Art Cosgrove, (born 1 June 1940) in

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, Northern Ireland, was president of

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(UCD) between 1994 and 2003.

Education

He was educated at the

Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School (Irish: ''Scoil na Mainistreach, Iúr Cinn Trá'' ) is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. History The school was established in 1851 by memb ...

.https://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/ucd_presidents_6_cosgrove_2005.pdf He graduated from

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in 1961 with a first class honours BA in History, and attended the

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, in

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from 1961 to 1962. He was awarded his

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by Queen's in 1971 and an

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in 1975 for distinction in historical work. In 2007 Cosgrove obtained the Barrister-at-Law degree qualification from

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but declined to take the statutory Irish exams needed to be called to the Bar by the

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. He took legal action over the issue. Cosgrove is understood to be fluent in Irish but feels that the exam required by legislation passed in 1929 to be inappropriate in 2007. The law was changed to provide a system for Barristers to learn Irish as part of their studies.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cosgrove, Art 1940 births People from Newry Presidents of University College Dublin Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Living people People educated at Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School Alumni of King's Inns