The Church of Ireland College of Education (Irish: Coláiste Oideachais Eaglais na hÉireann), or C.I.C.E.

This in turn was taken over in 1878 by the General Synod of the Church of Ireland and six years later became a recognised denominational college with the Archbishop of Dublin as ex officio manager and chairman of the Board of Governors.

[3] In 1963 it was decided to sell the Kildare Place site, and Rathmines Castle was purchased for the College and school, to which they moved in 1969.

[2][6] This proved controversial, and many people including former CICE governors and leading Church of Ireland members believed that the college was closed without adequate consultation from the archbishop and the principal.

[10] The CICE course had a mandatory religious element preparing teachers to teach in Protestant run primary schools.