Images of Saint Patrick's College and Maynooth

Set up by an act of the Irish Parliament at the close of the 18th century, Saint Patrick's College was a counterpart to Trinity College in Dublin. While the latter was founded as a "seat of Protestant learning", the new facility at rural Maynooth was "a place of higher education for those of the Catholic or Popish religion". Its architecture rivals that of older Trinity College, but is of a more unified look. The environs are none too bad either ...