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Holy Cross College Established 1854 Type Roman Catholic Location Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
53°21′49″N 6°15′20″W / 53.363614°N 6.255598°WCoordinates: 53°21′49″N 6°15′20″W / 53.363614°N 6.255598°WNickname Clonliffe College Affiliations Catholic University of Ireland(1870-1906)
Angelicum RomeHoly Cross College (also known as Clonliffe College), located in Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra was founded in 1854 as the Catholic diocesan seminary for Dublin by Cardinal Paul Cullen (1803–78) [1]
In 1861 Rector of the Catholic University Dr Bartholomew Woodlock tried to secure land in Clonliffe west to build a new Catholic University, however this plan was shelved due to the expansion of the Railway line.[2] Plans were draw up by the Architect J.J. McCarthy for the proposed new University,[3] McCarthy a famous architect designed the college building.
Following the 1879 University Education (Ireland) Act which incorporated the Royal University of Ireland the Catholic University of Ireland was reconstituted as to comprise all Catholic Colleges including Holy Cross College, Clonliffe.[4] Students would sit exams for the Royal University. Since the royal university was prohibited in awarding degrees in theology, the Catholic University would confer degrees in theology and divinity, such as BD and DD.
Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, the Dublin Diocesan Major Seminary, had been granted power to confer some of the Degrees of the Angelicum University of Rome,[5] students would be award degrees such as BD or STB from the Angelicum.
Seminarian students would have also taken studies in University College Dublin and many walked in procession between Clonliffe and Earlsfort Terrace, prior to it moving out to Belfield.[6]
The College is situated in Drumconrda, adjacent to the residence of the Archbishop of Dublin, just south of Croke Park Stadium. The Mater Dei Institute of Education College is beside Clonliffe College.
The National University of Ireland, Maynooth validates a number of diplomas and certificates conducted at clonliffe. A number of Dublin Diocesan bodies such as Crosscare are based in Clonliffe College.
People associated with Clonliffe College
The founder of the college, Archbishop of Dublin Paul Cullen is buried here. Blessed (Joseph Aloysius Marmion) Columba Marmion (1858–1923) was professor of Meta Physics. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin attended Clonliffe College. Along with numerous priests who have served in the Dublin Diocese in particular. Also many church and academic figures such as Professor Monsignor Pádraig de Brún studied at Clonliffe
In 1917, Countess Constance Markievicz was baptised Roman Catholic Church at Clonliffe College.[7]
A number of public figures such as poet Denis Devlin and former TD, government minister and Mayo football captain Seán Flanagan, were seminary students at clonliffe.
Presidents of the College have included Bishop Joseph Carroll, Rev. B. Fitzpatrick, Monsignor Jerome Curtin, Fr Cathal McCarthy, and Monsignor John J Greehy (1980–1983).
References
- ^ Cardinal Paul Cullen, Multitext Irish History project www.ucc.ie website
- ^ UCD Timeline
- ^ A proposal for a Roman Catholic University of Ireland in Clonliffe www.archseek.com
- ^ Page 96, Ireland Since the Famine by F.S.L. Lyons, Fontana Press, (1971)
- ^ Volume 10.6: November-December 1966 (1966). Vincentiana. Paper 196.
- ^ Transfer of University College, Dublin: Motion. Seanad Eireann Debate, Tuesday, 10 January 1961.
- ^ Constance Markievicz
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