List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, abgerufen am 2. August 2019 (englisch).
irishstatutebook.ie
In accordance with the Universities Act 1997 (Section 48); see Universities Act, 1997, Section 48. In: Irishstatutebook.ie. Abgerufen am 18. November 2016. Graduates of the recognised college of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, who received a degree of the National University of Ireland before the commencement of the act, are considered graduates of the constituent university known as Maynooth University.
History of the NUI | National University of Ireland. Abgerufen am 15. Februar 2022: „A Papal rescript issued in 1847 condemned the Queen's Colleges as "detrimental to religion", and proposed to the Irish bishops the foundation of a Catholic University, modelled on Louvain. A decree of the Synod of Thurles in 1850 accepted the proposal. On 12 November 1851, John Henry Newman was appointed first Rector of the Catholic University, an institution founded and funded independently of the State. The Catholic University was formally opened in November 1854.“
