Universities and Science of Eire

Trinity College was founded in 1592. Originally it was an institution like Oxford and Cambridge.

All scientific departments are housed within the College grounds, except for the Botanic Gardens set up in 1806.

The University College, Dublin, has been greatly influenced by the rapidity with which the number of courses and of students has grown in recent decades. The Faculty of Arts is usually large, holding one-third of the number of students, and the Faculties of Medicine, Engineering, Architecture and of Celtic Studies have shown exceptional development.

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies was established by the Government in 1940. Its functions are defined as the provision of facilities for the furtherance of advanced study and research in specialized branches of knowledge, and for the publication of the results of such study and research. The Institute comprises at present three schools: those of Celtic Studies, of Theoretical Physics and a school of Cosmic physics added in 1947.

Royal Dublin Society was founded in 1731 for the advancement of agriculture and other branches of industry, and for the advancement of science and art, the Society’s activities have covered the wide range. The Geological Survey, the National Gallery, the Royal College of Science, the National College of Art, the National Library, the National Museum, etc. all arose directly or indirectly, out of the Society’s work. The most important part of the Society’s scientific work is the publication of Scientific Proceedings, which contain original papers on all branches of science. By exchange with other learned societies a scientific library of about 100,000 volumes has been built up.

The Royal Irish Academy was founded in 1785. The Academy’s collection includes many of the most celebrated objects which are on display at the museum today.

The National Museum (founded in 1877) houses all the important national collections relating to antiquities, history, arts, crafts, fauna, flora and geology of the country.

In Northern Ireland the Queen’s University in Belfast is a self-governing university. It receives parliamentary grants and grants from local government authorities.

Magee University College in Londonderry is a teaching body which prepares students for the arts examinations of Dublin University.

Вариант 5

I. Напишите вторую и третью формы следующих глаголов

(Past Indefinite, Participle II):

rest, train, wait, live, watch, play, repeat, revise;

forget, bring, see, swim, run, come, become, learn.

II. Употребите глаголы, данные в скобках,

в Present, Past, Future Indefinite Tense:

1. We (to speak) English at our English lessons.

2. The article we (to discuss) yesterday (to be) rather complicated.

3. Who (to live) in Ekaterinburg five years ago?

4. Will anybody (to write) me Ann’s address? I (to write) it.

5. They (to have) a lot of pop music records when they (to be) young.

6. When your father (to come) home every day? He (to come) home at 7 o’clock.

7. Henry (to know) literature well.

8. At what time the lecture (to be over) tomorrow? It (to be over) at 2 o’clock.

9. She usually (to walk) to her office; she (not to like) to go by public transport.

10. Unfortunately but he (to make) a lot of mistakes in his tests.

11. (To come) she to the University in time last Friday?

12. (To know) he French well? Could he help you with the translation?