Cormac O Grada awarded RIA Gold Medal
This post was written by David Madden
Congratulations to Cormac O Grada who has been awarded 2010 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal. This is the premier Irish academic award and in Cormac’s case it is richly deserved.
PS: I released this yesterday but then quickly withdrew it as I thought it was embargoed! But I think its OK to release the news now - just tell one person at a time!
October 28th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Well done Cormac. Hugely well deserved.
October 28th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Congratulations Cormac! Well deserved recognition for your huge national and international influence.
October 28th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Congrats Prof O’Grada. Enjoyed your classes!
Brian P
October 28th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
In Open Access, Professor Ó Gráda is our number one downloaded author, with over 9000 downloads of more than 200 publications. Many available full-text here:
http://irserver.ucd.ie/dspace/items-by-author?author=O%CC%81+Gra%CC%81da%2C+Cormac
October 28th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
My favourite Irish Economic Historian agus nach rí-mhaith a bhí an gradam seo tuillte aige.
October 28th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Fantastic news. Congratulations to Cormac also congratulations to the RIA for making such an excellent choice.
October 28th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Hopefully he’ll be in a good mood correcting our midterms
! Congrats Cormac
October 28th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Tuillte.
October 28th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Molaim, Cormac
October 29th, 2010 at 12:12 am
Comhghairdeachas Cormac. Great news!
October 29th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Cormac
Congratulations it is well deserved.
October 30th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Well done! Contributing to the knowledge of at least three centuries is quite some achievement.
October 31st, 2010 at 9:41 am
I have to say, while O Grada is certainly impressive and recognition is well deserved, wouldn’t it be nice if such elegant and educational writing had a happier subject. Irish history seems to be an almost unbroken narrative of decline and emigration.
Bring on a future O Grada with similarly well written work who talks of “Irish recovery. 2011-2030″, and “The Irish Model - Sustainable Growth and Social Justice”. We might even dream of working papers with titles like “A Study of the impact of overseas Irish Industrial Investment 2020-2050″, with special chapters on the Irish Sovereign Wealth fund, investment in developing countries, and a comparative study on the success rates of Irish vs other OECD investments.
Allow me to congratulate O Grada while hoping that someday one of his students can match his style and erudition, but with happier content.