. Memorandums made in Ireland in the autumn of 1852 . he new College, the second of theQueens Colleges we had seen. It is a very hand-some building, on a different plan and in a some-what different style of architecture from that ofCork, though, I believe, still a vaiiety of the TudorGothic; and it is certainly no less indicative of theliberal views and good taste which seem to havepresided in all the arrangements respecting these QUEEN S COLLEGE, GALWAY. 215 noble institutions. Galway College is constructed onthe complete quadrangular plan, with four exteriorand four interior fronts, the inte


. Memorandums made in Ireland in the autumn of 1852 . he new College, the second of theQueens Colleges we had seen. It is a very hand-some building, on a different plan and in a some-what different style of architecture from that ofCork, though, I believe, still a vaiiety of the TudorGothic; and it is certainly no less indicative of theliberal views and good taste which seem to havepresided in all the arrangements respecting these QUEEN S COLLEGE, GALWAY. 215 noble institutions. Galway College is constructed onthe complete quadrangular plan, with four exteriorand four interior fronts, the interior quadranglebeing 280 by 200 feet in extent. It is built of thebeautiful grey limestone which sets off to so muchadvantage many of the recent public works andbuildings in Ireland. It has an elegant cupola inthe centre of the main front, looking towards thetown, and two smaller ones at each end of thisportion of the quadrangle. The effect of the wholeis very imposing, and the structure altogether doesgreat credit to the architect, Mr. J. B. Queens College, Galway. The interior of the building is scarcely equal toits exterior, though it contains many handsomeapartments; and the numerous classrooms are 216 FEES AND NUMBER OF PUFILS. commodious and well arranged. The ExaminationHall is a handsome apartment, being 60 feet inlength by 45 in breadth. The College was opened for the admission ofstudents in October 1849, and the following are thenumbers admitted during the last four years: Session. Matriculated. Iv on-matriculated. Total. 1849-50 64 4 68 1850-51 23 2 25 1851-52 32 5 37 1852-53 19 1 20 138 12 150 Of these 150 students, 76 are registered asRoman Catholics, 56 as of the Church of England,and 18 as Presbyterians. It would appear that, inthis College, a note is made of the religion of thenon-matriculated as well as of the matriculated. The number of pupils has been, from the begin-ning, considerably less in Galway College than ineither that of Belfast or Cork, owin


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