Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
| Coláiste Ríoga na Máinleá in Éirinn | |
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| Motto | Consilio Manuque (Scholarship and Dexterity) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 11 February 1784 |
| Students | 4185 (as of 2013) |
| Address | 123 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland |
| Campus | Urban |
| Registrar President |
Professor Cathal J. Kelly Professor John Hyland |
| Affiliations | National University of Ireland |
| Website | http://www.rcsi.ie |
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI; Irish: Coláiste Ríoga na Máinleá in Éirinn) is a professional association and educational institution that is responsible for the medical speciality of surgery throughout the island of Ireland. Uniquely among the four mutually recognised royal surgical colleges in the United Kingdom and Ireland, it also incorporates a medical school, which is now Ireland's largest with over 3000 students from 60 countries.
RCSI's main campus is situated on St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, having received its royal charter in 1784. At present, it incorporates schools of medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy and nursing, and thus provides both undergraduate and postgraduate levels of education and research activities in a number of healthcare fields.
Since medieval times, the practice of surgery was licensed by the Barber-Surgeons' Guild, also known at the time as the Guild of St. Mary Magdalene. The guild chapel was in Christ Church Cathedral. Guild membership at that time was obtained by a 3-year apprenticeship followed by 2 years as a master. In fact the College of Surgeons maintained a mandatory period of apprenticeship to a qualified surgeon until 1828.
In 1446, the Barber-Surgeons' guild was incorporated by royal decree of Henry VI, becoming the first medical corporation in Britain or Ireland.
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