The Auditor of the Literary and Historical Society at University College Dublin, Ireland is a position elected by the members of the society. In this setting, the term auditor has no connection with accounting but means "a position corresponding to that of President of the Union at Oxford or Cambridge" (Oxford English Dictionary). Some former auditors of the society have gone on to careers of high distinction in law, politics, medicine, academia, journalism, and other endeavours. Quote: "In UCD there is a great tradition of student debate with societies like the Literary & Historical Society, which has been in existence for over 140 years. A quick glance at the list of auditors of the L&H, or indeed of many other societies that are on display in the Arts/Commerce Building, will indicate that very many of these auditors were able to combine their academic study and participation in College societies. Some of those listed are readily identifiable as people who later made their names in many aspects of public and business life of this country. "
Auditors of the Literary and Historical Society This is a list of the auditors from when the society was founded by John Henry Newman in 1855 to the present:List of auditors from UCD. Retrieved: 3 September 2010.
1856–1857 Henry S. Bethell 1857–1858 Augustus P. Bethell 1858–1859 Hugh Hyacinth MacDermot 1859–1860 Richard Fennelly 1861–1862 Philip Farrelly 1862–1863 John Kean 1863–1864 John Butler 1864–1865 Morgan B. Kavanagh 1865–1866 Robert Wogan MacDonnell 1866–1867 Patrick J. O'Connor 1867–1868 Charles Dawson 1868–1869 N. J. Gossan 1869–1870 William Dillon 1870–1871 George Fottrell 1871–1872 Michael Charles Aughney 1872–1873 Michael Francis Cox 1873–1874 Michael O'Meara 1874–1875 John Dillon 1875–1876 Gerald Griffin 1876–1877 John Francis O'Carroll 1877–1878 Michael Duff 1878–1879 Ignatius O'Brien 1880–1881 J. D. McFeeley 1882–1883 Joseph McGrath 1883–1884 Thomas A Finlay, S. J. 1884–1885 Robert Donovan 1885–1886 Edmund Young 1886–1887 Joseph J. Farrell 1887–1888 Patrick Lennox 1888–1889 William Magennis 1889–1890 John F. W. Howley 1890–1891 Luke Nolan 1897–1898 Charles Griffin / Francis Skeffington 1898–1899 Thomas M. Kettle 1899–1900 Arthur E. Clery 1900-1901 Hugh Kennedy 1901-1902 Robert Kinahan 1902-1903 William Dawson 1903-1904 John P. Doyle 1904-1905 Richard Sheehy 1905-1906 Thomas F. Bacon 1906–1907 Francis Cruise O'Brien 1907–1908 Maurice Healy 1908–1909 Thomas Bodkin 1909–1910 Michael McGilligan 1910–1911 Michael Davitt 1911–1912 John A. Ronayne / Patrick McGilligan 1912–1913 Arthur Cox 1913–1914 Michael J. Ryan 1914–1915 James R. MacDonnell 1915–1916 James G. O'Connor 1916–1917 Joseph Mooney 1917–1918 H. Garrett McGrath 1918–1919 Thomas F. Aird 1919–1920 Daniel Binchy 1920–1921 John Farrell 1921–1922 James Skehan 1922–1923 David H. Travers 1923–1924 John Charles Flood 1924–1925 Bernard J. M. MacKenna 1925–1926 Anthony J. Malone / Richard K. Boylan 1926–1927 Patrick Byrne 1927–1928 John J. Nash 1928–1929 Thomas A. O'Rourke 1929–1930 William Binchy / Thomas A. O'Rourke / Robert Dudley Edwards 1930–1931 John Kent 1931–1932 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 1932–1933 James Meenan 1933–1934 Vivion de Valera 1934–1935 R. N. Cooke 1935–1936 Desmond Bell 1936–1937 Vincent Grogan 1937–1938 Richard Walsh 1938–1939 Thomas F. O'Higgins 1939–1940 Tomas P. Ó Siaghail 1940–1941 Patrick N. Meenan 1941–1942 Frank Roe 1942–1943 Francis Meenan 1943–1944 Richard Cremins / Peter Hogbin 1944–1945 Walter Treanor 1945–1946 Eamonn Walsh 1946–1947 Frank Martin 1947–1948 Kevin Burke 1948–1949 Patrick J. O'Kelly 1949–1950 Patrick J. Connolly 1950–1951 Richard Ryan 1951–1952 Dermot Ryan 1952–1953 Diarmuid Ó Sioradain 1953–1954 Gerard Sheehy 1954–1955 Micheal Ó Riain 1955–1956 Henry Kennedy 1956–1957 Desmond P. H. Windle 1957–1958 Myles McSwiney 1958–1959 Owen Dudley Edwards 1959–1960 Brian McSwiney 1960–1961 Dermot Bouchier Hayes 1961–1962 Desmond J. Green 1962–1963 Louis B. Courtney 1963–1964 Anthony W. Clare 1964–1965 Patrick Cosgrave 1965–1966 Henry Crawley 1966–1967 Anthony D. Glavin / J Harold Owens 1967–1968 Henry Kelly 1968–1969 Dermot Gleeson 1969–1970 Gerald Barry 1970–1971 Mary E. Finlay 1971–1972 Declan O'Donovan 1972–1973 Adrian Hardiman 1973–1974 Kevin Cross 1974–1975 J. Gerard Danaher 1975–1976 Michael Moloney 1976–1977 Paul O'Higgins 1977–1978 Frank Callanan 1978–1979 Maev-Ann Wren 1979–1980 Gerard Stembridge 1980–1981 Charles Meenan 1981–1982 Laurence Ward 1982–1983 Cormac Lucey 1983–1984 Shane Murphy 1984–1985 Dermot Meagher / Isobel Murray 1985–1986 Eamon Delaney 1986–1987 Richard Humphreys 1987–1988 Denise McDonald 1988–1989 Oliver O'Brien 1989–1990 Jason A. Devitt 1990–1991 Pat O'Keeffe 1991–1992 Sinéad E. Canning 1992–1993 Marcus Dowling 1993–1994 Tabitha Wood 1994–1995 Padraig Francis; Dara Ó Briain 1995–1996 Ian Walsh 1996–1997 Alastair McMenamin 1997–1998 Tom Wright 1998–1999 Barry Ward 1999–2000 Patrick E. Smyth 2000–2001 J. Paul Brady 2001–2002 Brian Flanagan 2002–2003 Jarlath Regan 2003–2004 Ciaran Lawlor 2004–2005 Frank Kennedy 2005–2006 Louisa Ní Eadeáin 2006–2007 Ross McGuire; David O'Connor [Vice-Auditor] 2007–2008 Michael MacGrath 2008–2009 Ian Hastings 2009–2010 Conor McAndrew 2010–2011 Niall Fahy 2011–2012 Christine Simpson 2012–2013 Daisy Onubogu 2013–2014 Alex Owens 2014–2015 Eoin MacLachlan 2015–2016 Conor Rock 2016–2017 Donal Naylor 2017–2018 Aisling Tully 2018–2019 Ella McLoughlin 2019–2020 Anthony Tracey 2020–2021 Samuel Ajetunmobi 2021–2022 Rob Fitzpatrick 2022–2023 Adrianne Ward 2023–2024 Ayman Memon 2024–2025 Stéphane de Bairéid 2025–2026 Noah Mullen Clarke 2026–2027 Katie O'Sullivan
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