Kay McNulty, Irish Computing Pioneer Honoured in Creeslough
Kay McNulty's niece Naomi Most unveils a plaque in Creeslough in her honour

Kay McNulty, Irish Computing Pioneer Honoured in Creeslough

Do you know who invented the sub-routine in computing? Depending on which article you read it will either say Kay or John Mauchly or another person entirely. If you read more deeply into the records as Kathy Kleinman did you may find that it was Kay. In fact, the story of how she came up with the idea is well substantiated. You should decide for yourself.

Oh, I know, I know, I know, We can use a master programmer to repeat code - Kay
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Gini Mauchly Calcerano and Ruth Lennon discuss the life of Kay McNulty

I had a wonderful opportunity to meet Kay's daughter Gini Mauchly Calcerano. Gini took time out of her busy schedule to speak about Kay and life and works. It was interesting to hear how Kay focused on her family whilst she worked. She was a modest lady and loved her family deeply.

Kay has a very interesting life story from a wonderfully rural life in Creeslough, to her friend Grace Kelly, to her mathematical prowess, inventions and family life. She is certainly someone I think we would all like to know more about.

Kay is honoured in Creeslough but previously she has been honoured in the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) or LYIT as it was then. The ATU Letterkenny have a perpetual medal in computing in her honour. We also have our great teaching facility the Kay McNulty data center.

If you want to learn more about the Kay McNulty Data Center reach out to [email protected] or Ruth Lennon .

Randolph Rosenberg

Cyber Security Strategist and Leader, specialising in Security Architecture, Security Programme Development, VCISO | MSc Information Systems & Software Security, CISSP, CISM

1 年

Long overdue. :)

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Ruth Lennon

Lecturer ATU | Director Craobh Technology Consulting | Speaker | Author| ISO SC 38 WG 6 Convenor | NSAI & ISO WG member | Everything DevOps

1 年

Find out more about the Atlantic Technological University Kay McNulty Medal through our Dept. of Computing. #atu #lero #womeninengineering

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