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Ireland. The Royal University of Ireland was founded in accordance with the University Education (Ireland) Act 1879 [1] as an examining and degree-awarding university based on the model of the University of London. A royal charter was issued on 27 April 1880 and examinations were open to candidates irrespective of attendance at college lectures.
- 1879–1909
- Public
Learn about the Royal University of Ireland, founded in 1880 as an examining and degree-awarding university in Ireland. Find out its history, achievements, colleges, chancellors and dissolution in 1909.
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The Royal University of Ireland was founded in accordance with the University Education (Ireland) Act 1879 as an examining and degree-awarding university based on the model of the University of London. A royal charter was issued on 27 April 1880 and examinations were open to candidates irrespective of attendance at college lectures.
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UCD holds the collection of the Royal University of Ireland, 1880-1909, which awarded degrees to University College, Dublin and other institutions. The books are mainly in classics, philosophy, history, literature and mathematics and are available by appointment.
- University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin. The Catholic University of Ireland was founded in 1851 by the Irish Hierarchy with John Henry Newman who was installed in 1854 as its first rector.
- University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork. Under the provisions of the ‘Act 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 66’, 1845, (An Act to enable Her Majesty to endow new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland), the three Colleges of Belfast, Cork and Galway were incorporated on the 30 December 1845.
- National University of Ireland, Galway. The University was founded in 1845 as Queens College Galway. It was one of the three Queen’s Colleges founded under the provisions of the Act 8 and 9 Victoria, cap.
- Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh. Sa bhliain 1845 a bunaíodh an Ollscoil, nó Queen’s College Galway mar a tugadh uirthi ag an am. Ceann de thrí Choláiste na Ríona a bhí inti a bunaíodh faoi fhorálacha Act 8 and 9 Victoria, cap.
The Queen's University was superseded by a new, inclusive, degree-awarding institution, the Royal University of Ireland in 1880.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]
The Royal University of Ireland was the successor to the Queen's University of Ireland, dissolved in 1882, and the graduates, professors, students and colleges of that predecessor were transferred to the new university.
