Catholics were first banned by the British during the time when the Catholic Church was outlawed , however after the College allowed Catholics to attend the Catholic church banned them. When I was teaching at Trinity there was a poem about it, I'll see if I can find it Albert Message: 5 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:14:50 -0000 From: "Sean Sheehan" <seancastle14@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] (BUTLER)/Trinity College Dublin To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <002701c88b3c$68db4bc0$3a91e340$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Catholics were banned from attending Trinity right up to the mid 1900s, but I am not sure who actually imposed the ban, the Catholic Church the College or both, or when the ban began Sean No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1335 - Release Date: 19/03/2008 9:54 AM