Maynooth College Act 1795

Maynooth College Act 1795

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Ireland
Long title	An Act for the better Education of Persons professing the Popish, or Roman Catholick Religion.
Citation	35 Geo. 3. c. 21 (I)

The Maynooth College Act 1795 (35 Geo. 3. c. 21 (I)) was an

Irish Catholic priests had traditionally been educated on the Continent in seminaries but in the aftermath of the French Revolution and during its ensuing wars many of these seminaries were either closed down or became inaccessible. Bishops were also worried that students on the Continent might become exposed to the "contagion of sedition and infidelity".^[2] The Dublin Castle administration had supported the passage of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 but was opposed to full Catholic emancipation.

See also

• Maynooth College Act 1845

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