That same year he resigned his Fellowship to become President of Queen's College in Galway.
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The University was one of three Queen's Colleges, the others located in Cork and Belfast. The Quadrangle building, built in local limestone in a Tudor Gothic architectural style, is modelled on Christ Church at the University of Oxford. The 'Quad' still stands proudly at the heart of the University today as a testament to its past. It is now used primarily for administrative purposes and houses the offices of the President and the Vice-Presidents. In the first academic year, 1849 -1850, the University began with three faculties, Arts, Medicine and Law but there were also schools of Agriculture and Engineering. Female students later joined the student body and in 1906 Alice Perry graduated from the college, believed to be the first female engineering graduate in the world to receive a first class honours degree in civil engineering There are many historical buildings on campus, such as the James Mitchell Museum, established in 1952. This geological museum contains high quality collections sampling a significant diversity of the planet's geology, with a fine display of fossils, minerals and rocks. ## Changing with the Times The University has had three different names: In 1849, it was called Queen's College Galway In 1908, it was changed to University College Galway, or UCG for short In 1997, it was changed again to National University of Ireland Galway, or NUI Galway for short Newer parts of the University sprang up in the 1970s, including the iconic Arts/Science Concourse designed by architects Scott Tallon Walker. The 1990s also saw considerable development including the conversion of an old munitions factory into a student centre. Since 2000, the University has invested €400 million in new buildings and facilities across campus. The early 2000s saw the addition of the Cairnes Building, Áras Moyola and the award-winning Engineering Building, all located in the north campus. In recent years, we have added: a new Biomedical Science research centre the Institute for Lifecourse and Society the O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance and the new Human Biology building As the capital development programme draws to a close, we are adding new residences on campus for over 900 students, as well as developing the Quadrangle - our very first building - into a centre for public and civic engagement. ## University Presidents through the Years ### Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh - 2018- Professor Ó hÓgartaigh's term of office commenced in January 2018. A native of Galway city and a graduate of NUI Galway, Professor Ó hÓgartaigh came to the University from UCD, where he was Professor of Accounting and Dean of Business at UCD. ### Dr. James Browne - 2008-2018 An Engineering graduate of NUI Galway, Dr. Browne is a former Dean of Engineering and Deputy-President of the University with a record of achievement in academic leadership, strategic planning and change management. ### Dr. Iognáid G. Ó Muircheartaigh - 2000-2008 Dr. Ó Muircheartaigh's term co-incided with development of a number of world-class research centres (eg. NCBES, REMEDI, DERI, Huston School of Film & Digital Media) and the construction of major new buildings, such as the Sports Centre, Áras Moyola, the IT Building and the Orbsen Building. Widely known as 'Iggy', key achievements of his term include a new approach to the promotion of third level education through Irish and the amendment of the 1929 Act. ### Dr. Patrick F. Fottrell - 1996-2000 Dr. Fottrell introduced the first strategic plan for the university in 1997 called Strategic Plan 2006, which resulted in the strengthening of research activities in the university and secured the development of the NUI Galway as a world-class university. ### Dr. Colm ó hEocha, 1975-1996 Under Dr. ó hEocha's leadership, student numbers doubled, research flourished and the present modern campus took shape. ### Dr. Martin J. Newell, 1960-1975 An esteemed professor of Mathematics in UCG, Dr. Newell became President in 1960 and implemented many changes to the University, its campus and particularly to the curriculum by adding many new disciplines. ### Monsignor Pádraig de Brún, 1945-1959 Pádraig de Brún, was formerly a professor of Mathematics in Maynooth before he became President of UCG to which he brought his passionate belief in the importance of the Irish language. ### Monsignor John Hynes, 1934-1945 John Hynes, a Professor of Archaeology was instrumental in securing funding for UCG at a time of acute financial crisis and ensured the survival of the university. ### Alexander Anderson, 1899-1934 Alexander Anderson oversaw the transition from Queen's College Galway, a University of the United Kingdom to UCG, the designated Gaelic University of Saorstát Éireann and an increase in the student body from 100 to 600 people. ### William Joseph M. 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He was the fifth son of William Robert Starkie JP (1824–1897) and Francis Powers Starkie. He spent his early years at Creggane Manor in Rosscarbery near Cork with his four older brothers and younger sister, Edyth Starkie, who became a painter and was married to Arthur Rackham. After a short time at Clongowes Wood College he entered Shrewsbury School, Shropshire in 1877 and was the only Roman Catholic in the school. He became one of the Shrewsbury (Rowing) crew and was also Head of School before he went to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1880. Three years later he took his First in the Classical Tripos, and then abandoned the chance of a Fellowship to set off and wander in Italy and Greece. 
 On his return to Ireland he chose to lead an academic career. Obliged to begin again as a freshman at Trinity College, Dublin, he won the first classical scholarship, the Berkeley gold medal for Greek and was later awarded the Madden Prize, which allowed him to travel in Palestine and Persia. In 1890, having obtained the highest recorded marks in classics, he became a Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College. In 1897 he published "The Wasps of Aristophanes", or "Vespae" which became the first of the Aristophanic works which established his distinction in the field.