albertcollege

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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• beachcomber australia said:

  Flickr is sometimes amazing! Via Internet Archive Book Images from a different angle, to the right. Oddly the vegetation (ivy etc) seems the same, but the open windows do not. Dated by 1916, which doesn't really help ... And in 2006 via John Tinsley -

• beachcomber australia said:

  BUT... the wikipedia article - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_College_(Dublin) - has this ... "In 1902 the name Albert Agricultural College was adopted. ...", implying this photo with just "Albert College" written on it was before the 1902 name change. Also an almost exact 'now' view - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_college_front1.JPG

• beachcomber australia said:

  There is also a view of the west facade (to the left); I think it was taken at the same time as this 'cos of the three top right windows (top left windows here) are open in similar pattern - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000040802 Where is everyone today ... ?

• Domhnall Sioradáin said:

  It began life in 1838 as a model farm for National Teachers. It is worth remembering that Agricultural Science was an important subject for National Teachers in a very agricultural country. Carysfort Teacher Training college in Blackrock had its own working farm until its closure in 1988. The Albert College was acquired by UCD in 1926. In 1979 it became the first of two National Institutes of Higher Education, a short lived experiment as they both became universities, DCU and UL, in 1989.

• Sharon Corbet said:

  25" OSI showing the college. It's not on the 6", but the Cassini map shows it as part of UCD.