College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies
Prizes and Awards
2009/2010
Contents
THE DR. AND MRS. W. A. BROWNE SCHOLARSHIP ............................................................................... 3
THE BUTTERWORTHS LAW PRIZE .......................................................................................................... 3
DEAN’S AWARD FOR BEST FINAL YEAR PROJECT IN BA (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)...................... 4
HAMILTON PRIZES (Royal Irish Academy) ............................................................................................. 4
THE MONSIGNOR HYNES PRIZE FOR CELTIC ARCHAEOLOGY ................................................................ 5
THE IRISH TIMES PRIZE IN MEDIA LAW* ............................................................................................... 5
ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE PRIZE FOR PROFICIENCY IN ITALIAN .................................................... 5
THE RORY KAVANAGH BURSARY ........................................................................................................... 5
THE SIR JOSEPH LARMOR PRIZE ............................................................................................................ 6
THE LABHRÁS Ó NUALLÁIN PRIZE.......................................................................................................... 6
THE PEEL PRIZES .................................................................................................................................... 6
THE SALVATORE SFERRA MEMORIAL PRIZE .......................................................................................... 7
THE SWEET AND MAXWELL PRIZE......................................................................................................... 7
Postgraduate Awards .................................................................................................................................... 8
SPARÁNACHT MHICHÍL CÍOSÓG ............................................................................................................ 8
THE MICHAEL CUSACK BURSARY ........................................................................................................... 8
DR. PADDY MORIARTY FUND ................................................................................................................ 8
PHELAN CONAN LTD. PRIZE ................................................................................................................... 9
DUAIS (BONN QIR) RAIDIQ NA GAELTACHTA ........................................................................................ 9
RTE SCHOLARSHIPS ............................................................................................................................... 9
LOUIS & NELLIE SIEG AND FRANK G. & GERTRUDE DUNLAP SCHOLARSHIP FUND............................... 9
SPARÁNACHT Uí EITHIR .......................................................................................................................10
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POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS (2) IN WOMEN’S STUDIES ...............................................................10
THE DR. AND MRS. W. A. BROWNE SCHOLARSHIP
(A Scholarship originally founded and endowed by Dr. W. A. Browne, on behalf of, and in memory of
his wife, Charlotte Browne, F.L.S., is awarded each year, to the value of €1,000. Dr. Browne was a
student of Queen’s College, Galway, and graduated with a B.A. in Queen’s University of Ireland in 1853;
and an M.A. in 1882. He was a member of the British War Office Headquarters Staff, 1856-1897; he
retired 1897, and died on 15th July, 1904).
1. An examination for this Scholarship will be held in May. Intending candidates must lodge their
entries for the Scholarship with the Dept. not later than the First Day of April.
2. 2. A candidate must, in the Session in which he/she applies for the Scholarship, have attended the
lectures prescribed to students of his/her College and year in French and German in this University.
3. The Scholarship is open to any matriculated student of the University, who was born in Ireland,
including Northern Ireland, or born of Irish parents, if at date of entry for Examination not more than
three years have elapsed since his or her Matriculation (or equivalent Examination).
4. (a) The Scholarship will be awarded in the first instance to candidates who reach the prescribed
degree of proficiency in both the French and German languages, a competent colloquial knowledge
of each language being required.
(b) If in any year no candidate reaches the prescribed degree of proficiency in both these
languages, the Scholarship for that year may be awarded to a candidate who has reached the
prescribed degree of proficiency in either language.
(c) Should one candidate or more reach the prescribed degree of proficiency in French and one
candidate or more reach the prescribed degree of proficiency in German, the Scholarship may be
divided between the candidate who obtains the highest marks in French and the candidate who
obtains the highest marks in German as Údarás na hOllscoile on the recommendation of the
Academic Council, may decide.
(d) The prescribed degree of proficiency. A minimum of 50. shall be required in all cases, in either
or both languages.
5. The Scholarship shall be held for one Session only, but the successful candidate, if otherwise
qualified, may compete in succeeding Sessions, provided that no student shall hold the Scholarship
more than three times.
6. The Scholarship may be held along with any other Scholarship.
7. The Scholarship will be paid in June.
8. Údarás na hOllscoile retains the power of withholding the whole or of awarding only a portion of the
Scholarship, if sufficient merit be not shown. In case the whole or part of the Scholarship be not
expended in any year, Údarás na hOllscoile shall apply the money so accruing to the purpose of
giving an additional Scholarship in the next or following years in the same subjects and under the
same regulations.
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1. The value of the Prize is €127 worth of legal and tax texts, published by Butterworths.
2. The Prize is awarded annually at the B.A. Honours, Degree Examination to the candidate who
passes the examination on the first attempt and who achieves the highest aggregate of marks
in all the components of the subject Legal Science in the Second and Final Arts Years,
provided that the candidate reaches a Second Class Honours, Grade I, standard in the subject
Legal Science in the examination.
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THE BUTTERWORTHS LAW PRIZE
DEAN’S AWARD FOR BEST FINAL YEAR PROJECT IN BA (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
The award is sponsored by the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies and is presented
to the student deemed to have the best final year project in the BA (Information Technology). The value
of the award is €200.
HAMILTON PRIZES (ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY)
The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hPireann (National Committee for Mathematics) has
obtained sponsorship from DePfa Bank Europe plc, a German financial institution with headquarters in
the IFSC in Dublin, to provide prizes 104 annually to students of Mathematics in each of the nine Irish
Universities and to fund an annual lecture, the Hamilton Lecture, to be given by a distinguished
international mathematician. The sponsorship commenced in 2002 and is to be provided for the next five
years. The student prize will be called the Hamilton Prize in Mathematics and is worth €1,000 to each
student. It is hoped that both of these initiatives will form part of a new range of activities to celebrate
Hamilton’s life and contribution to Mathematics and will as far as possible be scheduled on or around
October 16th, the day Hamilton scratched his fundamental formula for quaternion multiplication on
Broome Bridge in Dublin.
Nine prizes will be awarded each year. Each University Mathematics School will be invited to
nominate its best. student in the penultimate year of undergraduate mathematical studies. It is not
envisaged that the prize within each University be restricted to .single honours. students of Mathematics,
or indeed that any special competition be devised. The selection of the best student will normally be
based either on the results of the annual assessment of the year’s performance or on the best
performance in the ordinary University examinations in Mathematics at the end of the penultimate year.
However, it is left to the discretion of the School of Mathematics in each of the Universities to decide on
the most appropriate method of selecting which student should be awarded the prize in each case.
It is envisaged that each School will publicise the award, and announce the criteria used to determine
the prize-winner within each University. The Academy wishes to receive from each Head of School the
name of one, and only one, prizewinning student by the end of June each year, on completion of the
student’s penultimate year of study of Mathematics. The Academy intends to hold a prize-giving
ceremony in Academy House on or near October 16th in each year, the anniversary of Hamilton’s famous
walk. It is expected that all nine prize-winners, who should then be in their final year of study, will attend
this ceremony.
Hamilton Lecture
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The Academy is in a position, thanks to the sponsorship of DePfa Bank, to fund the visit of an
eminent mathematician from abroad to participate in the day’s activities. This person, possibly a Fields
Medallist or a mathematician of similar stature, will deliver a public lecture at a venue in central Dublin.
He/she will also present the Hamilton Prizes to the students. It may also be possible to have the visitor
deliver a seminar in Academy House, to an invited audience of professional mathematicians, around the
same time. Further details will be advised when available.
THE MONSIGNOR HYNES PRIZE FOR CELTIC ARCHAEOLOGY
1. The Prize has been founded in remembrance of the Right Rev. Monsignor John Hynes, M.A.,
B.D., LL.D., former Secretary and President of the University, and first Professor of Celtic
Archaeology.
2. The Prize, originally paid out of the accumulated interest on the surplus of the Monsignor Hynes
Presentation Fund, is now valued at €450.
3. Where circumstances so justify, Údarás na hOllscoile may award more than one prize.
4. The Prize will be awarded on the results of the B.A. (Honours) Examination in Celtic
Archaeology.
5. The Prize will not be awarded save on the recommendation of the Examiners.
THE IRISH TIMES PRIZE IN MEDIA LAW*
The Prize, valued at €1,000, was established by the Irish Times in 1991-2.
The Prize will be awarded annually to the student who achieves the highest mark in the subject Media
Law at the Summer Examination Session in any one of the following examinations: Final Arts, Second
and Final B.C.L., Second and Final LL.B., provided the candidate passes overall in the examination in
question and that the College is satisfied that a satisfactory standard has been reached.
*Funding for the Prize to be confirmed
ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE PRIZE FOR PROFICIENCY IN ITALIAN
Each academic year the Italian Cultural Institute awards this Prize to the student chosen by the
School of Languages, Literature and Cultures (Italian) on the basis of the annual examinations in Italian.
THE RORY KAVANAGH BURSARY
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The Bursary, valued at €2,540, will be awarded annually to assist a student of Italian in spending the
Third Arts year in an Italian university. It will be awarded on the nomination of the Professor of
Italian/Head of Italian (within the School of Languages, Literature and Cultures), in accordance with a
selection scheme approved by the Academic Council, to a full-time undergraduate student of Italian who
has passed the second year examinations in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies.
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The Bursary has been made possible by a generous donation from the family of the late Rory
Kavanagh (1971-1996), a 1993 B.A. graduate of National University of Ireland, Galway, who spent the
1991-1992 academic year in Italy, in the University of Bologna under the ERASMUS Student Mobility
Programme.
THE SIR JOSEPH LARMOR PRIZE
The Prize was founded, under the Trusts of the Will of the late Sir Joseph Larmor, F.R.S., former
Professor of Natural Philosophy at Queen’s College, Galway, in remembrance of his Professorship in
that College.
The Prize will be awarded in the National University of Ireland, Galway, each year on the results of
the B.A. or B.Sc. (Hons) Examination in ONE of the following degree subjects, Mathematics,
Mathematical Physics, Experimental Physics or degree subjects in Physics in which Experimental
Physics is a major component.
The successful candidate must take out a course leading to the M.A., M.Sc., or Ph.D., degree, or
other approved course of study, in one of the subjects of the Degree Examination of which he/she has
been awarded the Prize. The course may be taken out either in National University of Ireland, Galway, or
in a University approved by the Professor of the subject.
THE LABHRÁS Ó NUALLÁIN PRIZE
The Labhrás Ó Nualláin Prize, is awarded to the student who achieves the highest mark in
Development Economics, which is a final year course offered to B.A. and B.Comm. Students. The award
which amounts to €325 was bequeathed by Professor Labhrás Ó Nualláin who lectured in Economics in
this University from 1953 until 1970, and was Professor of Economics from 1970 to 1982. He was an
acknowledged specialist in Economic Development, both national and international.
THE PEEL PRIZES
Two Prizes (originally founded by Sir Robert Peel) value €1000 each, are offered each year for
competition among candidates who are Matriculated students of the National University of Ireland, and
who have not obtained in any preceding year credit for a course or a part of a course leading to an
Examination in the National University or in any other University. One Prize is offered in English
Composition and the other in Geometry.
The course for the Examination in Geometry is the Honours Course for the Leaving Certificate
Examination.
The Examinations will be held in the Michaelmas term. Due notice of the arrangements for these
Examinations will be posted on one of the College notice boards.
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A Peel Prize will not be paid unless the successful candidate thereof is a student of the College. A
Peel Prize in Geometry will not be paid unless the successful candidate thereof has taken out a
Course in Mathematics.
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A Peel Prize will not be awarded unless some candidate reaches the standard fixed by the Examiner.
THE SALVATORE SFERRA MEMORIAL PRIZE
Dott. Antonio Castelli, formerly a member of the discipline area of Romance Languages (1963-1966),
originally endowed this prize in memory of his uncle, Salvatore Sferra (Naples). The value of the prize is
now €300. The purpose of the prize is to encourage competence in Italian and is awarded each year to
that Second Arts or other student who, in the judgement of the staff of Italian, is deemed to have made
the most significant progress.
THE SWEET AND MAXWELL PRIZE
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The Prize consists of Sweet and Maxwell and Stevens and Sons books currently to the value of €191.
The Prize is awarded annually to the student who achieves first place at the First Arts Examination in
Legal Science provided the student passes clearly the First Arts Examination in its entirety.
Postgraduate Awards
SPARÁNACHT MHICHÍL CÍOSÓG
1. Bunaíodh an Sparánacht i dtús báire ag an Ollscoil, i gcomhar le Comhairle Chontae an
Chláir agus Bord Chumann Lúthchleas Gael an Chláir, i gcomóradh ar Mhicheál Cíosóg,
bunaitheoir Chumann Lúthchleas Gael, agus an cothrom 150 bliain ó saolaíodh é i gCarn,
Co. an Chláir in 1847. Is í is aidhm don Sparánacht tacaíocht a thabhairt do mhac léinn le
dul i mbun tionscnaimh thaighde don M.Litt. ar ghné éigin d’oidhreacht chultúrtha an Chláir,
agus is iad an Chomhairle, an Ollscoil agus Bord Chumann Lúthchleas Gael an Chláir a
ghlanfaidh an costas. Don chéad uair eile, tá sé i gceist go mbainfidh an tionscnamh
taighde le gné éigin de stair Chumann Lúthchleas Gael sa Chlár.
2. Is fiú €10,000 san iomlán (maitheamh táillí an chúrsa san áireamh) an Sparánacht per
annum. Mairfidh sí go ceann dhá bhliain, faoi réir dul chun 108 cinn sásúil a bheith á
dhéanamh ag an sealbhóir. Ní cheadófar don sealbhóir bheith ag an am chéanna i seilbh
Dheontais Ardoideachais ó Údarás Áitiúil.
3. Beidh ar an sealbhóir clárú go lánaimseartha don chéim M.Litt., faoi na
gnáthchoinníollacha, faoi stiúrú na Scoile cuí.
THE MICHAEL CUSACK BURSARY
1. The Bursary was originally established by the University, in association with Clare Co.
Council and the Clare GAA Co. Board, to mark the sesquicentenary of the birth of Michael
Cusack, founder of Cumann Lúthchleas Gael in Carron, Co. Clare in 1847. The Bursary,
financed by the Council, the University and the Clare GAA Co. Board, will support a student
engaged in an M.Litt. research project on some aspect of the cultural heritage of Clare. For
the next award it is intended that the research project will focus on some aspect of the
history of the GAA in Clare.
2. The Bursary amounts to a total value of €10,000 (including remission of course fees) per
annum and will be tenable for two years, subject to satisfactory progress. The holder shall
not at the same time hold a Local Authority Higher Education Grant.
3. The holder will be required to register fulltime for the M.Litt. degree under the normal
conditions, under the direction of the appropriate School.
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The ESB have agreed to fund the establishment of the Dr. Paddy Moriarty Fund in memory of the
former Chief Executive and Cathaoirleach of the ESB. The Fund will support three postgraduate
fellowships, with a preference for Ph.D. programmes, although Masters Degree support would not be
ruled out, to be known as the Paddy Moriarty Fellowships, in the amount of !20,000 per annum for the
next ten years. The Fellowships will be tenable in Engineering, Quality, Innovation, Labour
Economics/Labour Law/Industrial Relations, or Irish Studies (including Gaeilge), preference to be given
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DR. PADDY MORIARTY FUND
in the first year to a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering. One new award will be made each year and,
in steady state, three such fellowships will be supported at any given time. In addition, support from the
Fund will be given to Irish arts activities in the University, in the amount of €12,000 per annum.
PHELAN CONAN LTD. PRIZE
The Prize has been made possible by a generous donation by Phelan Conan 109 Limited who have a
long association with the University and are the supplier of academic robes for all graduation
ceremonies. The Prize will be awarded annually for a distinguished publication, in the form of a book,
monograph or essay on the Irish language, Irish folklore or the history of the Irish language, by a
postgraduate student of the University.
The value of the prize is €500.
DUAIS (BONN QIR) RAIDIQ NA GAELTACHTA
Duais bhliantúil í seo á bronnadh ag Raidió na Gaeltachta, mar gheall ar an dlúthcheangal idir an
Cúrsa Ard-Dioplóma i gCumarsáid Fheidhmeach agus leas an Raidió. Bronnfar í gach bliain ar an mac
léinn is fearr a chruthaíonn i scrúduithe an Ard-Dioplóma.
RTE SCHOLARSHIPS
The University participates in a scheme introduced by the RTE Authority in 1989 for the award of
Scholarships to candidates who will undertake research, at Masters or Ph.D. level, into the social impact
of broadcasting. Further information may be obtained from the Admissions Office.
LOUIS & NELLIE SIEG AND FRANK G. & GERTRUDE DUNLAP SCHOLARSHIP FUND
For travel to the International Congress on Medieval Studies (hosted by the Medieval institute, Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA)
The Louis & Nellie Sieg and Frank G. & Gertrude Dunlap Scholarship Fund has been established by
an endowment from the LoPrete Family Foundation in order to support a student(s) or a researcher(s) in
Medieval Studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway, to attend the International Congress on
Medieval Studies which meets annually in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Grants are up to a maximum of
US.$1,500 per recipient.
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Preference normally will be given to students pursuing a postgraduate degree 110 (M.A., M. Litt./Phil.,
Ph.D.) in a medieval field (specific discipline open), who either are presenting a paper at the Congress or
who can demonstrate the need to consult research resources available in the Kalamazoo area (most
notably, at the D.B. Waldo Library of WMU, the Cistercian Studies Institute, or the Richard Rawlinson
Center Library). A promising student who is attending the Congress but not presenting a paper may also
be chosen. Postgraduate student(s) normally will be given preference over other researchers, such as
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Recipients are selected annually by a panel of academics convened by the Director of the MA in
Medieval Studies, and are required to submit a brief report of their activities to the Galway University
Foundation.
postdoctoral researchers or other members of academic staff, who may be planning to present a paper,
do research, or attend a board meeting of an academic journal or society held at the Congress. It is
possible that no award will be made in some years.
SPARÁNACHT UÍ EITHIR
Bunaíodh an Sparánacht seo i 1995 i gcuimhne ar Bhreandán i hEithir, craoltóir, iriseoir, scríbhneoir,
agus iar-mhacléinn de chuid an Ollscoil, le síntiúis óna chairde. Is fiú €1,524 an Sparánacht agus
bronnfar í gach bliain ar mhac léinn iarchéime lánaimseartha i nDámh na nDán san Ollscoil atá sa
chéad/dara/tríú bliain den Ph.D. nó sa chéad/dara bliain den M.A. (Modh A) nó sa dara bliain den
M.A. (Modh B)/M.Phil. Roinn an Bhéarla agus Roinn na Gaeilge na príomhranna as a roghnófar
iarrthóirí. Ag brath ar an réimse taighde a bheadh i gceist, d’fhéadfadh ranna eile (m.sh. Stair
nó Polaitíocht agus Socheolaíocht) a bheith san áireamh freisin le haghaidh na sparánachta. Is
iad na réimsí taighde atá i gceist: cúrsaí litríochta (Gaeilge nó Béarla) a bhaineas le hPirinn go
príomha. Cuirfear san áireamh freisin réimsí eile léinna dhíreos ar léann, ar chultúr agus ar shochaí na
hPireann.
Tabharfaidh an t-iarrthóir a roghnófar seimineár in ábhar a chuid taighde le linn thréimhse na
sparánachta. Beidh an sparánacht seo de bhreis ar aon deontas, scoláireacht nó eile a bheas ag
an té a roghnófar.
POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS (2) IN WOMEN’S STUDIES
Each Scholarship will be for a maximum amount of €12,000 per annum for three years leading to the
degree of Ph.D. in Women’s Studies.
Broad research areas within Women’s Studies include:
" Women’s Creative Practices: Irish Women’s Writing and Literary History; Feminist Literary/Theory;
comparative women’s creative practices; women and Irish-Australia.
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" Women’s activism (local and global); Women and Governance; Women and International Affairs.
Application forms and further details are available from Women’s Studies.