Historic churches · Northern Ireland
St Malachy's College
Also known as: Coláiste Naomh Maolmhaodhóg
St Malachy's College in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
About
St Malachy's College is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
St Malachy's College, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a Catholic diocesan college. The college's alumni and students are known as Malachians.
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Background
History
The college, founded by Bishop William Crolly, opened on the feast of Saint Malachy, 3 November 1833 four years after a Roman Catholic Relief Act ("Catholic Emancipation") removed the last of Penal Laws that had, until 1782, outlawed Catholic education. The college, opened under the superintendence of Cornelius Denvir, has been on the same site since 1833 when Bishop Crolly took the lease on an eleven-acre site on the northern fringes of the then small Georgian town – Vicinage House – which today is recalled on the street next to the college, Vicinage Park. Vicinage Farm was owned by Thomas McCabe, a watchmaker by trade, an advocate of Catholic Emancipation and parliamentary reform, and a…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6089, -5.9403
- Address
- 36 Antrim Road
- Phone
- +44 28 90741500
- Established
- 1833
- Official site
- www.crumlinroadgaol.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7594090 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Malachy's College (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Malachy's College?
- St Malachy's College is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6089°, -5.9403°.
- When was St Malachy's College built?
- St Malachy's College dates to 1833.