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The event is supported by Science Foundation Ireland, the Department of Education (ROI), Department for the Economy \u2013 Northern Ireland, ESB, universities, institutes of technology, libraries, schools, training colleges and employers, north and south.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u00d3 Briain received the award in an online ceremony. The award was inaugurated in 2016 to honour outstanding work in raising public awareness of mathematics on the island of Ireland. \u00d3 Briain\u2019s infectious enthusiasm for maths, demonstrated across a variety of different platforms through the years, make him a worthy winner of this award.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .heading-link:hover .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box:hover .heading-link .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #e9a825 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #e9a825 !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Md_RrgCQrrU?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"border-color:#eaeaea;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-align-block\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-1 {border-radius:2px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/news\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Back to Maths Week News<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eaeaea;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1289.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>With an aptitude for maths from a young age, \u00d3 Briain graduated in 1994 with a degree in mathematics and theoretical physics from University College Dublin (UCD).<\/p>\n<p>While his decision to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian initially led him away from the world of mathematics, it continued to have an influence on him and his work. He has noticed similarities between the mathematical proof called \u2018reductio ad absurdum\u2019, where you take an initial supposition and explore it to see how it leads to a contradiction, and the logic used in comedy \u2013 where an assumption is made and then exaggerated until it reaches its breaking point. Dara has shown that the way in which comedians\u2019 minds work; that is seeing patterns and relationships is not unlike how the mind of a mathematician might work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00d3 Briain has since combined the two passions, with television programmes including \u2018Dara \u00d3 Briain: School of Hard Sums\u2019, and books such as \u2018Secret Science\u2019, and \u2018Beyond the Sky\u2019. He has used his platform, as one of Ireland\u2019s most successful comedians across the island of Ireland and in the UK, to give a voice to mathematicians, and to highlight that maths and numeracy, like most things, is something that can always be improved upon with practice and engagement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dara had this to say on receiving the award: <\/strong>\u201cI\u2019m very flattered and privileged to receive this award for Raising Public Awareness of Maths in Ireland. Maths Week itself is a great initiative as it shows us maths and numeracy are for everyone regardless of your level of proficiency. I would like to congratulate the Maths Week team for their work in promoting maths, it\u2019s incredible to see the huge numbers participating. I\u2019ve always had an interest in maths and am very pleased that I\u2019ve been able to share that interest with a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t consider myself an expert in maths, but I\u2019m an enthusiastic fan and I do try to help promote the work of those who are. To that point, I would like to dedicate this award to Professor Se\u00e1n Dineen (Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, UCD) who helped to inspire me and my love of maths. \u00a0Maths is the language in which the universe is written. It\u2019s innate to the human brain and a spectacular thing that we\u2019ve discovered. It permeates our lives, so it\u2019s important to engage with it positively and I\u2019m delighted to be able to help people to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Dineen was present at the online award ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Sheila Donegan, Co-founder of Maths Week Ireland said: <\/strong>\u201cAs an all-island festival of maths and numeracy, we\u2019re always looking to get people, both north and south, to engage with the subject in a fun and interesting way. Throughout his career, Dara \u00d3 Briain has done that repeatedly, while also working to make maths less mysterious, or intimidating. Fear of failure can hold people back from engaging with maths, despite the career opportunities it presents, and its importance in every aspect of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201c\u00d3 Briain has helped many overcome this fear. Dara has made mathematical concepts more accessible to the public and has normalised maths. Dara has always been an unapologetic champion of critical thinking and rationality, positioning maths and science in that arena. Frequently in interviews he references maths and science in a relevant and unforced way. For Dara, science and maths are part of his make-up. And because of that he has been, and is, and will continue to be an excellent ambassador and role model for maths. As such, he is a very worthy recipient of the Maths Week Ireland award for Raising Public Awareness of Maths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The award was individually crafted by Irish silversmith Seamus Gill and is modelled to represent a Mobius Strip, a twisted strip that, bizarrely, has only one side.<\/p>\n<p>Former Maths Week Ireland Award recipients include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Aoibhinn N\u00ed Sh\u00failleabh\u00e1in, Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematics & Statistics University College Dublin, and former Rose of Tralee (2020).<\/li>\n<li>Des MacHale, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University College Cork. (2016) for his may years of promoting mathematics, in particular his work on publicising the work of George Boole.<\/li>\n<li>Peter Lynch, columnist Irish Times, author and former Met \u00c9ireann Professor of Meteorology at the School of Mathematical Sciences, UCD. (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Tony O\u2019Farrell (Emeritus Professor of Mathematics)\/\u00a0Dr. Fiacre O\u2019Cairbre (Senior Lecturer), Maynooth University, co-founders of The Hamilton Walk in Dublin. (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Mark McCartney, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Ulster University (2019) significant contributions in promoting and recording the history of mathematics which has led to a body of important work on mathematicians (and mathematical physicists) in particular with Irish connections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maths Week is co-ordinated by Calmast, Waterford Institute of Technology\u2019s STEM Outreach Centre and funded through the Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme, the Department of Education, Department for the Economy (NI), ESB and Xilinx. It is run with more than 50 partner organisations including the universities, institutes of technology, libraries, schools, training colleges and employers.<\/p>\n<p>For further information: Tim Kinsella\/ John Reilly\/ Sarah Lawlor, MKC Communications<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Tim@mkc.ie\">Tim@mkc.ie<\/a>\u00a0 \/ <a href=\"mailto:John@mkc.ie\/\">John@mkc.ie\/<\/a> <a href=\"mailto:Sarah@mkc.ie\">Sarah@mkc.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[416,4],"tags":[415,414],"class_list":["post-10593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mathsweek2021","category-news","tag-award","tag-mathsweek2021"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dara \u00d3 Briain receives the 2021 Maths Week Ireland Award for Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics &#8211; MATHS WEEK IRELAND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maths Week will take place from 11 - 29 Oct. 2025. 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