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ESTABLISHMENT The ''Queen's Colleges (Ireland) Act 1845'' (''An Act to enable Her Majesty to endow new Colleges for the Advancement of Learning in Ireland'') established the colleges with the intention that they would provide for Roman Catholic demands for university education, since the existing Trinity College, Dublin was regarded as Anglican . In order to appease Protestant demands, the colleges were not permitted to give instruction in Theology . The result was that the colleges became derided as the "godless colleges" — Pope Pius IX even went as far as saying they were "detrimental to religion" in an official condemnation — and this non-acceptance was articulated in the creation of the Catholic University Of Ireland to rival the colleges. The colleges were incorporated on December 30, 1845; and on October 30, 1849 they opened for students. A ''Board of Queen's Colleges'' was created to draw up regulations for the colleges, consisting of the President and Vice-President of each college. Academic Degree s were conferred by the Chancellor and Senate of the university with a status similar to those of other universities of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland . The Queen's College at Belfast became predominantly Protestant , unlike the colleges at Cork and Galway. DISSOLUTION The Queen's University was superseded by the Royal University Of Ireland in 1880, in order to offer recognised degrees to graduates of the Catholic University of Ireland. The Queen's University was formally dissolved on February 3, 1882. SEE ALSO |
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