Maynooth University

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Commonly known as Maynooth University, 바카라사이트 institution’s main base is divided into a North Campus and a South Campus. The two are separated by a main road.  

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Maynooth University also has a small campus located in Kilkenny, which was set up in 1997 and is based at St. Kieran's College. The university is divided into three faculties: Science and Engineering; Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy; Social Sciences.

Alumni of NUI Maynooth include 바카라사이트 playwright and author Brian Friel, broadcaster Craig Doyle, Nobel  laureate John Hume, former Irish minister for social and family affairs Mary Hanafin, and 1996 Eurovision Song Contest winner Eimear Quinn.

The university has 바카라사이트 highest proportion of mature students (16 per cent) and access students (22 per cent) of any university in Ireland.