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system for the allocation of college places for leaving certificate students, also Irish students became eligible for free fees and grants. In 2004 new structured undergraduate education degrees commenced in association with
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for the benedictines, Canon Garret Cotter, Rev. Michael J Ryan (1920-1925), Rev. Nicholas Cooke (1925–1936), Rev. Daniel M. Ryan, Rev. Francis Ryan (1957–19??), Rev. Canon
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