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St Patrick's College, Maynooth

The college was created against the background of the upheaval during the French Revolution and the gradual removal of the penal laws. Until this time a significant number of Catholic priests were educated on the European continent, particularly in France, outside of Ireland.
The college was established in 1795, by act of the Parliament of Ireland to provide "for the better education of persons professing the popish or Roman Catholic religion". The college was intended to provide for the education of Catholic priests in Ireland who prior to the act had to go to the continent for training; also the added value in this was the reduction of the amount of priests returning from training in revolutionary France (with whom Britain was at war) thus discouraging potential revolution. The value to the government was proved by the condemnation by the Catholic Church hierarchy of the 1798 rebellion and later support for the Act of Union.
The land was donated by the Duke of Leinster. The building work was paid for by the British Government; parliament continued to give it an annual grant until the Irish Church Disestablishment Act became law. When this law was passed the College received a capital sum of ?369,000. The trustees invested 75% of this in mortgages to Irish landowners at a yield of 4.25% - 4.75% per annum. This would have been considered a secure investment at that time but agitation for land reform and the depression of the 1870's eroded this security. The largest single mortgage was granted to the Earl of Granard. Accumulated losses on these transactions reached ?35,000 by 1906.
The first building to go up on this site was designed by, and named after, John Stoyte; Stoyte House, which can still be seen from the entrance to the old campus, is a well-known building to Maynooth students and stands in close proximity to the very historic Maynooth Castle. Over the next 15 years, the site at Maynooth underwent rapid construction so as to cater for the influx of new students, and the buildings which now border St. Joseph's Square (to the rear of Stoyte House) were completed by 1824.
Following the controversy regarding the Maynooth Grant, the College received a higher annual grant from the British Government, as well as a sum for repairs.
The Rev. Dr. Laurence F. Renehan (1797-1857) - a noted antiquarian, church historian, and cleric - served as president of St. Patrick's from 1845 through 1857. Under Renehan, many of the college's most important buildings were constructed by Augustus Pugin.

Now you say it's easy,
that you've been falling for all of my charm.
And getting lost in my smile.
Never ceases to amaze me,
when I'm chancing my arm,
that I still do it with style.
And now I hope,
you'll be with me tomorrow,
with me tomorrow
- KT Tunstall



I always wanted glasses as a kid. These aren't mine. I still have 20/20 vision. My mom, however, does not. I felt the need to steal them for a shot because I absolutely love them. I call them peepers, though I guess they're really called cheaters. Or something like that.

So I realized that I haven't been blogging much under my photos anymore. I need to get back to doing that because I know when I look back at these, I'll wonder what I did that day. So yeah, today was slightly more action filled than my usual. I woke up "early" and just how "early" I woke up is between me and Angie. Made some coffee & fridged it because it's way too hot for hot coffee. Talked to Angie (obviously. it wouldn't feel normal at this point if I didn't talk to her everyday) and Nicole. Tanned while I listened to Uh Huh Her. Burned. Went back outside to even out the burn. Janessa came over and we played in the sprinkler. Anthony drank all of my coffee/i poured the rest out just to make him mad. =P And now, I am drinking a beer because there is nothing else in the house to drink.

Wow, thank gosh I do not do "day in the life of" photo sets. It would be SO boring.Oh and you know how I hate me black and white so I felt the need to add some grain to this. Feel free to ignore the horrible dorky face I am making. K thanks.

PS. I think if I become a professor, I will need to invest in a pair of glasses like this. They make me feel professory. Screw the PhD, all you need is sweet glasses like this.

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