Kirkpatrick History of Medicine Award 2025

Join us for the final of the Kirkpatrick History of Medicine Award 2025, which encourages and promotes the study of the history of medicine in Ireland.

At this event, shortlisted applicants will give a 20-minute presentation to the judges and audience members. Presentations can be delivered in-person or online. The judging panel will decide the winner of the award who will receive €500. The winner will also be asked to submit a guest blog post on their research for publication on the RCPI Heritage Centre blog.
 

We are happy to announce the shortlisted applicants are as follows:

Kevin Finnan, Identifying the doctors who treated volunteers during the War of Independence, (In person)
Gráinne Gormley, 'Must reside within the centre of the district': The experiences of a dispensary doctor seeking to build a career in County Donegal, 1911-1929, (In person)
Caitlín Smith, "Cut off in the prime of their usefulness and activity": maternal mortality rates in Belfast during the first half of the twentieth century, (Online)
Niall Whelehan, "A Death Stricken City": Excess Mortality, Urban Poverty, and the Impact of the Irish Land War (1877-1882) on Dublin, (Online)

You can register for this hybrid event by clicking here