Dissolution
The Queen's University was superseded by a new, inclusive, degree-awarding institution, the Royal University of Ireland in 1880. The Queen's University was formally dissolved on February 3, 1882. Immediately on incorporation, the Royal University broke with the “godless” convention, by setting examinations for, and awarding degrees to students of colleges with a religious heritage, notably Magee Presbyterian College, and the Catholic University of Ireland (that included St. Patrick's College, Maynooth and University College, Dublin.)
The Belfast college was separated from the other two in 1908, and became the Queen's University of Belfast (QUB). Queen's College, Cork is now known as University College Cork (UCC) and Queen's College, Galway is now known as National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI, Galway). Since 1908 the latter two have been part of the federal National University of Ireland system.
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