British Prime Minister Robert Peel attempts to conciliate the Irish via the Maynooth Grant, which rules that a Catholic seminary at Maynooth will have its funding increased from £9000 per annum to £26 000. Peel claims that this would produce a better-educated and more reasonable clergy, but many Protestants are hostile to the measure, although it does eventually pass.
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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Maynooth Grant increased to aid education in Ireland". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=18088, accessed 24 April 2024.]
