Sir William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish mathematician,physicist and astronomer. He was Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin.
Trinity College Dublin,officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin,is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin,Ireland. Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I who issued a royal charter on the advice of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland Adam Loftus,it is Ireland's oldest university and was modelled after the collegiate universities of both Oxford and Cambridge,with whom it shares a symbiotic history. The epithets "Trinity College Dublin" and "University of Dublin" are usually considered as synonyms,as only one such college was ever established in Ireland.
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics who first split the atom. He is best known for his work with John Cockcroft to construct one of the earliest types of particle accelerator,the Cockcroft–Walton generator. In experiments performed at Cambridge University in the early 1930s using the generator,Walton and Cockcroft became the first team to use a particle beam to transform one element to another. According to their Nobel Prize citation:"Thus,for the first time,a nuclear transmutation was produced by means entirely under human control".
Dublin City University is a university based on the Northside of Dublin,Ireland. Created as the National Institute for Higher Education,Dublin in 1975,it enrolled its first students in 1980,and was elevated to university status in September 1989 by statute.
The National University of Ireland,Maynooth,commonly known as Maynooth University (MU),is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth,County Kildare,Ireland. It was Ireland's youngest university until Technological University Dublin was established in 2019,having been founded by the Universities Act,1997,from the secular faculties of the now separate St Patrick's College,Maynooth,which was founded in 1795. Maynooth is also the only university town in Ireland,all other universities being based within cities.
Patrick J. Prendergast FIEI,MRIA,FREng is an Irish engineer,specialised in bioengineering,who served as the 44th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 2011 to 2021. He has published more than 200 papers and volumes,and been cited widely.
Third-level education in the Republic of Ireland includes all education after second-level,encompassing higher education in universities and colleges and further education on Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) and other courses.
The Ulster University Derry~Londonderry campus,better known as Magee College,is one of the four campuses of Ulster University. It is located in Derry,Northern Ireland,and was opened in 1865 as a Presbyterian Christian arts and theological college. Since 1953,it has had no religious affiliation and provides a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate academic degree programmes in disciplines ranging from business,law,social work,creative arts &technologies,cinematic arts,design,computer science and computer games to psychology and nursing.
Seán Kelly is an Irish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the South constituency since July 2009. He is a member of Fine Gael,part of the European People's Party.
The Irish Universities’Association (IUA) is the representative body of the eight universities within the Republic of Ireland and is based at NUI offices in Merrion Square,Dublin. It is a non-profit-making body.
George Coppinger Ashlin was an Irish architect,particularly noted for his work on churches and cathedrals,and who became President of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.
Séamus Hegarty,D.D. was an Irish Catholic prelate. He served as Bishop of Raphoe from 1982 to 1994,then as Bishop of Derry from 1994 to 2011.
Martin Drennan was an Irish Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Kilfenora. Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 29 July 2016.
Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin was an Irish medieval historian and celticist.
Daniel Joseph Bradley was an Irish physicist,and Emeritus Professor of Optical Electronics,at Trinity College,Dublin.
The Ryan Cup is the tier 2 hurling championship for third level colleges,the Fitzgibbon Cup being the tier 1 hurling championship trophy. The Ryan Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideachais Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG),the GAA's Higher Education Council.
University College Dublin is a public research university in Dublin,Ireland,and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students,it is Ireland's largest university and among Europe's most prestigious.
Eoin P. O’Reilly is an Irish physicist who,as of 2014,was chief scientific officer at the Tyndall Institute,and a professor of physics at University College Cork. In 2014 he was awarded the Rank Prize in Optoelectronics for his pioneering work on strained-layer laser structures.
IHSA is an academic organisation which promotes the study of history in Ireland. The organisation was founded in 1950 by representatives from the main universities of Ireland in Dublin. The association organises an annual conference in Ireland on a rotating basis between the main third level institutions offering history courses and research facilities. Its current Reachtaire (Chair) is Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley.
Linda F. Hogan is an Irish ethicist,ecumenist and academic,specialising in Christian ethics,political ethics,human rights,gender,and ecumenism. She is Professor of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin,where she was also its vice-provost from 2011 to 2016. She worked as a lecturer at the University of Chester and University of Leeds before joining the staff of Trinity College,Dublin.
