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22/03/2004
NI entertainers to get top Queen's awards
Two of Northern Ireland's most famous entertainment exports are to be honoured at this year's Queen's University awards.
TV celebrity Patrick Kielty and Hollywood actor, Stephen Rea will be joined by 13 other notables at the event which takes place at the University's Whitla Hall this summer.
Patrick Kielty, who will become a Doctor of the University in the summer graduations, co-opened the Comedy Club at the Empire in Belfast while studying at Queen's, and had his first television break on BBC Northern Ireland hosting his own live show. He soon progressed to national television, winning true celebrity status as presenter of `Fame Academy' and has just signed a deal to present a quiz show in the US.
Other notables to attend this summer's graduations include: Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin; telecommunications pioneer Professor John Midwinter; philosopher Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve; Vice-Chancellor of Uganda's Makerere University Professor John Ssebuwufu; political scientist Professor Arend Lijphart; and one of Ireland's top entrepreneurs in the "e-learning" revolution Bill McCabe.
Patrick Kielty, Bill McCabe, and Stephen Rea are all Queen's graduates, while John Ssebuwufu took a PhD at the University.
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TV celebrity Patrick Kielty and Hollywood actor, Stephen Rea will be joined by 13 other notables at the event which takes place at the University's Whitla Hall this summer.
Patrick Kielty, who will become a Doctor of the University in the summer graduations, co-opened the Comedy Club at the Empire in Belfast while studying at Queen's, and had his first television break on BBC Northern Ireland hosting his own live show. He soon progressed to national television, winning true celebrity status as presenter of `Fame Academy' and has just signed a deal to present a quiz show in the US.
Other notables to attend this summer's graduations include: Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin; telecommunications pioneer Professor John Midwinter; philosopher Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve; Vice-Chancellor of Uganda's Makerere University Professor John Ssebuwufu; political scientist Professor Arend Lijphart; and one of Ireland's top entrepreneurs in the "e-learning" revolution Bill McCabe.
Patrick Kielty, Bill McCabe, and Stephen Rea are all Queen's graduates, while John Ssebuwufu took a PhD at the University.
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