Catholic University of Ireland

The Catholic University of Ireland was created as a Roman Catholic university in Dublin, Ireland and was founded in 1851 in response to the Queen's University of Ireland and its associated colleges which were considered "godless colleges". On May 18 1854 the Catholic University of Ireland was formally established with five faculties of law, letters, medicine,

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Roman Catholic - University - Dublin - Ireland - Queen's University of Ireland

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philosophy and theology with John Henry (later) Cardinal Newman as the Rector. Lectures commenced on November 3 1854, and a year later the Catholic University Medical School commenced lectures for medical students.

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Cardinal Newman - Rector

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The Catholic University however was neither a recognised university so far as the civil authorities were concerned nor offered recognised degrees, however its constitent college, the Catholic University Medical School was successful as the recognition of its graduates by chartered institutions ensured its success. Newman was not very successful in establishing the new university although one would have to say that it was an almost impossible task for him. Newman left the university in 1857 and after this it went into a serious decline. The situtation changed in 1880 when the recognised Royal University of Ireland came into effect and students of the Catholic University were entitled to sit the Royal University examinations and recieve its degrees.

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The Catholic University consisted of a number of constitutent colleges, for instance St Patrick's College, Maynooth was a constitutent college, as well as an early University College Dublin - the medical school remained the most successful constituent college of the university. In 1908 the Catholic University essentially came to an end with the creation of the National University of Ireland and the schools of the Catholic University were reconstitued under a chartered University College Dublin, including the medical school.

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St Patrick's College, Maynooth - National University of Ireland - University College Dublin

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