Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Royal Belfast Academical Institution in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Darrin Antrobus — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Royal Belfast Academical Institution is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Royal Belfast Academical Institution, known locally as Inst, is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support of Belfast's leading reformers and democrats, it opened its doors in 1814. Until 1849, when it was superseded by what today is Queen's University, the institution pioneered Belfast's first programme of collegiate education.The modern school educates boys from ages 11 to 18. It is one of the eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The school occupies an 18-acre site in the centre of the city on which its first buildings were erected.
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Background
Description
Drennan was adamant that the admission of scholars should be "perfectly unbiased by religious distinctions". In the 1830s Henry Cooke and other leading Protestant evangelicals had been instrumental in defeating the prospects for integrated education. When the Dublin Castle administration sought to provide Ireland, "in advance of anything available at that time in England", a system of grant-aided non-denominational National Schools. Cooke, at once scented danger in the freedom that would have been granted priests to enter schools and instruct their "own" students in religion. The concept of educating Catholics and Protestants together, while it had been endorsed by Crolly as bishop and…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5969, -5.9364
- District
- Belfast
- Postcode
- BT2 7HR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
- Established
- 1810
- Official site
- rbai.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7373798 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Royal Belfast Academical Institution (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Royal Belfast Academical Institution?
- Royal Belfast Academical Institution is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT2 7HR).
- When was Royal Belfast Academical Institution built?
- Built or established in 1810.
- Is Royal Belfast Academical Institution free to visit?
- Yes, Royal Belfast Academical Institution is free to enter.
- How do I get to Royal Belfast Academical Institution?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT2 7HR. It sits within the Belfast South and Mid Down parliamentary constituency.