Rev Dr Michael Shortall, Interim President SPPU and Prof Ronan Farrell, Registrar MU pictured unveiling a bust of An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire in the university Library. Ó Laoghaire (1839 - 1920) was a pioneer in Irish writing, with some of his best work being Séadna (1904) and Mo Scéal Féin (1915), and an advocate for the Irish language.

At the unveiling, Rev Dr Shortall commented:

"A chairde, is mór an pléisiúr agus ónóir dom bheith anseo libh inniu chun comóradh a dhéanamh ar fhear a d’fhreastail ar Choláiste Phádraig, Má Nuad agus a chuir go mór le saol cultúrtha na tíre seo agus a rinne a dhícheall chun ár dteanga dhúchais a chaomhnú agus a chur chun cinn. Gabhaimíd buíochas leis an tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire as chuile shórt a rinne sé ar son na Gaeilge."