Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Описание: Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland

Maynooth is Ireland's university town, home to Maynooth University (MU) and St Patrick's College, Ireland's Pontifical University and the main Roman Catholic seminary. In 1795 Grattan's Parliament passed an act that created an academy "for the better education of persons professing the Popish or Roman Catholic religion".
At either end of the main street, the historic town has Maynooth Castle and Carton House two former seats of the Dukes of Leinster. The great stone castle was founded in the early 13th century and became the principal residence of the Kildare branch of the Geraldines. The Kildare FitzGeralds extended their land holdings and influence, emerging as one of Ireland's most powerful families, with Maynooth Castle being one of the largest and richest Earl's houses. Garret Mór, known as the Great Earl of Kildare, governed Ireland in the name of the King of England from 1487 - 1513, and under his son, Garret Og the 9th Earl, the Castle became the center of political power and culture. The castle was overrun in 1535, after the rebellion of the Earl.

Maynooth University is located in the heart of Ireland's only university town, North Kildare, 25km from the center of Dublin.

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