Michael Nolan (psychologist)

Michael Nolan (30 November 1925 – 14 December 2009) was an Irish Catholic priest and psychologist.

He completed his studies in the Pontifical Irish College and was ordained as a priest in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome by Cardinal Clemente Micara on 10 March 1951.

In 1984, he was appointed Professor of Logic and Psychology at University College Dublin, succeeding Eamonn O’Doherty.

[citation needed] Nolan was a founding member of the Psychological Society of Ireland which was established in 1970.

[6] The School of Psychology at University College Dublin annually awards the Michael Nolan Medal for best final year project submitted by a student in the BSc Psychology programme.