Patrick O'Donohoe from Gonzaga College, winner of the Dublin heat, was highly commended by our judges for his presentation that looked at the Iranian/American Hostage Crisis and the power of historical research.

 

The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American Embassy in Tehran in support of the Iranian Revolution.