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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 education to members of all religious denominations" in Ireland. The university system itself was replaced by the Royal University of Ireland in 1880, which in turn was replaced by Queen's University Belfast, with the Cork and Galway colleges forming the National University of Ireland, along with University College Dublin. The three Queen's colleges are now known as *Queen's University Belfast, *University College Cork, and *National University of Ireland, Galway. ==Establishment== The ''Queen's Colleges (Ireland) Act 1845'' (''An Act to enable Her Majesty to endow new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland'') established the colleges with the intention that they would provide for Roman Catholic demands for university education, since Catholics did not generally attend Trinity College Dublin at that time, though there were no legal restrictions preventing them. Nevertheless, at the prompting of Protestant interests the colleges were not permitted to give instruction in theology. The result was that the colleges became derided as the "godless colleges" — Pope Pius IX even went as far as saying they were "detrimental to religion" in an official condemnation – and this non-acceptance was articulated in the creation of the Catholic University of Ireland to rival the colleges. In 1845 the Mayor of Limerick applied to have a Queen's College〔("The Early Years", Dr Edward M. Walsh, President Emeritus )〕 located in the city; however Cork, Galway and Belfast were chosen. The colleges were incorporated on 30 December 1845; and on 30 October 1849 they opened for students.〔UCC, 2006. (''"UCC History"'' ) Retrieved 1 September 2006.〕 A ''Board of Queen's Colleges'' was created to draw up regulations for the colleges, consisting of the President and Vice-President of each college. Academic degrees were conferred by the chancellor and senate of the university with a status similar to those of other universities of the former United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.〔 In 1866 the university considered examining and conferring degrees on students other than those of the Queen's colleges, such as the Catholic Carlow College the ''St. Patricks College Carlow Report''〔(St. Patricks College Carlow Report, 1866 Introduction: Printed by T. Price, 55 Dublin St. )〕 was conducted and the college was deemed to meet the suitable, however it was never enacted.〔''Paul Cardinal Cullen and the shaping of modern Irish Catholicism'' By Desmond Bowen〕 The Queen's College at Belfast became predominantly Protestant, unlike the colleges at Cork and Galway. A number of significant figures in Irish public life participated in the governing senate of the university such as Sir Dominic Corrigan (Vice-Chancellor). Naturalist Robert Ball became secretary of Queen's University of Ireland in 1851. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queen's University of Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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