page_title: UCC Philosophical Society
hierarchical_section_title: UCC Philosophical Society
caption_attribution_description: English: The Long Hall and the Clock Tower of the UCC quadrangle.
context_page_description: 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 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. 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.
  In 1986, two Philosoph members won the World University Debating Championship at Fordham University.
  House meetings of the society are held every Monday evening during UCC's term time.
context_section_description: 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 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.
  In 1986, two Philosoph members won the World University Debating Championship at Fordham University.
  House meetings of the society are held every Monday evening during UCC's term time.
caption: UCC Quadrangle
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