Complex sentence: By the 1790s upheaval on the continent led to the demand for the provision of education for priests at home and in 1792 the college opened its doors to students of philosophy and theology, the first college in Ireland to do so.
Split into simpler sentences: By the 1790s upheaval on the continent led to the demand for the provision of education for priests at home. In 1792 the college opened its doors to students of philosophy and theology, the first college in Ireland to do so.