Ollscoil Chaitliceach na hÉireann | |
Latin: Catholica Universitas Hiberniae | |
Motto | Sedes Sapientiæ Ora Pro Nobis |
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Motto in English | [Our Lady] Seat of Wisdom, Pray for Us |
Type | Private |
Active | 1854–1909 |
Affiliation | Society of Jesus (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 | , Ireland |
Campus | Urban |
The Catholic University of Ireland (CUI; Irish: 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 of Ireland and its associated colleges which were nondenominational; Cardinal Cullen had previously forbidden Catholics from attending these "godless colleges".[1]