Albert College is the oldest building on the campus of Dublin City University and contains the offices of the university president and other executive offices of the university; the building dates from 1851. The Albert College Building also houses the 1838 Club, a restaurant for academic staff and postgraduate research students. The adjoining Albert College Extension contained laboratories for the school of engineering and was opened in 1985. The college is located in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. Dublin City University (DCU) is a university situated in Glasnevin on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Glasnevin is a residential neighbourhood on the Northside of the city of Dublin and south of the Ballymun area. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

History

Albert College started life as Glasnevin Model Farm in 1838, becoming the Albert National Agricultural Training Institution in 1853 after a visit by Prince Albert. The foundation of the college was an important event in the history of agricultural education in Ireland, which trained primary school teachers to the standards required by the Board of National Education in Ireland for the teaching of agriculture, additionally it also trained those whose aim was to pursue a career in agriculture. The board established twenty model agricultural schools and provided many national schools with small holdings or gardens. Because of religious opposition and laissez-faire economic policies, the board was forced to discontinue support for the schools holdings in 1863 and in 1874 disposed of most of the model farms. Albert College survived, probably because it was not exclusively concerned with the board's educational policies—it also carried out research work in new crop varieties, farming methods and breeding livestock. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (in full Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel) (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... The Republic of Irelands education system is quite similar to that of most other western countries. ... A national school is a particular type of primary school in Ireland which is not directly financed and administered by the State: rather the affairs and policies of the school are managed by a local Board of Management, which is often directed by a member of the clergy, and includes... Laissez-faire is short for laissez faire, laissez passer, a French phrase meaning to let things alone, let them pass. First used by the eighteenth century Physiocrats as an injunction against government interference with trade, it is now used as a synonym for strict free market economics. ... Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting and revising facts. ...

In 1902 the name Albert Agricultural College was adopted. In the early 20th century Professor Paul Murphy made a significant scientific breakthrough in the study of phytophthera infestans, the fungus which causes potato blight. In the definitive work on the Irish Famine - The Great Hunger - the author Cecil Woodham-Smith states that in view of the fact that Ireland suffered so much from the blight it was "by a stroke of poetic justice that it was in Ireland that much of the final research was carried out... at the Albert College in Glasnevin, Dublin". Potato blight (Phytophthora infestans) is a serious disease of the potato plant. ... Starvation during the famine The Irish Potato Famine, also called The Great Famine or The Great Hunger (Irish: An Gorta Mór), is the name given to a famine which struck Ireland between 1846 and 1849. ... Cecil Woodham-Smith Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith (née Fitzgerald) (April 29, 1896 - March 16, 1977) was an acclaimed British historian and biographer. ...

In 1926 the Faculty of Agriculture, University College, Dublin moved onto the site as a result of the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act, 1926. In 1964 University College, Dublin approved the sale of 359 acres of the Albert College lands to Dublin Corporation, 212 acres of these were on a separate northern site which is now Ballymun town center—the Albert College Park lands were also transferred to Dublin Corporation at this time and continue to be used as a public park. The sale occurred because the imminent transfer of the Faculty of Agriculture to Belfield became apparent, also a housing crisis occurred in Dublin during the 1960s as a number of old, dilapidated buildings collapsed in the city and land for housing near the city became urgently required. University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) - is Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. ... Dublin Corporation is the former name given to the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin between the twelfth century and 1 January 2002. ... Ballymun is an area on Dublins Northside close to Dublin Airport currently best known for the Ballymun flats, a development of 7 apartment towers and many smaller step-up blocks (i. ... For the Korean family name Park, see Korean name. ... Belfield is a suburb located in the south of Irelands capital city Dublin. ...

University College, Dublin finally vacated the site in 1979 and the fledgling NIHE, Dublin moved on site, vacating its inner city offices. In 1989 the NIHE became Dublin City University, and continued its capital development plan on the 50 acre former Albert College lands that it owns. Dublin City University (DCU) is a university situated in Glasnevin on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. ... See also: 1988 in Ireland, other events of 1989, 1990 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland. Events January 2 - Dundalk, County Louth celebrates its 1200 year heritage. ... A National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE) was a category of higher education institution established in Ireland to provide higher level technical education above the standard of the then established Regional Technical College system but at university level. ... Dublin City University (DCU) is a university situated in Glasnevin on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. ...

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Colleges of Dublin City University
All Hallows College | Mater Dei Institute of Education | St. Patrick's College of Education | Royal Irish Academy of Music | Turning Point

Dublin City University (DCU) is a university situated in Glasnevin on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. ... Logo of Dublin City University. ... All Hallows College is located in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland and is linked to Dublin City University. ... Mater Dei Institute of Education is a linked college of Dublin City University since 1999, located in Drumcondra, Dublin City, Ireland. ... St Patricks College of Education is a linked college of Dublin City University since 1993, located in Drumcondra, Dublin City, Ireland. ... Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) is a linked college of Dublin City University located in Dublin, Ireland. ... Turning Point (Institute of Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies) is an institute located in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. ...

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• Photographs of Albert College and DCU from flickr.com

• Photographs of Albert College by night from flickr.com