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University of Galway President Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh has paid tribute to acclaimed Irish writer Edna O'Brien, who was given her first honorary doctorate by the University.
For Professor Ó hÓgartaigh, the awarding of her doctorate in 1991 was long overdue recognition for a writer of such exceptional talent.&nbsp;&nbsp;
He expressed his condolences to her family and extended network of friends.
“On behalf of University of Galway and the university community, I extend sincere condolences to the family and friends of Edna O’Brien.
“Edna was an exceptional novelist, short story writer, memoirist, poet and playwright whose work has enriched the lives of many generations.
“We were extremely fortunate to welcome Edna to campus in 1991 to confer her with an Honorary Doctor of Literature in recognition of her contribution to Irish society and literature. This was the first honorary degree conferred on Edna O'Brien by any University, and it was generally seen as overdue recognition of a writer whose controversial early novels in the 1960s, rooted in the religion-dominated Irish rural society of her girlhood, had been banned in Ireland.
“Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.”
Photo – Edna O’Brien with Professor Hubert McDermott following her conferral of an Honorary Doctor of Literature by University of Galway in 1991.

University of Galway President Pays Tribute to Edna O’Brien

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