University College Dublin
University College Dublin is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest university, and amongst the most prestigious universities in Europe. Five Nobel Laureates are among UCD's alumni and current and former staff. Additionally, four Taoisigh and three Irish Presidents have graduated from UCD, along with one President of India.
Saint John Henry Newman, first rector of the then Catholic University of Ireland, out of which sprang the current UCD
The Gardens located behind Earlsfort Terrace donated and renamed in his honour by UCD in 1908
Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of the leading Victorian poets of the 19th Century, Professor of Greek and Latin
The Tierny (Administration) and Newman (Arts) Buildings, Belfield campus, UCD.
National University of Ireland
The National University of Ireland (NUI) is a federal university system of constituent universities and recognised colleges set up under the Irish Universities Act 1908, and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997.
The offices of the NUI, on Merrion Square in Dublin