of Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the NUI, though they generally only use this title at conferring ceremonies.

Richard Hingston

He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at University College Cork.

Sacred Harp

In January 2009, Sacred Harp singing was introduced to Ireland, by Dr. Juniper Hill of University College Cork, spreading quickly from a class module into the wider community.

Universities medical assessment partnership

The project has since grown to 14 partners including University of Birmingham, University College Cork, University of East Anglia, Hull York Medical School, University of Keele, University of Leicester, Peninsula Medical School, University of Southampton and University of Warwick.


All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1974

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Portglenone and University College Cork winning the championships of the other two provinces.

Anthony Ruby

His work, influenced by Otto Dix, Max Beckmann, Diego Rivera, Goya, and José Clemente Orozco, have sold to private and public collectors such as University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology.

Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test

It is currently used as the selection criteria for all graduate-entry programmes in Ireland (University College Dublin, University of Limerick, University College Cork, and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland).

Lil Kirby

Members of Old Aloysians camogie club formed an archway of hurleys when she married David Crowley on April 18, 1941 in the Honan Chapel, University College Cork.

Osborn Bergin

He was born in Cork and was educated at Queen's College Cork (now University College Cork), then went to Germany for advanced studies in Celtic languages, working with Heinrich Zimmer at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin (now the Humboldt University of Berlin) and later with Rudolf Thurneysen at the University of Freiburg, where he wrote his dissertation on palatalization in 1906.

Tony Humphreys

He is the Director of a number of courses in Parent Mentoring, Interpersonal Communication and Relationship Studies at University College Cork and at All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin.