Reform stalled because of the French war (1793), but, as the French republicans were opposed to the Catholic Church, in 1795 the government assisted in building St. Patrick's College in Maynooth for Catholic seminarians.
Reformerne gik i stå grundet krigen med Frankrig (1793), men da franske republikanere stod i modsætning til den katolske kirke, indvilligede den irske regering i at bygge St.Patrick's college i Maynooth til katolske studier i 1795.