Art Cosgrove
Irish academic administrator
About Art Cosgrove
Born 1940. Art Cosgrove is an Irish.
Art Cosgrove (born 1 June 1940) in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, was president of University College Dublin (UCD) between 1994 and 2003.
Education He was educated at the Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Newry. He graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 1961 with a first class honours BA in History, Cosgrove was understood to be fluent in Irish but considered that the exam required by legislation passed in 1929 to be inappropriate in 2007. The Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008 was enacted following his action, which provided for a system for barristers and solicitors to learn Irish as part of their studies.
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Irish academic administrator
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Art Cosgrove was born on 1 June 1940.
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