This year, the Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society will sponsor an award for local history in the Mount Sion Project Awards.
The award will be named in honour of Pro. Seamus Pender, a former student of Cnoc Sion who was made the first chair of Irish History at University College Cork in 1955.
The Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society would like to thank Mr. Michael Walsh, Principal of Mount Sion Primary School and Dr Declan Pender (son of the late Professor) for allowing us to name the plaque in honour of Prof. Pender.
A great deal of gratitude goes to Margaret Lantry and Ann Egan of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, which Prof. Pender was also President of, for their help and correspondence.
The winner of the award will be announced tomorrow evening (Wednesday 26th April) in the Mount Sion Hall at the Project Awards ceremony.
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