Niall Elected as New Aosdána Member

NIALL ELECTED AS NEW AOSDÁNA MEMBER

APRIL 2019

Niall has been elected as one of six new members of Aosdána.

Founded in 1981, Aosdána was established by the Arts Council to honour artists for their contributions to Irish society and to support them in their artistic endeavours. Membership is capped at 250 living artists from a range of creative disciplines. All members are elected by their peers.

Visual artist Aideen Barry; film and video artist Clare Langan; Man Booker prize winner Anna Burns; writer Doireann Ní Gríofa; and painter and printmaker Margaret Irwin West were also elected.

ST CROSS TOPPING OUT

JANUARY 2016

On the 15^th of January to celebrate the West Quad building reaching its highest point, the College held a ‘topping out’ ceremony. The new Vice Chancellor of Oxford University, Professor Richardson marked the occasion by filling cement on the building’s rooftop. Professor Richardson, remarked on the use of ‘creativity in such a constrained space and sensitivity to the surroundings’.