The Irish University Question of the Nineteenth Century

Moody, T. W.

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“…The Queen's Colleges were established in Galway, Cork and Belfast following the Colleges (Ireland) Act of 1845, which had been introduced by Robert Peel (Kerr 1982). The intention was to provide non-denominational third level instruction in the provinces of Ireland and to also address the imbalance created by the fact that Trinity College Dublin catered largely for members of the established Anglican Church of Ireland at that time (Moody 1958). However, the secular ethos adopted by the three new provincial institutions led to them being labelled 'the godless colleges', and there was a conspicuous lack of support from the Catholic religious hierarchy right from the outset, and also subsequently during the early years of operation (Ó'Tuathaigh 1999; Adelman 2006Adelman , 2009Biel 2018).…”

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“…Harford 2005Harford , 2008aRaftery et al 2010;Kelly 2013; for specific reference to geological training in Irish universities see Higgs and Wyse Jackson 2007). During this interval the system of education in Ireland was reorganised and the Queen's University in Ireland formally dissolved by the University Education (Ireland) Act of 1879, to be replaced by its successor, the Royal University of Ireland (Moody 1958).…”

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The awarding of the first honorary Doctor of Science by the Queen's University in Ireland to William King – a journey of scientific curiosity

Murray¹,

Dingsdale²,

Nasheuer³

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Irish Journal of Earth Sciences

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William King (1809-86) was the founding Professor of Mineralogy and Geology at Queen's College Galway (QCG), one of three regional colleges opened in 1849 to provide secular university-level education in Ireland. King came from a modest background and despite lacking third-level qualifications, began publishing on palaeontological and geological matters in the 1840s. These early contributions aided his application for the professorship in Galway, particularly his seminal 1850 monograph on the Permian fossils of England, which was in preparation at the time. During his first two decades at QCG, King maintained an up-to-date teaching programme in geology and palaeontology, played a key role in establishing the natural history museum and further developed his research portfolio. He investigated several topics of international interest, including the supposed earliest fossils of living organisms and the emerging evidence for fossil humans. King's achievements were impressive, particularly as he was essentially self-taught and also considering the isolated and poor economic standing of Galway at the time. The Queen's University in Ireland (QUI) bestowed its first ever honorary Doctor of Science on William King in 1870 in recognition of his distinguished geological research, and also to mark a refocussing of the university curriculum to better reflect the importance of science. King's award came at a time when the education system was coming under increasing scrutiny in Ireland, and as part of these reforms QUI was dissolved in 1882 and replaced by the Royal University of Ireland. One of the final acts of QUI was to award a large number of former graduates with master's degrees. A select few were conferred with honorary doctorates, including King's eldest son, William Jr., who had been amongst the first students to enter QCG in 1849 and, after graduating, enjoyed a distinguished career with the Geological Survey of India. Father and son thus achieved the unique honour of being the first and last recipients of a Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from QUI for their geological endeavours.

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The awarding of the first honorary Doctor of Science by the Queen's University in Ireland to William King – a journey of scientific curiosity

Murray¹,

Dingsdale²,

Nasheuer³

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Irish Journal of Earth Sciences

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“…Leebody strenuously demurred, quipping: 'There is no Protestant Mathematics or Chemistry as distinguished from that taught in a Catholic college.' 11 In the educational culture wars of late 19th-century Ireland, Leebody had to conduct a campaign that was seen to preserve the independence of scientific inquiry from too much theological supervision (for background see Moody, 1958).…”

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Science, site and speech

Livingstone

2007

History of the Human Sciences

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An awareness of the significance of location in the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge has brought a new dimension to recent work on the sociology of science. But the importance of speech in scientific enterprises has been less well developed. This article explores the idea of 'spaces of speech' by underscoring the connections between location and locution. It develops a case study of how Darwinian evolution was talked about in different sites using examples from Ireland and the American South during the latter part of the 19th century. These reveal how sites enable and constrain what may be said, and heard, about particular scientific claims, and how they are crucial to understanding the circulation of scientific claims in public arenas.

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“…The provision of university education for Catholics was one of the great political questions in Anglo-Irish relations in the second half of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century (Moody, 1958). The issue contained such complex political, social, educational and denominational ramifications that, despite the demands of justice and equality, it appeared unsolvable.…”

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The role of archbishop Walsh in the resolution of the Irish University question

O'Reilly

2002

Irish Educational Studies

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The Irish University Question of the Nineteenth Century

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The awarding of the first honorary Doctor of Science by the Queen's University in Ireland to William King – a journey of scientific curiosity

The awarding of the first honorary Doctor of Science by the Queen's University in Ireland to William King – a journey of scientific curiosity

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The role of archbishop Walsh in the resolution of the Irish University question

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