Catholic University of Ireland
| Ollscoil Chaitliceach na hÉireann | |
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| Latin: Catholica Universitas Hiberniae | |
| Motto | Sedes Sapientiae Ora Pro Nobis |
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Motto in English
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[Our Lady] Seat of Wisdom, Pray for Us |
| Type | Public |
| Active | 1854–1909 |
| Affiliation | Jesuits(1883–1909) |
| President | Fr William Delany SJ(1883–1888) |
| Rector |
John Henry Newman (1854–1861) Bartholomew Woodlock(1861–1879) Henry Neville(1879–1883) Gerald Molloy(1883–1906) Patrick O'Donnell(1906–1911) |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
The Catholic University of Ireland (Irish: Ollscoil Chaitliceach na hÉireann) was a Catholic university in Dublin, Ireland and was founded in 1851 following the Synod of Thurles in 1850, and in response to the Queen's University of Ireland and its associated colleges which were nondenominational. Cardinal Cullen had previously forbidden Catholics from attending these "godless colleges".
On 18 May 1854 the Catholic University of Ireland was formally established with five faculties of law, letters, medicine, philosophy and theology with John Henry Newman (later Cardinal) as the Rector. Lectures commenced on 3 November 1854, with the registration of seventeen students, the first being Daniel O'Connell, grandson of the notable Catholic politician Daniel O'Connell.
In 1861 Dr Bartholomew Woodlock, the rector from 1860–1879, tried to secure land for a building near Holy Cross College Clonliffe, the establishment to be known as St. Patrick's University. Plans were drawn up by an architect, J.J. McCarthy, and a foundation stone laid. Cardinal Cullen was against the idea of educating lay and clerical students on the same premises. However this plan was shelved because of the expansion of the railway line, and a church and monastery was built on the site. Under the name St. Patrick's University night classes were advertised by the University under Dr. Woodlock's name
Some feeder secondary schools were established for the CUI. The nearby Catholic University School was joined by St. Flannan's College in Co. Clare and Catholic University High School in Waterford.
The Catholic University was neither a recognised university so far as the civil authorities were concerned, nor an institution offering recognised degrees. Newman had little success in establishing the new university, though over £250,000 had been raised from the laity to fund it. Though they held the foundation money as trustees, the hierarchy in 1859 sent most of it to support an Irish Brigade led by Myles O'Reilly to help defend Rome in the Second Italian War of Independence.
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