MAYNOOTH
, a small See also:town of See also:county See also:Kildare, See also:Ireland, on the Midland See also:Great Western railway and the Royal See also:Canal, 15 M
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W. by N. of See also:Dublin
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Pop
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(19o1), 948
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The Royal See also:Catholic See also:College of Maynooth, founded by an See also:Act of the Irish See also:parliament in 1795, is the See also:chief See also:seminary for the See also:education of the See also:Roman Catholic See also:clergy. of Ireland
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The See also:building is a See also:fine See also:Gothic structure by A
.
W
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See also:Pugin, erected by a See also:parliamentary See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant obtained in 1846
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The See also:chapel, with fine See also:oak See also:choir-stalls, See also:mosaic pavements, See also:marble altars and stained See also:glass, and with adjoining cloisters, was dedicated in 189o
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The See also:average number of students is about Soo—the number specified under the act of 184 and the full course of instruction is eight years
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Near the college stand the ruins of Maynooth See also:Castle, probably built in 1176, but subsequently extended, and formerly the See also:residence of the See also:Fitzgerald See also:family
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It was besieged in the reigns of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. and See also:Edward VI., and during the Cromwellian See also:Wars, when it was demolished
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The beautiful See also:mansion of Carton is about a mile from the town
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