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8 videos • 92 views • by UCD - University College Dublin Irish music artists awarded honorary degrees for outstanding contribution to arts and culture ome of Irish music’s most celebrated talent have been awarded honorary doctorates by University College Dublin in recognition of their outstanding contribution to arts and culture. For their commitment to Irish music and culture, and for playing a central role in helping to revive Irish folk music, Mary Bergin, Mary Black, Finbar Furey, Paddy Glackin, Andy Irvine, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill and Mary O’Hara each were honoured by UCD for their achievements. The awards were conferred by then UCD Registrar and Deputy President, Professor Mark Rogers. Following the ceremony, the artists hosted an evening’s performance, introduced by Associate Professor PJ Mathews, Director of Creative Futures Academy, for an invited audience of 700, and were joined by special guest Donal Lunny and by a talented ‘house band’ of UCD students and alumni.