Paul McSweeney

I rarely post about personal stuff, but just so ridiculously proud of my niece DrDr (Dr^2?) @sheilamcsweeney.bsky.social who graduated today from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social with a PhD in Medicine. #ProperDoctorAtLast

Delighted to welcome @lizjolly.bsky.social to @ucc.ie on her first day as University Librarian in @ucclibrary.bsky.social. Best of luck Liz!

📚 Last night we celebrated the launch of Beating Time: The Story of the Irish Bodhrán by Fintan Vallely. Huge thanks to @nmireland.bsky.social for hosting us in their majestic rotunda, to Kevin Conieff for launching and to everyone who joined us 🎶

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At the Hunt Museum for a preview of the superb Richard Harris exhibition prepared in partnership with @ucclibrary.bsky.social special collections. Had to be told the colour scheme was that of Young Munster rugby!

Sincere thanks to @acarbery.bsky.social as his term as interim University Librarian in @ucclibrary.bsky.social @ucc.ie draws to a close and looking forward to welcoming @lizjolly.bsky.social to our lovely campus next month.

Sincerest thanks to everyone who contributed to today's Leadership Summit on #GenerativeAI in #HigherEducation, convened by the Higher Education Authority & proudly hosted @ucc.ie. Today's conversations will feed directly into our forthcoming policies & guidelines on #GenAI.
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Ireland is the most highly educated country in the world, according to this analysis by CBRE. We're the only nation in which a majority of adults aged 25–64 have a bachelor’s degree or higher. Education has transformed our country's fortunes for the better. 🇮🇪
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@ucc.ie research team of the year goes to the group behind @corkup.bsky.social wonderful Atlas of the Irish Civil War! @uccresearch.bsky.social Well done all!!

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Delighted to welcome participants in the @eua.eu Masterclass on transitions and transformations in staff development for learning and teaching to @ucc.ie.

Congrats to five fantastic @ucc.ie colleagues admitted to Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie today - Denis O'Mahony, Nuala Finnegan, @paulmcs.bsky.social & Holger Claussen

A worthy reflection of their impactful research & scholarship
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This afternoon, 28 distinguished individuals were formally admitted as members of the RIA, following their recent election, in recognition of their outstanding achievements across the sciences, humanities, social sciences, and public service.

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#RIAAdmittanceDay

Had an absolutely lovely day today in the @ria.ie. Deeply honoured and grateful to all my former PhD students, post-docs and collaborators. You know who you are – and I thank you all!

Voting about God at the Council of Nicaea - Yale University Press Ramsay MacMullen— At Nicaea in AD 325 some 200 bishops assembled. The total is not certain: perhaps a little below that figure, probably a little above it. Not all who... READ MORE

20 May 325: The First Council of Nicaea, in what is now Turkey, is formally opened. It started the first ecumenical council of the #Christian Church.  The council was called for by Roman Emperor Constantine I. #history #religion #Catholic #OTD

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We had a lovely symposium in @ucc.ie yesterday in honour of the late Prof PF Fox – thesis supervisor, mentor and friend. The Aula Max was packed by colleagues and former students from all over the world to pay tribute to arguably the leading dairy chemist of his generation.

The Aula Max in @ucc.ie is packed this morning for the UCC Career Service Employer Partnership Forum. A great opportunity to share knowledge in relation to work placement themes and topics.

Academic questions: Frank McNally on Titanic terriers, epic expense accounts and the rise of the ‘full professor’ Try claiming for a piano-playing secretary today and see what happens

"You hear this curious phrase more and more these days. And for me, at least, it always evokes the image of an academic who has eaten too much." Humorous take on the emerging title of "full professor" by @frankie49.bsky.social in the @irishtimes.com.

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And mitres are never worn with a soutane. At least no triple tiara... 😂

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Statement: The Royal Irish Academy is ceasing activity on X (Twitter)

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The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.

"A couple of professors told me that their students see reading books as akin to listening to vinyl records—something that a small subculture may still enjoy, but that’s mostly a relic of an earlier time."

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Really looking forward to Liz starting in July! @lizjolly.bsky.social

Photograph of Elizabeth Wincott Heckett at her graduation from UCC

Cover image of Textiles of Ireland featuring an embroidered scene of angels with the Virgin Mary from the Honan Chapel's textiles.

We are deeply saddened to hear about the death of Elizabeth Wincott Heckett - a leading scholar on the archaeological textiles of Ireland. She will be dearly missed by @ucc.ie colleagues & the wider academic & heritage community. Cork University Press is proud to have published her life's work.

Brian O’Connell visits pioneering college course for prisoners and students in Cork prison Brian O’Connell

The Claire Byrne Show picked up on yesterday's event in Cork Prison. Do please listen (from 5.30 min onwards)... @katharinaswirak.bsky.social @jameswindle.bsky.social @ucc.ie

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The Aula Max this morning for the Cork Access Network breakfast on the last day of the Cork LLL Festival.

Absolutely inspirational event in Cork Prison today celebrating Inside-Out programme where criminology students are paired with "inside students" (who got a microcred). I wish we were able to take photos. Watch for media coverage and well done @katharinaswirak.bsky.social @jameswindle.bsky.social

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled researchers yearning to study free,
The rejected experts of your teeming shore.
Send these, the grantless, tempest-tost to me,
I light my labs beside the golden door!”

Theo Dorgan (l) and Gene Lambert (r) with Seamus Heaney (c).

Image oa a letter. Gene Lambert (1952-2025) artist, aosdána member and co-editor of The Great Book of Ireland. UCC Library deeply regrets the passing of Gene Lambert, artist, Aosdána member and co-editor of The Great Book of Ireland (1991). Gene was very much the instigator of The Great Book project with Theo Dorgan, arriving to Poetry Ireland as he did with a collaborative proposal to assist with the publicity of In the Land of the Punt (1988) which was published to raise funds for Clashganna Mills. This proposal was the seed for The Great Book project, with both Gene and Theo having a vision to see a substantial artistic and creative venture that would raise funds for their charitable status arts organisations at the same time. The Great Book of Ireland was completed in 1991 and then acquired for the nation by University College Cork in 2012, following a 5-year fundraising campaign which ensured that both charitable organisations eventually received their intended funds. In January 2013 we had a wonderful evening at UCC with Gene, Theo, President Michael D. Higgins, Seamus and Marie Heaney, and over 65 of the original contributors, to launch the acquisition of The Great Book at UCC. Gene served as a member of the Irish government’s National Disability Authority since its inception in 1999, and as noted by others, his commitment to accessibility and representation in the arts will leave a lasting legacy. UCC Library 3 April 2025

UCC Library deeply regrets the passing of Gene Lambert (1952-2025), artist, Aosdána member and co-editor of The Great Book of Ireland (1991).

Lord Mayor’s reception for Cork LLL Festival. @corkcity.bsky.social @unesco.org Great week of events!

Schteps in @ucc.ie packed today for the #EmployAgility awards - 185 students who collectively contributed 3,700 hours to community and university activities. Well done to all in UCC Careers Service!

Start of CIRTL@20 webinar (2-3pm IST) on interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Learning about TILT @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
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