History University College Cork

the long hall , clock tower of ucc quadrangle

queen s college, cork, founded provisions of act enabled queen victoria endow new colleges advancement of learning in ireland . under powers of act, 3 colleges of belfast, cork , galway incorporated on 30 december 1845. college opened in 1849 23 professors , 181 students , year later became part of queen s university of ireland.

the original site chosen college appropriate in believed have had connection patron saint of cork, saint finbarr. monastery , school of learning close @ gill abbey rock , mill attached monastery thought have stood on bank of south channel of river lee, runs through college lower grounds. association reflected in college motto finbarr taught, let munster learn university motto.

adjacent gillabbey , overlooking valley of river lee, site selected in 1846. tudor gothic quadrangle , campus buildings designed , built sir thomas deane (1792-1871) , benjamin woodward (1816-1861). queen s college cork officially opened doors in 1849, further buildings added later, including medical/windle building in 1860s.

in following century, irish universities act (1908) formed national university of ireland, consisting of 3 constituent colleges of dublin, cork , galway, , college given status of university college university college, cork. universities act, 1997, made university college constituent university of national university , made constituent university full university purposes except awarding of degrees , diplomas remains sole remit of national university.