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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 936 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAYNOOTH , a small See also:

town of See also:county See also:Kildare, See also:Ireland, on the Midland See also:Great Western railway and the Royal See also:Canal, 15 M. W. by N. of See also:Dublin. Pop. (19o1), 948. The Royal See also:Catholic See also:College of Maynooth, founded by an See also:Act of the Irish See also:parliament in 1795, is the See also:chief See also:seminary for the See also:education of the See also:Roman Catholic See also:clergy. of Ireland. The See also:building is a See also:fine See also:Gothic structure by A. W. See also:Pugin, erected by a See also:parliamentary See also:grant obtained in 1846. The See also:chapel, with fine See also:oak See also:choir-stalls, See also:mosaic pavements, See also:marble altars and stained See also:glass, and with adjoining cloisters, was dedicated in 189o. The See also:average number of students is about Soo—the number specified under the act of 184 and the full course of instruction is eight years. Near the college stand the ruins of Maynooth See also:Castle, probably built in 1176, but subsequently extended, and formerly the See also:residence of the See also:Fitzgerald See also:family. It was besieged in the reigns of See also:Henry VIII. and See also:Edward VI., and during the Cromwellian See also:Wars, when it was demolished.

The beautiful See also:

mansion of Carton is about a mile from the town.

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