Michael Cowhig had submitted thesis to UCC shortly before tragedy in which 61 died
A victim of the Tuskar Rock air crash, who was killed before completing his masters qualification, has been awarded a posthumous degree in University College Cork more than half a century after the tragedy.
Mr Cowhig and his colleagues, John Nyhan and Thomas Dwane, worked at the Agricultural Research Institute at Moorepark, Fermoy – now Teagasc – and were to share their research into milking machine practice at the conference.Mitchell Scholars programme ‘faces closure unless reliable funding can be secured’
The process of awarding the masters ended following his death, until his family recently approached UCC to ask that his work be reviewed for consideration. “The work was of a very high scientific standard, and presents an important historical record of technologies which were only newly being put in place on Irish farms,” Prof Kelly said. “If a thesis of this standard was submitted today we would have no hesitation in making the award.”
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