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COLLEGE BVILDIXGS.
COLLEGE BUILDINGS.
THE College, erected in 1848, is situated on the west
side of the River Corrib, which divides its grounds from
the town of Galway. It is built of cut lime-stone from the
neighbourhood, in the form of a quadrangle. The style is
gothic of the 14th century. Over the principal entrance
facing the town is a clock tower, 108 feet high. The private
t'esidences of the President and Registrar with the Examination
Hall occupy the west side. The Lihrary, over
130 feet in length, extends along the first floor of the
north side. It contains upwards of 35,000 volumes in
the various departments, to which constant additions arc
made of the most recent standard works. Beneath it are
the Drawing school and Lecture rooms of the Engineering
department. Corresponding to it on the south side is the
Museum of Natural History, under which are the Labor­
.atory, Museum and Lecture rooms of Natural Philosophy.
The Laboratories of Chemistry and of Practical Physiology
with the Museums of Geology and Mineralogy and
of Gyn::ecology, which are descr-ibed under the departments
to which they belong, and various Lecture rooms
()ccupy the rest of the main buildings. The Anatomical
School is situated in the north-west corner of the grounds.
The Botanical Gardens, the cricket and football fields,
the tennis and racquet courts are in the grounds Sm'rounding
the principal Building, as are also the Meteorological
instruments, which are in charge of one of the
Oollege officers. The majority of the students reside
during term in Salthill, which lies on Galway Bay,
about a mile distant from the College.
James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway