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University College Dublin - National University of Ireland Dublin - History
The university can trace its history to 1854 as the Catholic University of Ireland, the modern university recieved its charter in 1908.
University College Dublin - National University of Ireland Dublin - Origins
The university was founded in December 2, 1908 by Royal Charter, as University College, Dublin a constituent college of the National University of Ireland. The university college is the lineal successor of the earlier Catholic University of Ireland founded on 18 May 1854 and lead by its rector Cardinal John Henry Newman, which in 1882 first became known as University College Dublin as part of the Royal University of Ireland.
Confusingly University College, Dublin was not part of the University of Dublin whose only college is University College Dublin's rival, Trinity College, Dublin. It was proposed during the late 1960s that the two colleges would merge under a newly reconstituted "University of Dublin", but this did not happen (see University of Dublin). Additionally in the early 1970s there was a proposal for university reorganisation to see the university college created as a university in its own right.
University College Dublin - National University of Ireland Dublin - Move to Belfield
In the 1950s, University College, Dublin began a move from its Earlsfort Terrace campus, the previous headquarters of the Royal University of Ireland, to a new 350 acre (1.4 km²) park campus at Belfield in a suburb on the south side of Dublin, this was part of a plan which started in the mid 1930s which was to encourage the creation of a modern campus university style and took several decades to implement. By 2003, most of the university had moved out to Belfield. One of its previous locations, the Royal College of Science in Merrion Street is now the location of the renovated Irish Government Buildings, where the office of the Taoiseach (prime minister) is located. University College, Dublin also had a site in Glasnevin for much of the last century, the Albert Agricultural College, which is now part of Dublin City University.
University College Dublin - National University of Ireland Dublin - UCD Dublin
The new corporate logo of the university which incorporates the words UCD Dublin, has been the subject of some controversy since its introduction in August 2005 at a cost of €30,000. The main bone of contention seems to be the name, thus creating the confusing, University College Dublin, Dublin and also creating the false impression of a name change. It appears the inclusion slipped passed all levels during the decision process and has been compared to other such acronym-related mishaps as ATM machine or PIN number, often referred to as RAS syndrome.
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