Máire Mulcahy

Máire Mulcahy
Born1937 (1937)
Cork, Ireland
Died28 November 2023(2023-11-28) (aged 85–86)
Wilton, County Cork
Occupations
Years active1950s–2023
Spouses
  • Edmund Noel Mulcahy
    (m. 19581968)
  • Brian McCarthy
    (m. 1993; died 2011)
Children1, 3 step-children

Máire F. Mulcahy (1937 – 28 November 2023) was an Irish zoologist and ecologist, with an expertise in fish and shellfish health and disease. She was the first female vice-president of an Irish University and the founding chair of the Marine Institute Ireland. She served as a vice-president of University College Cork (UCC).

The Mulcahy medal for the highest achieving zoology student in UCC is named in her honour.