The National University of Ireland Galway was established in 1845 as Queen’s College, Galway. From humble beginnings, NUI Galway has grown sgnificantly in size and reputation over the past 175 years. University of Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching.

Breaking-the-SEAL (Student Engagement with Archives for Learning) is an NUI Galway School of Education Initiative promoting tertiary history study among students from disadvantaged secondary schools. Having joined the EUSTORY network in 2017, Breaking-the-SEAL encouraged participants to engage with NUI Galway’s digitised archives. Typically, participants are in their fifth year (of six) but the INHC competition is open to individual students (4th, 5th and final year) from the Republic of Ireland.