St Patrick's College, Dublin

St Patrick's College
Coláiste Phádraig

Entrance gate
Latin: Collegii Sancti Patricii
Motto Intellectum da mihi, Domine
Motto in English
 Give me understanding, Lord
Type Roman Catholic
Established 1875
Affiliation Congregation of the Mission (1883–1999)
President Dr. Daire Keogh
Students 2,400 (2016)
Location Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
53°22′14″N 6°15′16″W / 53.370425°N 6.254396°W / 53.370425; -6.254396Coordinates: 53°22′14″N 6°15′16″W / 53.370425°N 6.254396°W / 53.370425; -6.254396
Campus Urban
Colours Blue, white and yellow             
Nickname Pats
Affiliations National University of Ireland (1975–95)
Dublin City University (1995–2016)
Sports Hurling, Gaelic football, camogie
Website spd.dcu.ie

St Patrick's College (Irish: Coláiste Phádraig) was a third level institution, located in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland. The college was in existence since 1875 and has a Roman Catholic ethos. It was the largest primary teacher training college in Ireland with 2,000 students. The college offered a number of undergraduate courses, primarily in primary education and arts, and postgraduate courses, primarily in education and languages. As of the 30th of September 2016, the college, along with Mater Dei Institute of Education, All Hallows College and Church of Ireland College of Education, was incorporated into Dublin City University, with the three institutions forming DCU's fifth faculty, 'The DCU Institute of Education'. All humanities-based courses were then absorbed by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

History

The college was established at 1–2 Drumcondra Road in 1875, moving to the Belvedere House in 1883 following the purchase by the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, when the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian) community took over the running of the College. In its first 25 years over 2,000 students graduated from the college. The college trained students to become primary school teachers and was male only until 1971. In 1984, a National School was established on campus and students would practice there. St Patrick's College of Education was a recognised colleges of the National University of Ireland from 1975 to 1995.[1] In 1993, the college commenced its association with the nearby Dublin City University (DCU) which was newly established. In 1995 the college of education formally ended its connection with the NUI and becoming a college of DCU. The college developed a number of Arts and Humanities undergraduate and postgraduate courses with DCU. The Vincentians administration of the College ended in 1999. In 2008 the college along with the other local college the Mater Dei, and All Hallows, signed a new linkage agreement with Dublin City University.[2] In May 2012, it was announced that there would be a €40 million investment in facilities at the college to provide for 2,500 students.[3] Dr Daire Keogh of the history department is the 14th President of the college, taking over from Dr Pauric Travers, in September 2012.[4] Dr Travers was the first lay president of the college appointed in 1999. Previous presidents of the college have included Fr Peter Byrne CM (1883-1919)[5] when the vincentians came to the college, Fr Jerome Twomey CM (1942-1948), and Dr Donal Cregan CM (1957-1976).

Belvedere House

Notable buildings on the campus include Belvedere House which was built c.1660 by Sir Robert Booth, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.

Residents of the house included:

The Congregation of Christian Brothers established a noviciate in the house prior to transferring to Coláiste Mhuire Marino in 1875, they sold Belvedere House to Cardinal Cullen for £3000 for the establishment of the College..

Faculty and Departments

The College is divided into two faculties, Education and Humanities. Since the affiliation to DCU in 1995 the College's offerings of Arts programmes in the Humanities has increased.

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Humanities

• Human Development

Student's Services and Students Union

St. Pats provides a variety of student services such as Careers advice, Access, Mature Students Support, Alumni Medical and Welfare Services and an International Office. The College also has a Students' Union which organises Clubs such as GAA, Rugby, Soccer, and other pursuits and societies for Drama, St. Vincent De Paul, Choral Society.

St. Pat's Students' Union is made up of two sabbatical positions;'President' and 'Vice President and Welfare' and seven non-sabbatical positions; Clubs & Socs Officer, Education Officer, Ents Officer, Equality Officer, Oifigeach na Gaeilge, International Officer and Women's Officer. In 2015, students voted to change the structure of the SU. The new SU for the academic year 2015/16 will be made up of 2 sabbatical positions; 'President' and 'Vice President Welfare and Ents' as well as seven non-sabbatical positions; Clubs Officer, Day Time Activities Officer, Education Officer, International Officer, Oifigeach na Gaeilge, Mature's Officer, and Societies Officer.[6]

Erins Hope

St Pat's are invited to enter the Dublin Senior Football Championship under the name Erins Hope. Erins Hope have been Dublin football champions on four occasions in 1887, 1932, 1956 and 1978. In 2007 Erins Hope failed to field a team for the Dublin championship and had to withdraw from the tournament.

Alumni

Famous alumni from the college include;

References

  1. ↑ St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, 1875-2000 :- A history, edited by James Kelly, Four Courts press
  2. ↑ Speech by the Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, T.D., at the signing of a new linkage agreement and revised linkage agreements between All Hallows College, St. Patrick's College, the Mater Dei Institute and the Governing Authority of Dublin City University on Monday, 4 February 2008 at 3.30pm
  3. ↑ Quinn announces €40m upgrade for St Pat’s teacher college www.journal.ie 14 May 2012
  4. ↑ St Patrick's names new president Irish Catholic, 12 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Biographical Notes - Peter Byrne Colloque Vol 20, Vincentians Ireland.
  6. ↑ http://www.patssu.com
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