Title: Mary Kate O'Kelly Scholarship (Irish)
Award Type: Scholarship
Programme Description:
Long Description: Bunaíodh an scoláireacht seo, ‘Scoláireacht Mary Kate O’Kelly’, faoi mar a shonraigh Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh, nach maireann. Cuirfear ar fáil í i réimse na Gaeilge nó na Fraincise nuair is acmhainn don chiste. Tá sé d’aidhm aici tacú le sárchéimithe de chuid UCD agus iad ag tabhairt faoin staidéar iarchéime san Ollscoil.
Scoláireachtna Gaeilge: Glacfar le hiarratais ó shárchéimithe de chuid na hOllscoile
(i) a bhfuil Céad Onóracha bainte amach acu sa Nua-Ghaeilge (Príomhábhar nó Céim Dhá- Phríomhábhar), nó a chomhionann, agus a bhfuil Dara Onóracha Grád 1 sa chéim ina hiomláine acu, agus é ar intinn acu tabhairt faoi MA nó MLitt sa Nua-Ghaeilge, nó
(ii) a bhfuil Céad Onóracha bainte amach acu san MA nó san MLitt sa Nua-Ghaeilge, agus é ar intinn acu tabhair tfaoin PhD.
Ag brath ar acmhainn an chiste, d’fhéadfaí scoláireacht bliana a bhronnadh ar mhacléinn MA, agus suas le dhá bhliain ar mhacléinn MLitt nó PhD. Ba chóir d’iarrthóirí iarratas a chur faoi bhráid Cheann na Nua-Ghaeilge, Scoil na Gaeilge, an Léinn Cheiltigh agus an Bhéaloidis faoin 30 Meitheamh, ach an scoláireacht a bheith ar fáil.
This scholarship, to be known as 'The Mary Kate O'Kelly Scholarship' and established in accordance with the wishes of the late Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh, is available, when funds permit, in the subjects Irish or French and is intended to enable outstanding graduates of University College Dublin to pursue postgraduate studies in the University.
Scholarship in Irish: To qualify for the award, the candidate must be an outstanding graduate of the University who has either
(i) obtained First Class Honours in Modern Irish (Major or Joint Major) at BA level or its equivalent, with at least Second Class Honours, Grade 1, in their overall Degree, and intends to proceed to the Degree of MA or MLitt in Modern Irish;or
(ii) obtained First Class Honours in the MA or MLitt in Modern Irish, and intends to the proceed to the Degree of PhD in Modern Irish.
Subject to the state of the fund, a scholarship for a period of one year may be awarded for the MA Degree, and up to two years for the MLitt or PhD Degrees. Candidates wishing to apply for the scholarship should make application to: The Head of Modern Irish, School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, before 30 June in a year when the scholarship is on offer.
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