LIMERICK IN PHOTOS: Hats off at UL winter graduations

Name: LIMERICK IN PHOTOS: Hats off at UL winter graduations
Uploaded: 2026-01-23T21:00:10+00:00
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Description: GOWNS were donned and hats were thrown at the University of Limerick across this week as the university’s winter graduation ceremonies were held.

Staff Reporter

January 23, 2026

UL Conferring Traveller Network 004 — Dr Sindy Joyce, course director of the MA in Sociology; Olive O'Reilly, co-founder of the Limerick Traveller Network; Noreen Casey, Bridie Casey, Ellen O'Reilly, Kathleen O'Reilly, Kathleen Casey, Crystal O'Reilly, Ellen Casey, Amanda McCarthy, Linda Kileen and Professor Eoin Devereux, Department of Sociology at UL at UL's 2026 winter conferring ceremony. Photo: Alan Place

GOWNS were donned and hats were thrown at the University of Limerick across this week as the university’s winter graduation ceremonies were held.

Throughout the week, UL’s winter conferring ceremonies will see 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs and 50 Garda college graduates, graduate from across a range of disciplines including science and engineering, education and health sciences, arts and humanities, and social sciences.

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