Royal College of Science for Ireland
 The Royal College of Science building from 1911 to 1926; now Government Buildings | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Active | 1867–1926 |
| Location | , Ireland (later Irish Free State) |
The Royal College of Science for Ireland (RCScI
Foundation
The Museum of Economic Geology was founded by the
- The object of the Royal College of Science is to supply as far as practicable a Complete Course of instruction in Science applicable to the Industrial Arts, especially those which may be classed broadly under the heads of Mining, Agriculture, Engineering, and Manufactures, and to aid in the instruction of Teachers for the local Schools of Science
George Sigerson complained in 1868 that the RCScI was less open to Catholics than the MII had been.[7]
Later development
The RCScI's remit was later changed to exclude agriculture and include "Physics and Natural Science".[6] The number of students enrolled increased gradually.[8]
| Year ending | 1869 | 1879 | 1889 | 1899 | 1909 | 1919 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number enrolled | 32 | 60 | 103 | 97 | 117 | 258 |
By 1898 the RCScI had chairs of Mining and Mineralogy, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Geology, Applied Mathematics and Mechanism, Descriptive Geometry and Engineering.
In 1926 the RCScI was absorbed into UCD where it became the UCD Science and Engineering faculties. Science moved to UCD's Earlsfort Terrace building, and on to Belfield in the 1960s; Engineering moved from Merrion Street to Belfield in 1989. The RCScI building was then absorbed into Government Buildings with the rest of Aston Webb's complex, lavishly renovated by Charles Haughey and used to house the Department of the Taoiseach.[10]
References
Sources
- Select Committee on Scientific Institutions (Dublin) (15 July 1864). Report. Sessional papers. Vol. 13. HMSO. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- Commission on the College of Science, Dublin (9 April 1867). Report. Sessional papers. Vol. 55. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- McCorristine, Shane (9 November 2009). "Science and Nation: The Promotion of Science Education in Post-Famine Ireland". Dublin Review of Books. 12. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- McCorristine, Shane (2010). "IVRLA Research Report: Reconstructing Irish Science; The Library of the Royal College of Science (1867-1926)". Research_Online. UCD. pp. 1–16.
Footnotes
- ^ a b "The Royal College of Science for Ireland". Merrion Street. UCD. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ a b c Select Committee (1864) p.ix Archived 16 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Museum of Irish Industry". Permanent Exhibitions > Out of Storage. National Museum of Ireland. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ a b Select Committee (1864) p.xiv Archived 16 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Select Committee (1864) p.xxiii §§5–8 Archived 16 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Royal College of Science in Ireland". Archives. UCD. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "The Royal College of Science for Ireland". Modern Ireland: Its Vital Questions, Secret Societies, and Government. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. 1868. pp. 197–207.
- ^ a b "RCSI numbers of attendance". UCD Digital Library. UCD. 1 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ a b "The New Building". Merrion Street. UCD. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "History of Government Buildings: 1904-1922 and 1990". Department of the Taoiseach. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
Further reading
- The College of Science for Ireland: Its Origin and Development, with Notes on Similar Institutions in Other Countries, and a Bibliography of the Work Published by the Staff and Students (1900–1923). Dublin: The University Press for the College of Science Association. 1923.
- Kelham, Brian B. (Autumn 1967). "The Royal College of Science for Ireland (1867-1926)". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review. 56 (223). Irish Province of the Society of Jesus: 297–309. JSTOR 30087833.
- Jarrell, Richard A. (November 1983). "The Department of Science and Art and Control of Irish Science, 1853-1905". Irish Historical Studies. 23 (92): 330–347. S2CID 164029831.
External links
- The Building of the State: science and engineering with government on Merrion Street University College Dublin, 2011
- The Library of the Royal College of Science for Ireland History Hub
- Reconstructing Irish Science: The Library of the Royal College of Science for Ireland, a representative selection of printed books and maps associated with the scientific subjects taught at the Royal College of Science for Ireland. A UCD Digital Library Collection.
