Mater Dei Institute of Education

Mater Dei Institute of Education (Irish: Institiúid Oideachais Mater Dei) is a linked college of Dublin City University since 1999, located in Drumcondra, Dublin City, Ireland, near Croke Park, on the site of what was formerly Clonliffe College, the Roman Catholic Seminary for the Archdiocese of Dublin. The college has been in existence since 1966 when it was founded as an institute for the training and formation for teachers of religion in secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland. Founded by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid like Clonliffe it was affiliated to the Angelicum in Rome it offered a three year course leading to a diploma and a four year course leading to a Masters, Fr. Joseph Carroll was its first president. The...