Honours and Tributes
He was conferred with an honorary Doctorate in Economic Science by the National University of Ireland in 1955, and was invested as a Knight Commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1959.
On his death, he was acknowledged by Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, as having served his country “with great distinction and integrity, employing the finest qualities in the public service”. He was also described as a “most independent civil servant, respected by politicians and civil servants alike”, by Professor Patrick Lynch, prominent economist and former Assistant Secretary of the Government. Joe Lee, Professor of History in Cork, described him as one of the greatest public servants who ever served the State, and “a man in whom the institutions of the State found an absolutely trustworthy protector”. He was “imbued with a profound sense of loyalty and commitment to public service”. Echoing Professor Lee, he was considered in the view of the Irish Times "one of the greatest civil servants in the State" (Republic of Ireland).
Read more about this topic: Maurice Moynihan
Famous quotes containing the words honours and/or tributes:
“Come hither, all ye empty things,
Ye bubbles rais’d by breath of Kings;
Who float upon the tide of state,
Come hither, and behold your fate.
Let pride be taught by this rebuke,
How very mean a thing’s a Duke;
From all his ill-got honours flung,
Turn’d to that dirt from whence he sprung.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
“The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)