Art Cosgrove
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Art Cosgrove, (born 1 June 1940) in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, was president of University College Dublin (UCD) between 1994 and 2003.
Education
[edit]He was educated at the Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Newry.[1] He graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 1961 with a first class honours BA in History,[1] and attended the Institute of Historical Research, in London from 1961 to 1962.[1] He was awarded a PhD by Queen's in 1971 and an LLD honoris causa in 1975 for distinction in historical work.[1] In 2007 Cosgrove obtained the Barrister-at-Law degree qualification from King's Inns but declined to take the statutory Irish exams needed to be called to the Bar by the Chief Justice of Ireland.[2] He took legal action over the issue.[3] Cosgrove was understood to be fluent in Irish but considered that the exam required by legislation passed in 1929 to be inappropriate in 2007.[2] The Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008 was enacted following his action, which provided for a system for barristers and solicitors to learn Irish as part of their studies.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Dr Art Cosgrove" (PDF). University College Dublin. 2005.
- ^ a b Shortall, Eithne (9 September 2007). "Barrister set to challenge Gaeilge rule". Sunday Times (Ireland edition). p. 8. Retrieved 6 December 2021 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
- ^ "Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Second Stage. – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 13 December 2007.
- ^ Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008 (No. 12 of 2008). Enacted on 9 July 2008. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
