ATU library, Dublin Road is pleased to display the Aleen Cust trailblazer travelling exhibition in the main entrance area.
The exhibition includes 12 pull-up banners with information on the life and career of the pioneering Tipperary woman: Aleen Cust who was the first woman to become a veterinary surgeon in Ireland and the UK.
Aleen commenced her studies in veterinary science at the New Veterinary College in Edinburgh. She qualified in 1900 but was not allowed to call herself a veterinary surgeon as the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) claimed to have no power to admit women. After over 20 years of fighting, Aleen Cust was finally awarded her qualification in December 1922.
For more information please see the Galway County Heritage Office works webpage.
This project is part funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Decade of Centenaries Local Authority Funding), Galway County Council, Roscommon County Council, Tipperary County Council, and Atlantic Technological University. It is an action of Galway County Council’s Decade of Commemoration Strategy 2013-2023.
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