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Maynooth seminary
Maynooth seminary. When catholic seminaries in France were closed by the Revolution, the Irish hierarchy asked to open one in Ireland. The British government approved, since it might remove young Irish priests from the contamination of foreign revolutionary doctrines, and Camden, the lord-lieutenant, laid the foundation stone of St Patrick's College, Maynooth, in 1796. The government provided an annual grant which the Ministry of All the Talents in 1806 wished to increase. In 1845 Peel, as part of his reorganization of Irish higher education, increased the grant again, leading Gladstone to resign from the cabinet, though his reasons for doing so remained a mystery, particularly after he had explained them. Peel's action was seen by the unbending Tories as yet another betrayal and there was massive petitioning against the bill. But when Gladstone found himself prime minister in 1868 he re-endowed the college as compensation for stopping the grant.
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JOHN CANNON. "Maynooth seminary." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Maynooth seminary." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Maynoothseminary.html JOHN CANNON. "Maynooth seminary." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Maynoothseminary.html |
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Maynooth seminary
Maynooth seminary When catholic seminaries in France were closed by the Revolution, the Irish hierarchy asked to open one in Ireland. The British government approved, since it might remove young Irish priests from the contamination of foreign revolutionary doctrines. The government provided an annual grant. In 1845 Peel, as part of his reorganization of Irish higher education, increased the grant again. Peel's action was seen by the unbending Tories as yet another betrayal and there was massive petitioning against the bill.
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JOHN CANNON. "Maynooth seminary." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Maynooth seminary." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Maynoothseminary.html JOHN CANNON. "Maynooth seminary." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Maynoothseminary.html |
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Maynooth
Maynooth , town (1991 pop. 6,027), Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland. It is the seat of St. Patrick's College (1795), the principal institution in Ireland for training Roman Catholic clergy, now a constituent college of the National Univ. of Ireland. Some of the buildings were designed by A. W. Pugin . Near the college are the ruins of Maynooth Castle, also called Geraldine Castle, founded c.1176. It was besieged in the reign of Henry VIII and dismantled in the 17th cent. |
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"Maynooth." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Maynooth." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Maynooth.html "Maynooth." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Maynooth.html |
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Maynooth, pardon of
Maynooth, pardon of. During the Kildare rebellion, the constable of the besieged castle of Maynooth, Christopher Paris, agreed to its betrayal for money. When the castle was overrun on 23 March 1535, the lord deputy, Sir William Skeffington, executed Paris and 25 other prisoners, as an example to other rebels. By reneging on the deal with Paris, Skeffington made ‘the pardon of Maynooth’ an ironic term for every subsequent breach of trust.
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"Maynooth, pardon of." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Maynooth, pardon of." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Maynoothpardonof.html "Maynooth, pardon of." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Maynoothpardonof.html |
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Maynooth
Maynooth a village in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland, which is the site of St Patrick's College, a Roman Catholic seminary founded in 1795.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Maynooth." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Maynooth." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Maynooth.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Maynooth." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Maynooth.html |
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Maynooth
Maynooth (Maigh Nuadhat) Kildare. Magh Nuaddat n.d. ‘Plain of Nuadha’. Nuadha was the supreme leader of the gods.
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A. D. MILLS. "Maynooth." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Maynooth." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Maynooth.html A. D. MILLS. "Maynooth." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Maynooth.html |
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Maynooth
Maynooth •buck tooth, couth, Duluth, forsooth, Maynooth, ruth, sleuth, sooth, strewth, tooth, truth, youth
•eye tooth • dog-tooth • sawtooth
•houndstooth • sabretooth
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"Maynooth." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Maynooth." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Maynooth.html "Maynooth." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Maynooth.html |
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