 St Patrick's College Maynooth: Encyclopedia II - St Patrick's College Maynooth - HistoryThe college was established in 1795, by act of the Parliament of Ireland, and the building work was paid for by the British Government, partly to discourage the Catholic Church from endorsing Irish separatism (which they then condemned vociferously in the Irish Rebellion of 1798); parliament continued to give it an annual grant until the Irish Church Disestablishment Act became law. The land was donated by the Duke of Leinster.
In 1876 the college became a constituent college of the Catholic University of Ireland, and later offered Ro ...
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