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Following the controversy regarding the Maynooth Grant, the College received a higher annual grant from the British Government, as well as a sum for repairs.

In 1845, the British government under Robert Peel increased the annual grant to Maynooth College from £ 9, 000 to £ 26, 000, and provided a capital grant of £ 30, 000 for building extensions again.

However this was controversial as Roman Catholics saw it as a bribe, while most Protestants were not in favour of the government funding Roman Catholic education.

For example the Anti-Maynooth Conference was hosted in London in May 1845 by Conservatives, evangelical Anglicans and the Protestant Association to campaign against the Maynooth Grant.