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About University of Galway
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Archived News & Events
Latest update: 20.5.2020
The main events organized by the RSA are: monthly Agallamh na Seanórach gatherings (September to June); the RSA Lecture Series; the RSA Annual Lunch (January); travel in Ireland and abroad; meetings with other retired university staff associations.
Owing to Covid-19, all events scheduled after 10 March 2020 are cancelled.
RSA events and travel
- Dec. 2019-June 2020
- Dec. 2018-June 2019
- 2018-2019
- 2017-2018
- 2013- March 2018
Retired staff have the benefit of access to a very wide range of events in the University, including social gatherings, courses, seminars and conferences. Please click on the link below for a list of some of these and suggestions for ways of keeping informed about what is on offer.
Other Events and Activities
Staff who have retired from NUIG often continue to be active professionally or in other areas, or receive awards. We welcome news of these activities. To date, most of the information we have received is related to research, but there is scope for news of other types of action, such as community engagement.
Members' Achievements
June 2019- Jan. 2020
Latest update: 20.5.2020
Agallamh na Seanórach, RSA lectures, Annual Lunch and other events
December 2019 – June 2020
Please find below details of the monthly Agallamh coffee mornings and other main events.
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Tuesday |
10 December 2019 |
10.30-11.45 am 12 noon |
Agallamh, A. Anderson Boardroom Prof. Nicholas Canny, ‘Imagining Ireland’s past: agendas, tensions and challenges in Young Ireland circles’, Moore Institute Seminar Room, G010, Hardiman Research Building |
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Tuesday |
14 January 2020 |
10.30 am – 11.30 am |
Agallamh,A. Anderson Boardroom |
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Tuesday |
21 January 2020 |
12 noon onwards |
Annual Retired Staff Lunch, Ardilaun Hotel. Reception from 12 noon, lunch at 1.00 pm. |
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Tuesday |
11 February 2020 |
10.30 am 11.15 am |
Agallamh, A. Anderson Boardroom RSA AGM, A. Anderson Boardroom Dr Áine Ní Léime, ‘Gender and Health Implications of Extended Working Life Policies’, Moore Institute Seminar Room, G010, Hardiman Research Building |
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Tuesday |
10 March 2020 |
10.30 am – 11.45 am 12 noon |
Agallamh,A. Anderson Boardroom Prof. Martin Feeley, ‘The Connemara Marble and its cross-Atlantic connections: a review of its use as an ornamental building stone during the Gilded Age’, The Bridge, Floor 1, Hardiman Research Building |
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Tuesday |
14 April 2020 |
10.30 am – 11.45 am |
The usual '2nd Tuesday' Agallamh will not take place as this is Easter Tuesday |
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Tuesday |
12 May 2020 |
10.30 am – 11.45 am |
Agallamh, A. Anderson Boardroom |
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Tuesday |
9 June 2020 |
10.30 am – 11.45 am |
Agallamh, A. Anderson Boardroom |
There is a limited number (~10) of car parking spaces available on the morning of each Agallamh. The car registration number must be communicated to Marie Cunningham on the day before the meeting. Contact: phone (091) 493632, or email marie.cunningham@nuigalway.ie. The car park barrier will automatically rise when the specified car approaches. It is necessary to bring your car close to the barrier for your registration to be read.
Travel
The overseas tour will be to Moscow (23 April-3 May 2020). Thirty-nine members and friends will be on this trip, and booking is now closed (December 2019).
The RSA Travel Committee (below) welcomes suggestions for future destinations, both in Ireland and abroad.
Travel Committee
Michael Cuddy (Chair): mpcuddy@gmail.com
Rosaleen Carroll: rosaleencarroll@gmail.com
Mary Cooke: cookesabbeygatestreet@gmail.com
Jane Conroy: jane.conroy@nuigalway.ie
Retired Staff Association Committee
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Rosaleen Carroll |
087 9646376 |
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Patsy Clancy |
087 9299609 |
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Jane Conroy |
(091) 590804 |
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Mary Cooke |
087 9039409 |
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Michael Cuddy |
(091) 529383 |
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Donal Igoe |
086 1093485 |
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Séamus Mac Mathúna |
085 1611443 |
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Dan O’Donovan |
(091) 522695 |
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Riana O’Dwyer |
087 9156186 |
The first tour in 2019 will be our visit to central Spain from 26 April to 2 May. The itinerary includes several key destinations: Madrid, Salamanca, Segovia, La Granja de San Ildefonso, El Escorial and Toledo.
This tour has been arranged with John Galligan Travel (JGT), who managed our highly successful trips to St Petersburg (2015) and The Baltic States & Finland (2018). Booking for the central Spain tour has now closed.
The RSA Travel Committee (below) welcomes suggestions for future destinations, both in Ireland and abroad.
Travel Committee
Michael Cuddy (Chair): mpcuddy@gmail.com
Rosaleen Carroll: rosaleencarroll@gmail.com
Mary Cooke: cookesabbeygatestreet@gmail.com
Jane Conroy: jane.conroy@nuigalway.ie
