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Pictured at the University of Limerick Conferring were Templemore Garda Training College Instructors, graduating with a Professional Diploma in Teaching Leadership and Scholarships, Martina Scully, Templemore Co. Tipperary, Martina Kelly, Roscrea Co. Tipperary, Mary Lonergan, Kilkenny and Aoife Dooley, Banagher , Co. Offally. Picture: Alan Place Pictured at the University of Limerick Conferring were Templemore Garda Training College Instructors, graduating with a Professional Diploma in Teaching Leadership and Scholarships, Martina Scully, Templemore Co. Tipperary, Martina Kelly, Roscrea Co. Tipperary, Mary Lonergan, Kilkenny and Aoife Dooley, Banagher , Co. Offally. Picture: Alan Place

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UL celebrates more than 2,000 graduates with the 2026 Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Pictured at the University of Limerick Conferring were Templemore Garda Training College Instructors, graduating with a Professional Diploma in Teaching Leadership and Scholarships, Martina Scully, Templemore Co. Tipperary, Martina Kelly, Roscrea Co. Tipperary, Mary Lonergan, Kilkenny and Aoife Dooley, Banagher , Co. Offally. Picture: Alan Place

More than 2,038 students will be celebrated at the 2026 UL Winter Conferring Ceremonies taking place this week

More than 2,038 students will be celebrated at the 2026 UL Winter Conferring Ceremonies taking place this week
Pictured at the University of Limerick Conferring were Marketing Consumption and Society graduates, Joanna Dimowska, Leticia Stefano Pires, Eimear Ryan, Vanessa Maha and Yong Xu Liu. Picture: Alan Place

University of Limerick is celebrating the achievements of more than 2,000 students this week as they welcome the graduands for the 2026 Winter Conferring Ceremonies.

A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week, which will include some notable figures in what is a celebration for students as well as their families as the cohort of graduates will now join the university’s alumni of more than 140,000.

Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days.


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Included in the 2026 Winter Conferring Ceremonies is the newly conferred Dr Mamobo Ogoro. Driven by her curiosity, her research at UL and her own personal experiences, Mamobo is the founder and CEO of GORM, who is on a mission ‘to unify the world across differences’.

University of Limerick Acting President Professor Shane Kilcommins welcomed the
newly minted graduates into the global community of more than 140,000 UL alumni,
urging them to look upon their degrees as “more than a qualification”.

“It is a responsibility, to yourselves, to your communities, and to the world you will help shape. Carry forward the values that brought you here: curiosity, integrity, courage, and ambition. Use them well. Shape the future with them. Improve lives with them,” said Professor Kilcommins.


Pictured at the University of Limerick Conferring was MSc in Marketing Consumption and Society graduate, Lan O’Connor, O’Briens Bridge, Co. Clare. Picture: Alan Place

REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured Denis Hogan, Adare Co Limerick, with his wife Siofra, Projevct Management Graduate. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured Muskan Thakur from India, Masters in Project Management. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Victoria Kowalczyk, Rathangan Co Kildare with her son Ayrton (14 months) Certificate in Supply Chain Management. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured L-R Rihanna Byrnes, Birdhill Co Tipperary and Sheila McGiff, Corbally Limerick, Masters of Science in Marketing. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured L-R Arun Veere, Manoj Kannkan Venkatsan, Jaynadh Indrikumar, Vinay Kumar, Vivek Mohan from India with Patrick Naughton, Raheen Limerick, Project Managements Graduates at UL today. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Rashi Trisholiya taking a selfie with her Project Management Garduate friends Adraty, Muskan, Rohun and Siddhantrand. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Thats my Dad!! Pictured is James Keogh from Carlow with his daughters Lucy (7) and Ellen (9), Teaching Learning and Scholarship Graduate. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured are Teaching , Learning and Schoiarship graduates Anita Esmonde and Claire Tierney, Garda College Templemore. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Hellen Gyamfi, Ennis Co Clare, MSc Human Resource Management. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Supply Chain Management graduate Luis Barbosa, Brazil, with his daughters Zoe (3), Zahra (2) and Zaya ( 4 weeks), . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured are PhD Graduates Tram Nguyen, Vietnam, Marketing and Management and Wijdam Nahari, Saudi Arabia, Employment Studies. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Madhusudhan Navilappa, MSc Project Management , with his mum Shatnhala visiting from India for the occasion. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured are husband and wife Madhusudhan Navilappa, MSc Project Management and Chidananda Praneetha, MSc Financial Services. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured are Business Graduates Hollie Prendergast, Keel Co Kerry and Alannah Meaney, Ennis Co Clare . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured are Graduates Brian McDermott, Clonsilla Dublin, Intelligence Managementand Steven Mullen, Rathfarnham Dublin, Serious Crime Investigation. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Kahina Guendez from Algeria, PhD in Modern Language and Applied Linguistics. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Kahina Guendez from Algeria, PhD in Modern Language and Applied Linguistics. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Soumia Chirouf (right) PhD in Linguistics with her friend Rayiane Filali both from Algeria. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Niri from China a graduate from The irish World Academy in UL with an MA in Songwriting. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Lexis Moran, Philadelphia USA, who graduated in Teaching English to Speakers of another Language . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Dr Maire McGeehan, Hewadford Co Galway with a PhD in Psychology. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured are Advanced Healthcare Practise Graduates L-R Gloria Lainez, Honduras, Telvin Babu and Shephy Tom, India . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Advanced Healthcare Practise GraduateL Gloria Lainez, Honduras. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured are father and daughter graduates Aislinn ( Nursing)and PJ Delaney ( Creative Writing), Roscrea Co Tipperary, . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Sinchana Sridhara, India, MA in English . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Guidance Counselling and Lifespan Development graduate Rebecca Mackey with her 3 month old son Seb from Kinsale Co Cork . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured are Lean Breathnach, Conamara Co Galway and Jessica Ward, Meelick Co Clare, MA's in Guidance Counselling and Lifespan Development . Pic Arthur Ellis
Repro Free Pictured at University of Limerick’s Winter Conferring ceremonies was Limerick Ladies Senior Gaelic Football Team coach, Shane Kelly with his twin daughters Grace (left) and Pia. Shane, from Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, graduated with an MSc in Mental Skills and Mental Health in Sports and Exercise and joins over 2,000 students graduating this week. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is MA in Guidance Counselling and Lifespan Development graduate Rebecca Mackey with her husband Fergal and 3 month old son Seb from Kinsale Co Cork . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE Pictured at University of Limerick’s Winter Conferring ceremonies was Limerick Ladies Senior Gaelic Football Team coach, Shane Kelly. Shane, from Newcastlewest, Co Limerick, graduated with an MSc in Mental Skills and Mental Health in Sports and Exercise and joins over 2,000 students graduating this week. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Comdt Derek Farrell, Knocknacarra Gaway and Capt Tomas Bell, Annacotty Limerick , Msc Sports Performance Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Comdt Derek Farrell, Knocknacarra Gaway with his daughters Leah 96 months) and Ava (2 years) , Msc Sports Performance Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Queen Alita Peter Giseh, Msc Public Health, with her sister Laura Morgan, Nigeria . Pic Arthur Ellis
210126 REPRO FREE Pictured at University of Limerick’s Winter Conferring ceremonies were Léan Breathnach, Caherdavin, Limerick, with her Dad broadcaster Seán Bán Breathnach. Léan, a teacher in Coláiste Mhicíl, Sexton Street, Limerick, graduated with an MA in Guidance Counselling and Lifespan Development and joins over 2,000 students being conferred from UL this week. Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Farrah O'Connell, Toronto Canada, who graduated in Sports Psychology . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured is Dr Inez Wilson Heenan, Terryglass Tipperary, who received a PhD in Transformational Leadership in Education . Pic Arthur Ellis
REPRO FREE A total of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, will graduate from University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and Health Sciences, along with a cohort of more than 50 Garda College graduates will be conferred across three days. Pictured L-R Efosa Uduebor, Queen Alita Peter Giseh, Msc Public Health, Laura Morgan and Numvuyo Lukhele . Pic Arthur Ellis

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