11 Facts About Clonliffe College

Between 1881 and 1908 some 81 Clonliffe College students graduated with a BA from the Royal University of Ireland.

Many years two students from the Vincentian would study at Clonliffe so as to have to opportunity to gain a degree from UCD, there was a strong relationship between the Diocesan College and the Vincentian order, in that some Vincentian priests from the nearby St Patrick's Training College and All Hallows would have lectured in Clonliffe.

In 1977 the National Diploma in Philosophical Studies at 2 year programme validated by the NCEA, and eligible for Higher Education grants was run at Clonliffe College, this led in sunsequent years to NCEA Certificate and Diplomas in Humanities being offered from Clonliffe College.

Clonliffe College was adjacent to the residence of the Archbishop of Dublin, just north of Croke Park Stadium.

Clonliffe College is the administrative headquarters of the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, and is used for retreats, conferences, meetings and courses.

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The Mater Dei Institute of Education College of Education was established in 1966 on part of the Clonliffe College campus, used some of the resources of the former seminary such as the Sports grounds until its closure in 2016.

Library collections of Clonliffe College were transferred into the care of Dublin City University Library in 2016.

In 2018, it was announced that the Clonliffe College would be closed by the Archdiocese and sold to the GAA.

In 2022, the Dublin Diocese offered the college buildings to the government to house refugees, and later many items from the Clonliffe College, were auctioned to make space to accommodate refugees from Ukraine, following the conflict there.

The Clonliffe College participated in Culture Night 2013 where its archives and artwork were on display to the general public, as well as recitals of music and a talk on the 1913 Lockout.

Presidents of the College have included Bishop Thomas Joseph Power, Michael Verdon, Canon Bartholomew Fitzpatrick, John Waters, Matthew S MacMahon, Patrick Dargan, Jerome Curtin, Edward Gallen, Cathal McCarthy, Joseph Carroll, president of Mater Dei, Brendan Houlihan, Owen Sweeney, John J Greehy, and Peter Briscoe.