Literary and Debating Society (Maynooth University)

The Literary & Debating Society of Maynooth University is a student-run society in Maynooth University. It was initially founded in 1795 as part of St. Patrick's College Maynooth and is the oldest society on campus. The society, which operates under Maynooth Students' Union, aims to promote freedom of expression, specifically by holding weekly literary and debating events. Its objectives are to initiate and "facilitate debate within the student body".

Debating competitions associated with the society include the Maynooth Open and Aoife Begley Memorial Schools Competition. The Maynooth Open, founded in 2010, is a debating inter-varsity competition open to all university debating societies. The Aoife Begley competition is an annual secondary schools debating competition hosted and run by the Literary & Debating Society in Maynooth.