Subseries 4 - St. Michael’s College—Robert O’Driscoll

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In September 1986, Father James McConica, President of St. Michael’s College, asked me to chair a review committee into the dismissal of Professor Robert O’Driscoll as head of the Celtic Studies Programme (file 1). Professor O’Driscoll had grieved against a decision by the principal of St. Michael’s, Bill Dunphy, to dismiss him as head of the programme. The other members of the committee, both from St. Michael’s, were Professor James Morrison of philosophy and Professor Thomas Parsons of zoology. Material was submitted to the committee by Father McConica, Professor Dunphy, and Professor O’Driscoll (files 5-12). We held hearing over three days in late September 1986 and rendered our decision on October 10, 1986 (files 2-4). We upheld the dismissal. In 1995 Professor O’Driscoll retired from the University for health reasons and died in 1996 (file 1).