First-class degrees no proof of first-class university

I HAVE read a listing of the various classes of degrees in Irish universities.

There may well be the temptation on the part of some to equate the award of a high percentage of top-ranking degrees with excellence on the part of an institution.

On the basis of the information provided, the league table that might result from the listing would rank TCD as fifth among Irish universities and the University of Limerick (UL) as sixth.