 However the college was, for the seventh time, refused funding.Not dismayed, and with morale high, Ulidia again sought help from the IEF and its sponsors and, true to the sincere and genuine nature of that organisation, Ulidia was assured that the IEF would "go to the wall" before it would cease funding the college.With the help of the American Ireland Fund and the European Peace Project, finance was found to allow it to continue in existence for yet another year.