The UCC Philosophical Society, Commonly known as the Philosoph, is the largest debating society at University College Cork, Ireland. The Philosoph was founded in 1850, making it the oldest society at UCC. The Society carries out a number of functions, including weekly debates with high profile guest speakers, participating in debating competitions, running workshops for the students of UCC to develop their public speaking skills and running debating competitions and workshops for schoolchildren (including the Denny Schools Debating Competition). In the 1960s Seán MacBride SC and Nobel Peace Prize winner called the Philosoph "the centre of independent thought in Ireland" when discussing the state of the nation. It has been a feature of scholarly life in Cork for generations.
In 1986 Siobhán Lankford and Brian Hassett won the World University Debating Championship at Fordham University.
Read more about UCC Philosophical Society: Weekly House Meetings, Guests, Famous Members, Competitive Events, Committee of The 163rd Session
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