Albert College (Dublin)

Because of religious opposition and laissez-faire economic policies, the board was forced to discontinue support for the schools holdings in 1863 and in 1874 disposed of most of the model farms.

Albert College survived, probably because it was not exclusively concerned with the board's educational policies — it also carried out research work in new crop varieties, farming methods and breeding livestock.

In the early 20th century Paul A. Murphy, Professor of plant pathology, made a significant scientific breakthrough in the study of phytophthera infestans, the fungus which causes potato blight.

In 1989 the NIHE became Dublin City University, and continued its capital development plan on the 50-acre (20 ha) former Albert College lands that it owns.

[4] Also in the building are the offices of other senior officials of the university, and those of the institution's fund-raising body, the DCU Educational Trust, and the 1838 Club, a restaurant for staff and postgraduate research students.