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The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ga, Ollscoil na hÉireann Mhá Nuad), commonly known as Maynooth University (MU), is a constituent
university
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
of the
National University of Ireland
The National University of Ireland (NUI) ( ga, Ollscoil na hÉireann) is a federal university system of ''constituent universities'' (previously called ''university college, constituent colleges'') and ''recognised colleges'' set up under t ...
in
Maynooth, County Kildare
Maynooth (; ga, Maigh Nuad) is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is home to Maynooth University (part of the National University of Ireland and also known as the National University of Ireland, Maynooth) and St Patrick's ...
, Ireland. It was Ireland's youngest university until
Technological University Dublin
Technological University Dublin ( ga, Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) or TU Dublin is Ireland's first technological university, established on 1 January 2019, and with a history stretching back to 1887 through the amalgamated Dub ...
was established in 2019, as it was founded by the Universities Act, 1997 from the secular faculties of the now separate
St Patrick's College, Maynooth
St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland. ...
, which was founded in 1795. Maynooth is also the only university town in Ireland, all other universities being based within cities.
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The university consists of two connected campuses: an older southern campus, with 19th-century buildings, shared with
St Patrick's College, and, across a public road, a modern northern campus, occupying circa .
With over 13,000 students enrolled, and over 900 staff from over 20 different countries, it is Ireland's smallest, yet fastest growing, university. In 2009, Maynooth University was listed as a Top500 university in the
''Times Higher Education''-QS World University Rankings.
The 2012 ''
QS World University Rankings
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'' put MU in the 501–550 bracket worldwide, but most recently, Maynooth University was ranked in the 701–750 bracket in the 2019 ''QS World University Rankings''. In 2008, it was named ''
The Sunday Times
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'' 'University of the Year'. In 2011, Maynooth University became the first and only institution outside of North America to be included in ''
The Princeton Review
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of Best Colleges''.
It also has the highest proportion of university participation in Ireland of mature students (16%) and access students (22%).
History
18th and 19th centuries
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The university and St Patrick's College, Maynooth have a common history from 1795 to 1997. The college in Maynooth was established by the government as a college for Catholic lay and ecclesiastical students in 1795. The lay college was based from 1802 in Riverstown House on the south campus. With the opening of
Clongowes Wood
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, the lay college which had lay trustees
was closed in 1817 and it functioned solely as a Catholic seminary for almost 150 years. In 1876 the college became a constituent college of the
Catholic University of Ireland
The Catholic University of Ireland (CUI; ga, Ollscoil Chaitliceach na hÉireann) was a private Catholic university in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1851 following the Synod of Thurles in 1850, and in response to the Queen's University o ...
, and later offered
Royal University of Ireland
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 Apri ...
degrees in arts and science. The Pontifical Charter was granted to the college in 1896.
20th and 21st centuries
The college became a recognised
constituent college
A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the C ...
of the National University of Ireland in 1910. From this time, arts and science degrees were awarded by the National University of Ireland, while the
Pontifical University
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of Maynooth continued to confer its own theology degrees, as these had been prohibited in the Royal University of Ireland, and continued to the National University of Ireland (its successor) until 1997.
In 1966 the college allowed again the entry of lay students; this greatly expanded the college and essentially set the foundation stone for Maynooth University. In 1997 the Universities Act resulted in the transfer of the faculties of arts, Celtic studies, philosophy and science of the ''recognised college'' of St Patrick's College to the new university. The university has also expanded into finance and engineering since its creation in 1997. In 2007 the university added business studies, followed by law in 2008.
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Any person who was a student at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, and was conferred with a National University of Ireland degree prior to the creation of the university, is legally considered a graduate of Maynooth University.
In 1994, W. J. Smyth was appointed to the position of Master of St. Patrick's College Maynooth (NUI) and in 1997 he became president of MU. In 2004 W. J. Smyth was succeeded by
John G. Hughes as president of Maynooth University. Thomas Collins was appointed interim president for 2010–2011, and
Philip Nolan served in the role 2011–2021.
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on NUI Maynooth site On 1 October 2021, Finnish academic
Eeva Leinonen became the first woman president of the institution.
Timeline
* 1518 –
Garret Óg Fitzgerald,
Earl of Kildare
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, founded the College of St Mary, in Maynooth
* 1535 – College of St Mary confiscated as part of
Henry VIII
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's religious reforms
* 1795 – ''The Royal College of St Patrick'' established on 5 June 1795 (35 Geo III, cap. 21)
* 1798 –
United Irishmen
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Rebellion; out of 69 students, 18 were expelled for taking the Oath of the United Irishmen
* 1800 –
Act of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a single 'Act of Union 1801') were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Irela ...
; transfer of Maynooth grant from Dublin to London;
John Butler, 12th Baron Dunboyne
John Butler, 12th Baron Dunboyne (1731 – 7 May 1800) was an Irish clergyman and aristocrat, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and Ross. In order to advance his temporal title and marry he became, , the only authenticated apostate in the Catholic h ...
died
* 1800 – First ordinations from Maynooth
* 1801 – First lay college suppressed
* 1802 – Lay college opens in Riverstown Lodge
* 1808 – Dunboyne Establishment case settled between Maynooth Trustees and Butler family
* 1817 – Lay college closed
* 1845 – Maynooth grant increased
* 1876 – Maynooth becomes a constituent college of the
Catholic University of Ireland
The Catholic University of Ireland (CUI; ga, Ollscoil Chaitliceach na hÉireann) was a private Catholic university in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1851 following the Synod of Thurles in 1850, and in response to the Queen's University o ...
* 1886 – Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland by the government of
Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...
; Maynooth was disendowed and lay trustees left the board
* 1880 –
Royal University of Ireland
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 Apri ...
founded
* 1895 – Centennial celebrations
* 1896 – Maynooth granted
Pontifical University
A pontifical university is an ecclesiastical university established or approved directly by the Holy See, composed of three main ecclesiastical faculties (Theology, Philosophy and canon law (Catholic Church), Canon Law) and at least one other facu ...
status by Papal Charter
* 1903 – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited it on 24 July 1903
* 1908 –
National University of Ireland
The National University of Ireland (NUI) ( ga, Ollscoil na hÉireann) is a federal university system of ''constituent universities'' (previously called ''university college, constituent colleges'') and ''recognised colleges'' set up under t ...
founded
* 1909 – Royal University of Ireland dissolved
*
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1910 – St. Patricks College, Maynooth officially becomes a ''recognised college'' of the
National University of Ireland
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* 1937 – Department of Sociology founded
* 1966 – Lay students admitted
* 1970 – Dept. of Biology founded as part of the Faculty of Science
* 1976 – Higher Education Central Applications Office (
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) founded
* 1979 – Pope John Paul II visits Maynooth
* 1984 – The John Paul II Library is built
* 1987 – Dept. of Computer Science founded as part of the Faculty of Science
* 1992 – BA in Finance commences
* 1995 – Bi-centennial celebrations
* 1996 – Third level fees abolished by the Irish Government
* 1997 – National University of Ireland, Maynooth founded from the faculties of Science, Arts and Celtic studies of Maynooth College of the NUI; Outreach Campus at
St. Kieran's College in
Kilkenny
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Kilken ...
founded
* 1999 – Foundation of Dept. of Psychology
* 2001 – Foundation of Dept. of Engineering. MA in Leadership course commences for officers in the Irish Defence Forces; joint delivery of programmes with the Defence Forces, in Leadership, Management, Engineering and Computing, up to and including Masters level
irst NUI Maynooth law students graduate
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by Cian Hill, Irish Times, Thursday, 8 September 2011.
* 2004 – Foundation of the Dept. of Media Studies by Professor Chris Morash, as part of the School of English, Media and Theatre Studies
* 2007 –
Marie Curie
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Laboratory for Membrane Proteins opens, as NUIM wins
European Union
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Marie Curie "Transfer of Knowledge" funding
* 2008 – Named Sunday Times University of the Year; university canteen burns down during open day.
* 2009 – Foundation of Department of Law with Professor Sandeep Gopalan as the first head of department.
* 2010 – Announced that
Froebel College of Education
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will move to the university by 2013; formation of the School of Business; Professor John Hughes resigns presidency to take post at
Bangor University
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.
* 2012 – Extension to The John Paul II Library is completed
* 2014 – Rebranded as Maynooth University
Campus
The university's main campus (there is also a remote campus in Kilkenny) straddles the main road from Maynooth to
Kilcock
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. It is divided into the North Campus and the South Campus (also referred to by staff and students as the "new" and "old" campuses respectively). The campuses were connected by means of a footbridge that crossed over the road until mid-2011. The footbridge was then decommissioned due to the construction of a library extension on the South Campus. The campuses are now connected by means of a pedestrian crossing on the Kilcock Road.
The campus has four buildings for on-campus accommodation, namely Rye, Village, River, and Courtyard.
South Campus
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The South Campus houses the facilities of St. Patrick's College, as well as most of the administrative offices shared between college and university. A number of MU academic departments also have their offices on the South Campus including Law, Mathematics, Music, Geography, Economics and History. The main buildings, most of which were built in the 19th century, are the
Aula Maxima; St. Patrick's House (including the college chapel); the
John Paul II
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Library (built in 1984). In December 2012 a new extension to the John Paul II library was completed. The extension is 6,000m
2 and accommodates 1,700 students. New, Dunboyne, Humanity and Stoyte Houses which collectively form St. Joseph's Square; Logic House and Rhetoric House.
The first building to be completed on the South Campus was named after its designer, John Stoyte. Stoyte House, still a prominent presence on campus, stands in proximity to
Maynooth Castle
Maynooth Castle is a ruined 12th century castle in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildar ...
.
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Over a period of 15 years, the site at Maynooth underwent rapid construction so as to cater for the influx of new students, and the buildings which now border St. Joseph's Square (to the rear of Stoyte House) were completed by 1824. The university chapel is located on the South Campus, just off St. Joseph's Square; masses and choir services are frequently held in the chapel, as is the traditional Christmas carol service. The South Campus also houses the
National Science Museum and the
Russell Library.
North Campus
The North Campus was developed far more recently than the South Campus, in the latter half of the 20th century. Here, the main buildings are the Students' Union building, Sports Complex, Biosciences, and Engineering Building, Callan Science Building (named after the inventor of the induction coil,
Nicholas Callan
Father Nicholas Joseph Callan (22 December 1799 – 10 January 1864) was an Irish priest and scientist from Darver, County Louth, Ireland. He was Professor of Natural Philosophy in Maynooth College in County Kildare from 1834, and is best known ...
), the Iontas Building, the Arts Building, the Science Building and the
John Hume
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Building. The Eolas Building houses the department of Computer Science, the Business Incubation Centre, the Innovation Value Institute, as well as the Hamilton and Callan Institutes, along with several teaching spaces, while the Technology, Society and Innovation (TSI) Building houses living labs and break out rooms for interactive research; three large theatres of 500, 300 and 250-seat capacity, and research spaces for students, academics and collaboration with industry partners.
The student services function is also based on North Campus, and there are a number of playing fields and a sports complex, which includes a fully equipped gym and an astroturf field. The remainder of MU's academic departments, as well as many research institutes such as the Institute of Microelectronics and Wireless Systems, the
Hamilton Institute and the Institute of Immunology, are also located on the North Campus.
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Kilkenny Campus
The university also maintained a campus in Kilkenny
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from September 1997 until June 2018, based at St Kieran's College
St Kieran's College (Coláiste Chiaráin) is a Roman Catholic secondary school, located on College Road, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
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, with students enrolled in certificate, diploma and degree programmes.
Academic organisation and reputation
The university is divided into three faculties: Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy; Science and Engineering; Social Sciences, with most students studying within one of these streams (although some cross-discipline courses are available). The faculties are further divided into various schools and departments.
As of 2016, there were 1,800 students at post graduate level. Some postgraduate students also have links to the various research institutes that are based on campus.
Froebel College of Education
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became part of Maynooth University in September 2013. A new optional subject available to first years, called critical skills.
Faculties, schools, departments and centres
Froebel College of Education
Since 2013, Froebel College of Education
Froebel College of Education was one of five colleges in Ireland which was recognised by the Department of Education (Ireland), Department of Education for the training and education of national school teachers. It was located at Sion Hill, Cr ...
is situated at MU. Maynooth University has established a "Froebel Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education" and awarded Froebel College's four-year Bachelor of Education degrees, Higher Diploma in Primary Education, Master's degree in Special and Inclusive Education and Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in Special Education. The state-of-the-art Education Building opened in late September 2016.
As a continuity of Froebel Colleges' heritage Religious Education and Theology modules are delivered by the department and the faculty of Theology of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland. ...
(SPCM), running alongside the Degree and Masters programmes, leading to a Certificate awarded by SPCM and qualifying to teach in Catholic Schools.
Admissions
Admission to undergraduate study for European Union school-leavers is generally handled by the CAO (Central Applications Office), and not by MU. Applicants have to compete for university places solely on the basis of the results of their school-leaving exams. Places are awarded in mid-August every year by the CAO after matching the number of places available to the academic attainments of the applicants. Qualifications are measured as "points", with specific scales for the Irish Leaving Certificate, and all other European Union school-leaving results, such as the UK GCE A-level, the International Baccalaureate along with other national school-leaving exams.
Academic affiliations
Maynooth University is a member of Universities Ireland, The Irish Universities Association, European University Association
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, European Association for International Education and Eurodoc.
MU is also a member of Dublin Region Higher Education Alliance, along with three other universities; TCD, UCD, DCU, and four institutes of technology; DIT, IADT, ITT and ITB. Maynooth University is also a member of the 3U Partnership with Dublin City University and the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.
The L.L.M. in International Business Law is offered as a dual degree offered in conjunction with the Catholic University of Lyon
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The Cat ...
(UCLy) in France, the course is delivered in English.
The Development Studies programmes of the Kimmage Development Studies Centre, began being delivered from Maynooth and accredited by the university in 2013, with the Centre moving from Kimmage Manor to Maynooth in 2018.
The Diploma in Arts (Church Music) delivered in association with the National Liturgy Institute (St. Patrick's College, Maynooth) and the Dept. of Music NUI Maynooth.
Any student of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland. ...
prior to the passing of the Universities Act, 1997, upon whom a degree of the National University of Ireland was conferred is now legally considered to be a graduate of Maynooth University. The college continues to share its campus with Maynooth University but remains a separate legal entity with training in canon law, philosophy and theology and awards the degrees of the Pontifical University
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and is associated with several other colleges.
Reputation
In 2008, Maynooth University occupied fourth place on the Irish ''Sunday Times'' University League Table 2008, the newspaper's annual league table of Irish third-level institutions, behind TCD, UCD and UCC The initialism UCC may stand for:
Law
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, having jumped three places since 2007. It was also the top institution for research income won per academic, with one of the best graduate employment records of any Irish university at almost 100 percent. MU was also named "University of The Year 2008" in ''The Sunday Times University Guide (UK)'', beating UCD which finished second.
In 2009, Maynooth University was listed as a Top500 university in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings
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In 2010, MU recorded the highest growth in first preference school-leaver applications in the university sector.
In 2011, Maynooth University became the first and only institution outside of the United States
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to be included in the ''Princeton Review
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of Best Colleges''.
Maynooth University was recently ranked No. 49 in the world for one of the leading universities in the world.
Academic competition
St Patrick's College (NUI) won the inaugural University Challenge
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based Irish Higher Education Quiz show on RTÉ, Challenging Times
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in 1991, winning again in 1992 and as MU in 1999.
Maynooth University and University of Newcastle, Australia's joint robotic soccer team "Numanoids" won the soccer Standard Platform League (2-Legged Robot) RoboCup
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World Championship which was held in Suzhou, China from 14 to 20 July 2008. 2008 was Maynooth University's first year to enter the international robot competition which hosted 440 teams from 35 countries.
Maynooth University first entered the Microsoft Imagine Cup
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in 2007. it achieved both first and third place in the Imagine Cup Ireland finals, earning participation in the world finals in Seoul
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, South Korea in August 2007. Team inGEST (Interactive Gesture), who developed a low-cost interactive system for teaching sign language using standard web cameras for feedback, achieved a top-six position in the finals and went on to Silicon Valley
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in February 2008 as part of the Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator Program. In 2008, students tied for second place in the Microsoft Imagine Cup in the category of "Embedded Development". A total of 124 teams representing 61 countries and regions took part in 2008. In 2010 the university won the award for Best Windows Azure Application with their cloud-based medical record system.
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms, which were granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland
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in 2016, are blazon
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ed: ''Argent an open book leaved and bound proper clasped or a chief gyrony of six of the field and gules on a point in point of the last a cross pattée fitchy at all points of the first''.
The book represents a place of universal learning, the cross the university's links to the seminary, the division of the chief into six representing its six disciplines, and the use of red and white is reminiscent of the FitzGerald dynasty
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's links to Maynooth. The university does not currently use its coat of arms, preferring to use the logo which was introduced in 2014.
Research and innovation
A number of research institutes fall under the auspices of Maynooth University:
* Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS) – Established in order to improve scientific understanding of climate change and its impacts
* Institute of Immunology
* Hamilton Institute
* National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis – Based at Maynooth University, NIRSA is a collaborative project involving Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
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, Institute of Technology, Sligo
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* The Callan Institute (formerly Institute of Microelectronics and Wireless Systems) – Provides for research into electronic and software systems and wireless communications.
* National Centre for Geocomputation – Leading international research centre in the field of Geocomputation
* An Foras Feasa – The Institute for Research in Irish Historical and Cultural Traditions
* Innovation Value Institute (IVI) – a joint research institute founded by Maynooth University and Intel
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which was "awarded to Maynooth University in 2006 over Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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* Maynooth University is involved in research at th
CTVR Telecommunications Research Centre
based at Trinity College Dublin
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.
Spin-out companies
* Beemune
* IGeotech
Student life and traditions
Maynooth Students' Union represents the students of Maynooth University, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth as well as students at its associated campus at St Kieran's College
St Kieran's College (Coláiste Chiaráin) is a Roman Catholic secondary school, located on College Road, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
History
St Kieran's College was founded in Kilkenny, in the diocese of Ossory in 1782, after the pas ...
.
Student Clubs
There are currently over 100 clubs and societies in Maynooth University. Clubs on campus include those for rugby, Gaelic football, hurling & camogie, judo
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, ultimate Frisbee, Aussie Rules
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, badminton, swimming, kickboxing, tennis, archery, trampolining
Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle position to more com ...
, surfing, canoeing and kayaking ('MUCK'), golf, skiing, parkour & free running, hockey, strength & fitness, aquatics, Olympic handball, snooker and pool, ultimate frisbee, chess, surf, judo, ladies soccer, rowing, self-defence and equestrian. Most of the university clubs take part in an intervarsity competition to some degree. Maynooth University also participates in an annual intervarsity sporting competition with Dublin City University
Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its f ...
, known as the 35s.
Sporting scholarships
The university offers a number of sport scholarships to aspiring students in Gaelic games
Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the ...
, rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
, golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
, swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
, Soccer and snooker
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. Maynooth is the only university in Ireland to offer scholarships in swimming. Rugby scholarships were introduced to Maynooth University in 2006 in which scholarship students are obliged to attend the rugby performance centre and to play with the university teams and Barnhall RFC
History
Barnhall Rugby Club was founded on 16 May 1969 by employees of Irish Meat Packers, Barnhall, Parsinstown, Leixlip, County Kildare. The first full season was 1969/70 when Barnhall played in the J5 O’Connor Cup. At the s ...
. The Maynooth University Rugby Performance Centre is open to all Rugby Club members attending MU. The aim of the centre is to enhance students' prospects within the game of rugby and to continue to achieve success with the university teams. As part of the link-up with Barnhall RFC, players from the youth system 16–20s are invited to take part in a summer programme. Currently, there are 4 men's teams playing in Barnhall rugby club as well as the introduction of the women's Rugby scholarship there is now a women's rugby team in Barnhall.
Recent accolades
Student numbers
2016/17
Student demographics
2016/17
Staff numbers
2016/17
Student societies
There is a colourful history of drama and theatre at Maynooth University, which can be traced back to eminent alumni such as Brian Friel
Brian Patrick Friel (c. 9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. (subscription req ...
(1948) and faculty such as internationally renowned playwright Frank McGuinness
Professor Frank McGuinness (born 1953) is an Irish writer. As well as his own plays, which include '' The Factory Girls'', ''Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme'', ''Someone Who'll Watch Over Me'' and ''Dolly West's Kitchen'', ...
. Students of the university and St Patrick's College take part in various dramatic productions throughout the year, ranging from tragedy to comedy, melodrama, farce and improv. The Maynooth University Drama Society annually confers the ''Eugene Niland Spirit of Drama Award'' on a recipient who demonstrates an extraordinary level of dedication to the craft of theatre, complete with a display of integrity and honorable principles in the practice thereof. The Drama Society won Best Society at the Students Union Clubs and Socs Awards 2006 and again in 2007 and the Society's Improvisation Team won the 2009 Irish Student Drama Association Improv event.
Each year the Games Society at Maynooth holds their annual gaming convention
A gaming convention is a gathering centered on role-playing games, collectible card games, miniatures wargames, board games, video games, or other types of games. These conventions are typically two or three days long, and often held at either a u ...
, 'Dominicon'. The event was first held in 1995 and has been run each year since then with the exception of 1999. Originally it was run during February each year but the date was eventually moved to November. The Games Society donates all profits from the convention to charity.
MarsFM is the student radio station of Maynooth University and is run by the broadcasting society. The first broadcast was aired in semester one of 2013 and now has over 120 presenters. it goes on air every November until the end of the school year.
Other societies include those for music, dance, musical (MAD) LGBTQ, biology, poetry, art ("Playdo"), fashion ("StyleSoc"), Feminist Soc, Tea Society, mathematics, Israel, Justice in Palestine, literature and debating ("Lit & Deb
The Literary & Debating Society of Maynooth University is a student-run society in Maynooth University. It was initially founded in 1795 as part of St. Patrick's College Maynooth and is the oldest society on campus. The society believes that the ...
"), Maynooth Students' SVP – St Vincent de Paul
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In 1622 Vincent was appointed a chaplain to the galleys. After ...
Society, French language society, Spanish language society, Irish language society, (Cuallacht na Gaeilge) History Society, Afro Caribbean Society, Chinese Society, Chemistry Society, Christian Society, John Paul II Society, Psychology society as well as political societies such as Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...
, Young Fine Gael
Young Fine Gael (YFG) is the autonomous youth wing of Fine Gael, one of Ireland’s major centre-right political parties. It offers its members scope to assist in formulation of political policy, and the day-to-day running of the senior party. ...
, Ógra Fianna Fáil
Ógra Fianna Fáil(; meaning "Youth of Fianna Fáil") is the youth wing of Fianna Fáil.
The organisation was founded in 1975 by party leader Jack Lynch under the guidance of party general secretary, Séamus Brennan. It is active on an all-Ir ...
, Labour Youth
Labour Youth is the youth wing of the Labour Party of Ireland. Membership is open to those aged from 16 to 30 years old.
History 1979–2000
Labour Youth succeeded the Young Labour League as a full section of the Party in 1979, under Party L ...
, Social Democrats and a Socialist Society (which includes Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party and non-affiliated members).
The Dance Society was awarded 1st place at the 2016 Intervarsity Dance Competition at Trinity College for their lyrical performance and 2nd place for their mixed routine, involving lyrical, jazz, hip hop, and Irish dance.
BICS awards
Maynooth University annually compete for university/college society awards at a national level, which are organised by the Board of Irish College Societies (BICS).
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Traditions
35s
In addition to individual clubs' intervarsity competitions, Maynooth University has a standing intervarsity competition with Dublin City University
Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its f ...
(DCU) each year called the 35s, in which the two colleges compete as a whole. Each club faces their counterpart in DCU, the winning university being whichever takes most points out of the 35 available over all sports.
Christmas Carol service
A Christmas Carol service is held in the college chapel on an annual basis. The service is open to staff and students of the university and St Patrick's College, as well as members of the general public. Because of high demand, tickets are allocated by lottery.
Hamilton Walk
In 1990 the Dept. of Mathematics, at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, initiated by Professor O'Farrell, commenced an annual walk from Dunsink Observatory
The Dunsink Observatory is an astronomical observatory established in 1785 in the townland of Dunsink in the outskirts of the city of Dublin, Ireland.Alexander Thom''Irish Almanac and Official Directory''7th ed., 1850 p. 258. Retrieved: 2011-02-2 ...
, to Broombridge, Cabra, to commemorate the mathematician William Rowan Hamilton
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. Initially called ''The Quaternion Walk'', now called ''The Hamilton Walk'', takes place in October each year.
Maynooth Alumni Association
The Maynooth Alumni Association is for graduates of Maynooth University and St Patricks College, Maynooth, who wish to keep in touch with their College and also provides the means to stay in touch with friends and classmates. It hosts a number of events such as the Alumni Ball, Networking events, and publishes the Alumni magazine ''The Bridge''.
Accommodation on Campus
There are four different halls of residence available on campus, located on the North Campus. These are Rye Hall, Village, River, and the Courtyard Apartment Complex. In River there is an Irish language accommodation; An Ghráig. All of the apartments are open plan with a fully equipped kitchen including microwave, oven, fridge & kettle Prices currently range from €4,900 per year for a single room with a shared bathroom to €6,370 a year for a single room with an ensuite bathroom. Maynooth University also offers Short Stay Accommodation for students who only require a room for a short period.
Notable alumni and faculty
Nobel laureates and contributors
* John Hume
John Hume (18 January 19373 August 2020) was an Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland, as one of the architects of the Northern Irela ...
, graduate, politician, activist, Nobel laureate and winner of the Sean Mc Bride Peace Award. MP for Foyle and leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ( ga, Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Ireland ...
1979–2001.
Government, politics, law and public policy
* Former Taoiseach
The Taoiseach is the head of government, or prime minister, of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The office is appointed by the president of Ireland upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's national legisl ...
Bertie Ahern
Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008, Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, Tánaiste a ...
, appointed Honorary Adjunct Professor of Mediation and Conflict Intervention in the School of Business and Law
* Ruth Coppinger
Ruth Coppinger (born 18 April 1967) is an Irish politician and member of the Socialist Party. She was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) in the Dublin West constituency in 2014. In the 2016 general election, she ran as a candidate for Anti-Aust ...
HDipEd, Socialist TD (Dublin West) 2014-2020
* Joe Costello, TD (Dublin Central)
* Noel Dempsey
Noel Dempsey (born 6 January 1953) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Transport from 2007 to 2011, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources from 2004 to 2007, Minister for Education and Scien ...
, TD and Cabinet Minister
* Éamon de Valera
Éamon de Valera (, ; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was a prominent Irish statesman and political leader. He served several terms as head of governm ...
, President of Ireland
The president of Ireland ( ga, Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of Republic of Ireland, Ireland and the supreme commander of the Defence Forces (Ireland), Irish Defence Forces.
The president holds office for seven years, and can ...
, lectured in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at Maynooth in 1912
* John Blake Dillon
John Blake Dillon (5 May 1814 – 15 September 1866) was an Irish writer and politician who was one of the founding members of the Young Ireland movement.
John Blake Dillon was born in the town of Ballaghaderreen, on the border of counties May ...
the Irish nationalist, Young Ireland
Young Ireland ( ga, Éire Óg, ) was a political movement, political and cultural movement, cultural movement in the 1840s committed to an all-Ireland struggle for independence and democratic reform. Grouped around the Dublin weekly ''The Nati ...
member, who co-founded ''The Nation
''The Nation'' is an American liberal biweekly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper tha ...
'' newspaper and spent two years in Maynooth
* Paddy Gormley
Patrick Joseph Gormley (1916 – August 2001) was an Irish nationalist politician.
Born in Claudy, Gormley was educated at St Columb's College and then St. Patrick's College, Maynooth ( NUI). In 1945, he was elected to the Londonderry County Co ...
Nationalist Member of the Northern Ireland parliament.
* Mary Hanafin
Mary Hanafin (born 1 June 1959) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport from 2010 to 2011, Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil from January 2011 to March 2011, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Inn ...
TD, Former Minister for Social and Family Affairs (BA, HdipEd)
* Brian Hayes, TD (Dublin South West)
* Joe McHugh
Joe McHugh (born 16 July 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs since September 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since 2016, and previously f ...
, TD (Donegal Donegal may refer to:
County Donegal, Ireland
* County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster
* Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland
* Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...
North East)
* Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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* John O'Brennan, political scientist
* Maureen O'Brien (Irish Army general), first woman to attain the ranks of Lt Colonel (Army line), Colonel and Brigadier General in the Irish Defence Forces
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* Kevin O'Higgins
Kevin Christopher O'Higgins ( ga, Caoimhghín Críostóir Ó hUigín; 7 June 1892 – 10 July 1927) was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Justice from 1922 to 1927, Minister for External ...
, MP, TD
* Mary O'Rourke
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, Former TD, Sen. (BA, HdipEd)
* Joe O'Toole
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He was born and brought up in Dingle, County Kerry, O'Toole was a teacher for ten years and then a school p ...
(HdipEd), former president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and Independent NUI senator
* Richard Lalor Sheil
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MP, and playwright, an associate of Daniel O'Connell and a founder of the Catholic Association
The Catholic Association was an Irish Roman Catholic political organisation set up by Daniel O'Connell in the early nineteenth century to campaign for Catholic emancipation within Great Britain. It was one of the first mass-membership politica ...
attended the lay college in Maynooth, and strongly spoke in favour of the Maynooth Grant
The Maynooth Grant was a cash grant from the British government to a Catholic seminary in Ireland. In 1845, the Conservative Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, sought to improve the relationship between Catholic Ireland and Protestant Britain by in ...
.
* Stephen Woulfe who became a barrister, and Attorney General and the first catholic to be Chief Barron of the Irish Exchequer also attended the lay college at Maynooth.
Arts and the media
* Concert promoter Jim Aiken
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* Professional footballer Jake Carroll
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* Broadcaster Craig Doyle
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* Playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
and short story writer Brian Friel
Brian Patrick Friel (c. 9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. (subscription req ...
, who graduated with a BA in 1948
* Poet Denis Florence MacCarthy
Denis Florence MacCarthy (26 May 1817 – 9 April 1882) was an Irish poet, translator, and biographer, from Dublin.
Biography
MacCarthy was born in Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin, on 26 May 1817, and educated there and at St Patrick's College, M ...
* Playwright Frank McGuinness
Professor Frank McGuinness (born 1953) is an Irish writer. As well as his own plays, which include '' The Factory Girls'', ''Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme'', ''Someone Who'll Watch Over Me'' and ''Dolly West's Kitchen'', ...
taught English in Maynooth
* Chris Morash, chair of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
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The BAI is ...
Compliance Committee was a professor of English, Media and Theatre Studies at NUI Maynooth
* Eurovision 1996 winner Eimear Quinn
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* Former Miss Ireland Niamh Redmond is a graduate in finance
* PR Consultant, RTE former Board Chair Tom Savage BD BA.
Science, technology and academia
* Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Professor of Psychology, is the world's most prolific author in the experimental analysis of behaviour for the years 1980–1999, and is noted for the development of Relational Frame Theory
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alongside Steven C. Hayes
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.
* Nicholas Callan
Father Nicholas Joseph Callan (22 December 1799 – 10 January 1864) was an Irish priest and scientist from Darver, County Louth, Ireland. He was Professor of Natural Philosophy in Maynooth College in County Kildare from 1834, and is best known ...
, inventor of the induction coil
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, who was a student and Professor of Natural Philosophy (Physics) at Maynooth
* Sir Dominic Corrigan
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Bart., MD, MP, physician, first Catholic president of the Royal College of Physicians, member of the Queen's Colleges Senate, Vice-Chancellor of the Queen's University in Ireland
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 ...
, and Liberal MP for Dublin City was student of the lay college in the early 19th century.
* Mathematician and Classical scholar Pádraig de Brún
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was Professor of Mathematics at Maynooth prior to becoming president of UCG (NUI Galway
The University of Galway ( ga, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe) is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. A tertiary education and research institution, the university was awarded the full five QS stars for excellence in 201 ...
).
* Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffan
Sir Joseph De Courcy Laffan, 1st Baronet (8 May 1786 – 7 July 1848) was a noted Irish physician.
Laffan treated troops in the Peninsular War, he was the personal physician (''Physician-in-Ordinary'') to Queen Victoria's father the Duke of Kent ...
physician to the Duke of Kent and Duke of York attended the early lay college in Maynooth.
* Christopher Fleming MD, former president of the Royal College of Surgeons
* John Hegarty, former Provost of Trinity College Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
, holds both a BSc in Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics/Philosophy and a HDipEd from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
* Theologian and physicist Gerald Molloy
Gerald Molloy (born at Mount Tallant House, near Dublin, 10 September 1834; died at Aberdeen, 1 October 1906) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, theologian and scientist.
Life
He was educated at Castleknock College, and subsequently went to ...
* Noted astronomer and physicist Susan McKenna-Lawlor
Susan McKenna-Lawlor (born 3 March 1935) is an Irish astrophysicist. She is an emeritus professor of experimental physics at Maynooth University.
Early life and education
Susan was born in Dublin on 3 March 1935. She studied experimental phy ...
, Professor of Experimental Physics.
* Professor Emeritus of Irish at National University of Ireland Galway
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Breandan O'Madagain
* Philosopher and professor at Princeton University
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, Philip Pettit
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* Philosopher and former professor at University of Notre Dame
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Ernan McMullin
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* Michael O'Dwyer
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During O'Dwyer's tenure as Punjab's Lieutenant Gove ...
was nominated ''Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes académiques'', by French Prime Minister François Fillon
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* Desmond Tobin
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, Professor of Dermatological Science at University College Dublin
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* Peter Thorne is a climatologist and professor of physical geography in the Department of Geography and chair of the International Surface Temperature Initiative.
Theology
* Cornelius Denvir, mathematician, natural philosopher, and Bishop
* John Blowick BA BD, theologian founder of the Maynooth Mission to China
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(Columban Fathers)
* Linda Hogan, theologian and ethicist, Professor at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin
* Former president of Maynooth, and later Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia, Daniel Mannix
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Early years and Mayno ...
* Gerald Molloy
Gerald Molloy (born at Mount Tallant House, near Dublin, 10 September 1834; died at Aberdeen, 1 October 1906) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, theologian and scientist.
Life
He was educated at Castleknock College, and subsequently went to ...
theologian and physicist.
* Msgr. Matthew O'Donnell, University of Louvain Professor of Ethics, 26th president of Maynooth College.
* Joseph S. O'Leary theologian, philosopher, English Literature Buddhist-Christian dialogue.
Honorary degree awardees
* Golfer Pádraig Harrington
Pádraig Peter Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Champ ...
* Aga Khan
Aga Khan ( fa, آقاخان, ar, آغا خان; also transliterated as ''Aqa Khan'' and ''Agha Khan'') is a title held by the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias. Since 1957, the holder of the title has been the 49th Imām, Prince Shah Karim ...
head of the Ismaeli Muslim community
* Seán Quinn
John Ignatius Quinn, commonly known as Seán Quinn (born 5 December 1947), is an Irish businessman and conglomerateur. In 2008 he was the richest person in the Republic of Ireland, but in 2012 he was declared bankrupt.
The '' Sunday Times Ric ...
businessman and conglomerateur
* Barry Douglas (pianist)
William Barry Douglas (born 23 April 1960) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a classical pianist and conductor.
Early life and education
He studied piano, cello, clarinet and organ while growing up in Belfast. He first studied in Belfast while ...
pianist
* Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best known works include ''Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'', Symphony No. 3, his '' St Luke Passion'', ''Polish Requiem'', ''A ...
composer
Publications
Currently active
* ''MU Times'': Weekly online magazine. mutimes.ie
* ''University News'': Quarterly bulletin
* ''ReSearch'': Magazine detailing current research at the university
* ''The Bridge'': Biannual alumni magazine produced by the ''Alumni Association''.
* ''The Print'': Monthly magazine published by the Maynooth Students' Union, featuring editorials, interviews, creative works and campus news
* ''The Golden Thread'': Newsletter featuring editorials, comments and articles on current issues regarding the law department and the area of law in general
* ''The Irish Law Journal'': Peer-reviewed and student-edited law journal
* ''Archivium Hibernicum'': founded in 1911 is an annual historical journal published by St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and the Dept. of Modern History, Maynooth University.
* ''Maynooth Philosophical Papers'', a biennial journal founded in 2002 by Thomas A. F. Kelly and edited in the Department of Philosophy
Defunct
* ''The Tonic'' / ''Maynooth Advocate'': newspaper titles published by the Publications Society.
* ''The SUS'' / ''nuimsu.com'' / ''The Spoke'': former newspaper & magazine titles published by the Students' Union (predecessors to ''The Print'')
Gallery
File:Rye River at Maynooth University.jpg, The Rye River flowing by the university library
File:Pugin Hall.jpg, Pugin Hall, Maynooth University.
File:The Courtyard Apartments, Maynooth.jpg, The Courtyard apartments on Maynooth University's North Campus
File:Phoenix Sports Centre and Restaurant, Maynooth University.jpg, The Phoenix sports centre and restaurant
File:Educational Building in Maynooth University.jpg, The Maynooth University School of Education, North Campus
File:Square and Famine memorial in Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.jpg, The famine memorial on the main street in Maynooth
File:Pope John Paul II statue on Maynooth University campus.jpg, Pope St. John Paul II statue at Maynooth University
File:Grace Kelly memorial, Maynooth.jpg, Memorial stone to Grace Kelly
Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956.
Kelly ...
and her Irish-American ancestors
File:Redwood tree at Maynooth University.jpg, A Redwood
Sequoioideae, popularly known as redwoods, is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affini ...
tree on south campus
See also
* Education in the Republic of Ireland
The levels of Ireland's education are primary education, primary, Secondary education, secondary and higher education, higher (often known as "third-level" or tertiary education, tertiary) education. In recent years further education has grown ...
* List of universities in the Republic of Ireland
Third-level education in the Republic of Ireland includes all education after second-level, encompassing higher education in universities and colleges and further education on Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) and other courses. The degree-awarding ...
* National University of Ireland
The National University of Ireland (NUI) ( ga, Ollscoil na hÉireann) is a federal university system of ''constituent universities'' (previously called ''university college, constituent colleges'') and ''recognised colleges'' set up under t ...
* St Patrick's College, Maynooth
St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland. ...
* Royal University of Ireland
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 Apri ...
* Catholic University of Ireland
The Catholic University of Ireland (CUI; ga, Ollscoil Chaitliceach na hÉireann) was a private Catholic university in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1851 following the Synod of Thurles in 1850, and in response to the Queen's University o ...
References
External links
Official site
Students' Union
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Maynooth
Maynooth (; ga, Maigh Nuad) is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is home to Maynooth University (part of the National University of Ireland and also known as the National University of Ireland, Maynooth) and St Patrick's ...
1795 establishments in Ireland
Universities and colleges formed by merger in the Republic of Ireland