It dates back to the Mercier Cup of the 1970s whose winners include Charles Kennedy. The Philosoph also hosts the Cork Invitational Intervarsity (IV), which hosted 80 teams in 2014. See also College Historical Society (Trinity College, Dublin) University Philosophical Society (Trinity College, Dublin) Literary and Historical Society, University College Dublin Literary and Debating Society (NUI Galway) Maynooth University Literary & Debating Society Law Society, University College Dublin References External links UCC Philosophical Society Student debating societies University College Cork