252:, a tribute to the man who approved the establishment of St Patrick's college and the library within, in 1795. The Russell library houses the historical collections of St Patrick's College, and also the archives of the Irish college in Salamanca. These archives, numbering some 50,000 documents dating from the foundation of the college in 1592, were relocated to Maynooth college in 1951, following the closure of the Irish college. Maynooth University hosted an exhibition at the Russell library on April 18, 2018, to commemorate the centenary of a protest against compulsory conscription during the second world war. The library, today, serves as a research library for Maynooth University.
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The mathematics collection of the library includes many rare collections and older printed books. There is information available about items in the collection from the early 19th century and their substantial connection with the teaching of mathematics. In the mathematics collection there is an
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Catholics to be educated in Ireland, ending the immediate need for Irish colleges abroad. The first Irish college on the continent was established in Paris in 1578, followed by the first Irish college in Salamanca, Spain, in 1592. The Irish college at
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