Former public university in Ireland (1850?1882)
The Queen's University of Ireland
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Latin
:
Universitas Reginae Hiberniae
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Type
| Public
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Active
| 1850?1882
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Location
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Ireland
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The Tudor Gothic quadrangle of the former
Queen's College, Cork
was built by
Sir Thomas Deane
The
Queen's University of Ireland
was established formally by
royal charter
on 3 September 1850, as the degree-awarding university of the
Queen's Colleges
of
Belfast
,
Cork
, and
Galway
that were established in 1845 "to afford a university education to members of all religious denominations" in Ireland.
The university system itself was replaced by the
Royal University of Ireland
in 1880, which in turn was replaced by Queen's University Belfast, with the Cork and Galway colleges forming the
National University of Ireland
, along with
University College Dublin
.
The three Queen's colleges are currently known as:
The main building of Queen's College Belfast, named after its designer,
Charles Lanyon
, and built in 1849
Establishment
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The
Queen's Colleges (Ireland) Act 1845
(
An Act to enable Her Majesty to endow new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland
) established the colleges with the intention that they would provide for
Roman Catholic
requests for university education, since Catholics did not generally attend
Trinity College Dublin
at that time (though there were no legal restrictions preventing them from doing so).
Nevertheless, at the prompting of Protestant interests, the Queen's Colleges were not permitted to give instruction in
theology
. Thus, the Queen's Colleges became derided as the "godless colleges" ?
Pope Pius IX
even ventured as far as declaring them to be "detrimental to religion" in an official condemnation. This non-acceptance was articulated in the creation of a rival to the Queen's Colleges ? the
Catholic University of Ireland
in Dublin.
[
citation needed
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The quadrangle of the former
Queen's College Galway
is dominated by a clock tower
In 1845 the
Mayor of Limerick
applied to have a Queen's College
[1]
located in the city; however Cork, Galway and Belfast were chosen.
The colleges were incorporated on 30 December 1845; and on 30 October 1849 they opened for students.
[2]
A
Board of Queen's Colleges
was created to draw up regulations for the colleges, consisting of the President and Vice-President of each college.
Academic degrees
were conferred by the
chancellor
and
senate
of the university with a status similar to those of other universities of the former
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
.
[2]
In 1866 the university considered examining and conferring degrees on students other than those of the Queen's colleges, such as the Catholic
Carlow College
[3]
the
St. Patricks College Carlow Report
[4]
was conducted and the college was deemed to meet the suitable, however it was never enacted.
[5]
The Queen's College at Belfast became predominantly
Protestant
, unlike the colleges at Cork and Galway.
A number of significant figures in Irish public life participated in the governing senate of the university such as Sir
Dominic Corrigan
(Vice-Chancellor). Naturalist
Robert Ball
became secretary of Queen's University of Ireland in 1851.
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
served on the senate of the university.
Dissolution
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The Queen's University was superseded by a new, inclusive, degree-awarding institution, the
Royal University of Ireland
in 1880.
[2]
The Queen's University was formally dissolved on 3 February 1882.
[2]
Immediately on incorporation, the Royal University broke with the
“godless"
convention, by setting examinations for, and awarding degrees to students of colleges with a religious heritage, notably
Magee Presbyterian College
, and the
Catholic University of Ireland
(that included
St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
and
University College Dublin
.)
[6]
[7]
The Belfast college was separated from the other two in 1908, and became
The Queen's University of Belfast
(QUB).
[8]
Queen's College, Cork is now
University College Cork
(UCC), while Queen's College Galway is now the
University of Galway
.
[2]
Since 1908 the last two have been part of the federal
National University of Ireland
system.
Arms
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Coat of arms of Queen's University of Ireland
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- Notes
- Granted 15 September 1851
- Escutcheon
- Argent a saltire Gules charged with a royal crown of England between an open ancient book in chief and the Irish harp in base all Proper.
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References
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- ^
"The Early Years", Dr Edward M. Walsh, President Emeritus
Archived
16 September 2005 at the
Wayback Machine
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a
b
c
d
e
UCC, 2006.
"UCC History"
Retrieved 1 September 2006.
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Kennedy, David (1946),
Towards a university : an account of some institutions for higher education in Ireland and elsewhere, and of the attitude of Irish Catholics to them, with particular reference to Queen's College and Queen's University, Belfast / by David Kennedy
, Catholic Dean of Residences, Queen's University
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St. Patricks College Carlow Report, 1866 Introduction: Printed by T. Price, 55 Dublin St.
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Paul Cardinal Cullen and the shaping of modern Irish Catholicism
By Desmond Bowen
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History of Magee College
at
UU Library website
Archived
26 June 2017 at the
Wayback Machine
. Retrieved on 28 August 2006.
- ^
O'Donnell, Patrick, 1912. "Catholic University of Ireland". The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, from
1993 online edition
. Retrieved on 1 September 2006.
- ^
QUB, 2006.
"History of Queen's"
. Retrieved on 1 September 2006.
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