CONGRATS! Student from Tipperary receives two awards at graduation from MIC

A student from Tipperary has received two extra awards as well as a first class honours degree from MIC.

Tipperary's own Dean Keating, who is from Goatenbridge, received two special awards in Gaeilge from Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, during his graduation last Thursday October 23.

Upon receiving his First class honours in his Bachelors of Arts Degree, he was further presented with two extra awards, Bonn Uí Bhroiméil and the second award being a certificate showing that he received the highest results in Irish also.

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The Bonn Uí Bhroiméil award is presented to the graduate with the highest result in Part II of the Bachelor of Arts programme and who completes the Undergraduate Dissertation in Roinn na Gaeilge. Bonn Uí Bhroiméil is a medal awarded in memory of the late Seán Antóin Ó Bhroiméil, the first Registrar of the College.

Deans family are extremely proud of the young man's achievement. "Dean is also a great friend of Devlin Grogan Ryan of whom received three awards on the day, both of them are very proud and we are all so proud of them.

"Dean's love for our native language is unyielding and his passion for it has brought him this success and results. He is keeping Gaeilge strong and afoot in Tiobraid Árann. Tiobraid Árann Abú," they said. 

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