[2][3] In 1847, Kane was promoted to director, expanding its remit, and renaming it the Museum of Irish Industry (MII).

[2] In 1864, a select committee of the UK parliament recommended that the MII and School be entirely separated from the RDS and broadened into a government-supported College of Science for Ireland.

[5] In 1865, HM Treasury agreed and in 1867 a commission was appointed by the education committee of the Privy Council.

[7] The RCScI's remit was later changed to exclude agriculture and include "Physics and Natural Science".

[8] By 1898 the RCScI had chairs of Mining and Mineralogy, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Geology, Applied Mathematics and Mechanism, Descriptive Geometry and Engineering.