Free next Wednesday?
Dr Joe Byrne, of the School of Chemistry at NUI Galway, writes:
I’m co-organising an event on October 2 that might interest your Galwegian readers.
We’re celebrating 100 years since republican-revolutionary-turned-chemistry-professor Tom Dillon (top) joined the staff at NUI Galway (or UCG, as was) with an evening of science, history and dance…
He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and acted as Chemical Advisor in the 1916 Rising….
Professor Dillon, was appointed Professor of Chemistry in 1919. A century later, and the scientific topics he started exploring, such as the study of carbohydrates and sugars, as well as research into Ireland’s seaweeds, are still relevant…