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01 Apr 2026

Kilkenny student among new graduates at Spring Graduation Ceremony in Dublin City University

Almost 1,300 graduates crossed the stage and received their parchments

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Pictured above are Maria Leonard, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath, Aoife Hynes, Johnstown, Co Kilkenny with Orla Byrne, Rathoath Meathand Alannah Mc Guinness, Killoe, Co Longford

Kilkenny students were among those to graduate at a number of ceremonies in Dublin City University (DCU) last week.

Three ceremonies took place in the Mahony Hall in The Helix on Friday, March 27, featuring students from the university’s five faculties; the DCU Business School, the Institute of Education, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science & Health, and the Faculty of Engineering & Computing.

This year saw the first graduates from the MA in Documentary Practice cross the stage. Speaking at the graduation ceremonies Prof Dáire Keogh, President of Dublin City University, said: “Today is a special day, a day when we get to celebrate the very purpose of our University: the education and graduation of our students.
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“We wish each of our graduates every success in the years to come as they make their contribution to the DCU mission ‘to transform lives and societies’.”

Pictured above are Maria Leonard, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath, Aoife Hynes, Johnstown, Co Kilkenny with Orla Byrne, Rathoath Meath, and Alannah McGuinness, Killoe, Co Longford after they received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (General) during the Spring Graduation Ceremony in Dublin City University (DCU). Picture: Kyran O’Brien DCU Comms Dept

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