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Professor Tadhg O'Mullane Award for Academic Excellence

18 Jun 2021

Congratulations to Conor O'Callaghan on receiving the inaugural Professor Tadhg O'Mullane Award for Academic Excellence 2020/21.

This new student prize has been established to honour the memory of the late Professor Tadhg O'Mullane, by his family. Third year BSc Microbiology student Conor O'Callaghan achieved the highest mark in the Third Science BSc Microbiology examinations during the academic year 2020/21 and will be the first student to receive this prize and be named on the perpetual plaque.

The school is delighted to honour the memory and accomplishments of its dear friend and former colleague Professor O鈥橫ullane with this award. We look forward to holding an in-person launch to unveil the Professor Tadhg O'Mullane commemorative plaque (text below) when Public Health guidelines allow.

Picture: Tadhg and Eileen (nee Barry) O'Mullane on their wedding day, 24th June 1945. They were married at the Honan Chapel UCC.

PROFESSOR TADHG O'MULLANE (21 February 1919 鈥� 14 April 2000) was appointed to UCC in June 1961 as Professor of Dairy and Food Microbiology. He retired on the 21st February 1984 and held the title of Professor Emeritus.

Tadhg graduated with a BSc (Dairying) at UCC in 1942 and went on to complete an MSc (Dairying) degree in 1943 specialising in Bacteriology, under the supervision of Professor Michael Grimes. For the next 18 years he worked with the Irish Sugar Company in Thurles, Co Tipperary as Chief Chemist. He also undertook industrial research on sugar production and waste utilisation.

Returning to UCC in 1961 as Professor of Dairy and Food Microbiology and Head of Department of Dairy and Food Microbiology (now the School of Microbiology) until his retirement in 1984, he brought a shrewd business approach to UCC and became the driving force behind the development and diversification of the Faculty of Dairy Science; he was involved in, or was responsible for, many of the developments during the next 20 years. One of the most important of these was the establishment of a BSc Degree programme in Microbiology, initially as a General and later at an Honours level which has become the flagship degree for the School of Microbiology

He lectured in the area of dairy and food microbiology throughout his time at UCC and became Dean of the Faculty of Dairy Science in 1967, a post he held until 1976. He forged many links with US universities in the 60s and 70s, at a time when it was quite innovative to do so, and his dedication and devotion to UCC contributed magnificently to the development of what are now the thriving disciplines of Food Science, Nutrition and Microbiology in UCC. Always a keen sportsman, he played in goal for the UCC football team, winning a Sigerson medal in 1943.

Ceapadh an tOLLAMH TADHG O'MULLANE (21 Feabhra 1919 鈥� 14 Aibre谩n 2000) in COC i m铆 an Mheithimh 1961 mar Ollamh le D茅ir铆ocht agus le Micribhitheola铆ocht Bia. D鈥櫭﹊righ s茅 as ar an 21 Feabhra 1984 agus lean mar Ollamh Emeritus.

Bronnadh c茅im BSc (D茅ir铆ocht) ar Thadhg in COC sa bhliain 1942 agus chuaigh s茅 i mbun MSc (D茅ir铆ocht) sa bhliain 1943 faoi sti煤ir an Ollaimh Michael Grimes ina ndearna s茅 obair shaini煤il ar an mBaict茅areola铆ocht. Ar feadh 18 mbliana ina dhiaidh sin d鈥檕ibrigh s茅 le Comhlacht Si煤cra na h脡ireann i nDurlas, Co. Thiobraid 脕rann agus 茅 ina Phr铆omh-Cheimiceoir ann. Anuas air sin, thug s茅 faoi thaighde tionscla铆och ar th谩irgeadh an tsi煤cra agus ar 煤s谩id dramha铆ola.

D鈥檉hill s茅 ar COC sa bhliain 1961 mar Ollamh le D茅ir铆ocht agus le Micribhitheola铆ocht Bia agus mar Cheann na Roinne D茅ir铆ochta agus Micribhitheola铆ochta Bia (Scoil na Micribhitheola铆ochta anois) go dt铆 go ndeachaigh s茅 ar scor sa bhliain 1984. Ba chliste an cur chuige gn贸 a th贸g s茅 leis go COC mar a ndearna s茅 forbairt agus 茅ags煤l煤 Dh谩mh na hEola铆ochta D茅ir铆ochta a chur chun cinn. Bh铆 s茅 i gceannas ar mh贸rchuid forbairt铆 ar feadh fiche bliain ina dhiaidh sin n贸 bh铆 baint aige leo. Ar cheann de na forbairt铆 ba th谩bhachta铆 seo t谩 cl谩r c茅ime BSc sa Mhicribhitheola铆ocht a bhunaigh s茅 ag leibh茅al Ginear谩lta i dtosach agus ag leibh茅al On贸racha ina dhiaidh sin. C茅im cheannr贸da铆och is ea 铆 seo do Scoil na Micribhitheola铆ochta.

Bh铆odh s茅 ag l茅acht贸ireacht i r茅imse na d茅ir铆ochta agus na micribhitheola铆ochta bia le linn a thr茅imse in COC agus rinneadh D茅an de ar Dh谩mh na hEola铆ochta D茅ir铆ochta sa bhliain 1967, post a raibh aige go dt铆 1976. Chruthaigh s茅 cuid mhaith nasc le hollscoileanna i Meirice谩 sna 60铆 agus sna 70铆, rud a bh铆 煤rnua ag an am. Chuir a thiomantas agus a dh煤thracht i leith COC go m贸r le forbairt dhiscipl铆n铆 beomhara na hEola铆ochta Bia, an Chothaithe agus na Micribhitheola铆ochta in COC. Duine sp贸rt煤il ab ea 茅 leis agus 茅 mar ch煤l b谩ire d鈥檉hoireann pheile COC. Bhuaigh s茅 bonn Sigerson sa bhliain 1943.