We are very happy to announce the winners of the Inaugural Undergraduate Awards of Ireland

2009 Undergraduate Awards of Ireland Gold Medal Winners

Humanities – Gold Medal Winners

Ciara Barrett from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Drama, Film and Music for essay “Bigas Luna’s ‘Retratos Ibericos’ and the general performance of self”

Emily Bourke from University of Limerick in Language, Literature and Cultural Studies for essay “‘A Hundred Indecisions’: Paralysis in Katherine Mansfield’s ‘The Daughters of the Late Colonel’”

Anne Byrne from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Business for essay “Different Cultures, Same Culture? International HRS in Whole Foods Market Inc.”

Mark Canavan from University College Dublin in Politics for essay “Party mobilisation and voter turnout decline in Sweden”

Grainne Conroy from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Business for essay “Different Cultures, Same Culture? International HRS in Whole Foods Market Inc.”

M. Lorraine Chawick from University College Cork in Economics (joint winner) for essay “Should we allow a Market for Kidneys? An Economist’s Consideration”

Michael Curran from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Economics (joint winner) for essay “An economic investigation into whether the term spread helps to explain the dynamics of GDP growth in the euro area”

Erika Dowling from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Linguistics for essay “Adolescent preferences and priorities for the design of current augmentative and alternative communication devices”

Peter Dunne from University College Dublin in Law for essay “Irish nervous shock law is flexible but underdeveloped in comparison with the stricter doctrine adopted by the courts in other common law jurisdictions”

Melanie Hayes from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Classics for essay “Gender in Olympus: Goddesses in the Iliad. ‘The Son he never had’: Zeus’ parthenogenetic creation of a surrogate son?”

Megan Huxhold from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Business for essay “Different Cultures, Same Culture? International HRS in Whole Foods Market Inc.”

Michael Mc Inerney from Trinity College, University of Dublin in English for essay “Tragedy in triumph: the Lost Paradises of Hal the Hypocrite”

Thomas Morris from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Philosophy for essay “Consequentialists can never be good friends”

Benjamin Larkin from NUI Maynooth in Anthropology for essay “Formal interactional structures versus the maintenance of coherence”

Philomena Ní Fhlatharta from NUI Galway in Irish (joint winner) for essay “Cillíní Páistí: briseadh croí faoi rún”

Yvonne O’Reilly from University College Dublin in Sociology for essay “The ‘modern concept of childhood’, far removed from the everyday lives of children in the South and may lead to inappropriate programmes of action”

Russell Ó Ríagáin from NUI Galway in Archaeology for essay “The rectilinear houses of the Irish early  neolithic: the introduction of new identities, ideologies and economies”

Kayla Reed form NUI Galway in Irish (joint winner) or essay “Innéacs de bhailiúchán amhrán a rinne Cosslett Ó Cuinn i nGabhla, i dToraigh agus in Árainn Mhór”

Drew Reid from University College Cork in Geography for essay “Geographers and the reinterpretation of space in the 21st century”

Abigail Rowe from University College Cork in History and Humanities for essay “Kingsley’s Natural Selection: The Significance of Darwin in His Works”

Dairine Taaffe from University College Cork in Education for essay “In Ireland, recent legislation and policy in health, education and social services have changed the nature and practice of early childhood education care and services”

Eimhin Walsh from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Religion, Theology and Ecumenics for essay “Doceism and 1 John”

Sciences – Gold Medal Winners

Julie Clarke from University College Dublin in Engineering for essay “An integrated condition assessment and empirical approach to predict risk levels due to subsurface construction”

Eva Darulová from University College Dublin in Computer Science for essay “Beetzl – BON Software Model Consistency checker for eclipse”

Fred English from University College Cork in Medicine and Health Science (joint winner) for essay “How Do We Run On Bumpy Ground?”

Darren Fitzpatrick from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Genetics and Microbiology for essay “The evolution of the adaptive immune system”

Claire Fitzsimons from University College Dublin in Agriculture for essay “Nutritional factors affecting the fertility of dairy cows”

Laura-Anne Furlong from University of Limerick in Physiotherapy and Sport Sciences for essay “Evolution of the measurement of body segment inertial parameters since the 1970s”

Geraldine Galand from NUI Galway in Nursing and Midwifery (joint winner) for essay “Define nursing and discuss what you consider to be the key components of nursing care”

Laura Hanningan from University College Dublin in Engineering for essay “An integrated condition assessment and empirical approach to predict risk levels due to subsurface construction”

Maria Jarosinski from University College Dublin in Nursing and Midwifery (joint winner) for essay “Men’s health promotion strategies and erectile dysfunction”

James Leahy from University of Limerick in Mathematics for essay “Connection games”

Brian Mac Grory from University College Dublin in Medicine and Health Sciences (joint winner) for essay “Inflammation of the upper airway in obstructive sleep apnoea”

Caroline Maritin from NUI Galway in Earth Sciences for essay “Early human settlement in the British Isles as a function of retreat and advance of Northen Hemisphere glaciations: Comparisons with other mammal fauns”

Raymond Mc Quaid from Queen’s University Belfast in Physics for essay “Domain dynamics and switching behaviour in ferroelectric mesowires”

Cliodhna O’Connor from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Psychology for essay “The direction of influence between language and thought”

Linda O’Connor from NUI Galway in Chemistry (joint winner) for essay “Catalytic Methods for the Destruction of Chemical Warfare Agents under Ambient Conditions”

Roisin O’Flaherty from NUI Maynooth in Chemistry (joint winner) for essay “Sea Sponges Cure Cancer? – The synthesis of novel glycolipid analogues of α-Galactosyl Ceramide”

Lynne O’Shea from University College Dublin in Pharmacy for essay “Analysis of the p53 tumour suppressor protein activation in Xenopus embryos”

Niamh Parkinson from University College Dublin in Biochemistry for essay “Investigating the structural characteristics of transient protein-protein interaction”

Emer Walshe from Trinity College, University of Dublin in Dental Science for essay “Discuss the aetiology and management of gingival hyperplasia in organ transplant patients”