Foundation of Missionary College of All Hallows by Rev. John Hand. Eleven young seminarians join in the first year.
Sixty six students registered in the college.
Death of John Hand. David Moriarty is appointed as successor. Focus of college alumni shifts to ministry of Irish emigrants abroad.
Beginning of the Great Famine, which forced millions to emigrate overseas.
1,000 year lease granted on the property
Senior house buildings constructed
Siege of Cawnpore, India. Joseph Rooney (ord. AH 1847) is killed in the massacre.
Student numbers exceed 200. All Hallows supplies priests for 50 dioceses worldwide.
Purcell House (known as Junior House) replaces the old Beresford stable house.
All Hallows priests account for over half of all 600 priests in Australia.
The Vincentian Order takes administrative responsibility for the running of the college.
New college Chapel built after fire devastates the original building.
Thomas O’Donnell appointed College president. Serving from 1909-49, he is the longest-serving President of All Hallows.
First World War. Many alumni work as Military Chaplains.
Ireland in political unrest. The Easter Rising of 1916 leads to a War of Independence with the British state and its forces in Ireland (1919-21), brought to an end with the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Disagreement between nationalists regarding the acceptance of this treaty leads to the Irish Civil War of 1922-23.
An All Hallows past man, Denis Kelly was part of the Liverpool flying squad of the IRA in 1920, caught in action and was imprisoned in Walton prison. He went on hunger strike twice to get political prisoner recognition (unsuccessfully) and was released in 1921.
He went onto help set up An Garda Síochána, working from Dublin Castle during its handover to the State. He finally retired from Newbridge College as a professor of maths in the 1930s.
Kelly set up a fund to help provide tomb stones for Old IRA men who had fallen on hard times in later years.
Dublin plays host to 31st International Eucharistic Congress with the theme of The Propagation of the Sainted Eucharist by Irish Missionaries.
Con Sexton (ordained in All Hallows 1930) was Chaplain to the 8th Division of the Australian Infantry forces during WWII. He was a POW for four years in the infamous Changi camp in Japan. He returned to his diocese in 1946.
All Hallows Centenary (1942). Celebrations are muted as WWII rages in Europe.
Cardinal John Glennon, pastman, dies in Áras an Uachtaráin on a visit to Ireland. He receives almost a state funeral in All Hallows.
The Fall of Pompey – 200-year-old Chestnut tree – said to have been used by John Beresford as a gibbet for Croppies during the 1798 rebellion.
Evie Hone’s stained glass Rose Window, dedicated to the Assumption, installed in college Chapel.
Senator John F Kennedy delivers a talk to students. His wife Jacqueline is close friends with Fr Joe Leonard, a staff member.
Betty Crowe is the first female academic to be employed by All Hallows. She teaches Spanish to those travelling to Spanish-speaking countries.
O’Donnell House, dedicated to All Hallows’ longest-serving and influential president, is blessed and opened by Most Rev Dr McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin.
Many bishops pass through All Hallows travelling to or from the Second Vatican Council, leading to vibrant discussions on the Church’s future.
Largest number of ordinations to date. 44 priests are ordained.
Mine Disaster, Burney, England. Liam Cotter, ordained in All Hallows in 1955, risked his life by crawling down a coal mine torn by an explosion and giving absolution to all 17 dead or dying men.
President John F Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas, USA. Christmas card, signed by the First Lady and posted prior to the tragedy, is received by Fr Joe Leonard, staff member and close friend of Jackie.
Retreat Conference Centre established in Purcell House.
By the 1970s many academic and administrative staff are women.
A noticeable decrease in vocations and student numbers continues through the decade.
New programmes introduced: Preparing for Ministry, Sabbatical programme and BA (Theology). Marie Slevin MMM is first female student.
Construction of new Catering and Dining Hall completed.
Declaration of the All Hallows College Trust.
Dunblane School Massacre, Scotland. 16 children and teacher killed by lone gunman. Basil O’Sullivan, ordained in All Hallows 1956, ministered to families of the bereaved and the larger community. This is an extract from Msgr O’Sullivan’s reflection on the tragedy.
Last ordinations of All Hallows’ priests.
Initial link formed with Dublin City University, which becomes the awarding body for BA & MA programmes.
All Hallows College becomes a linked college of DCU, while maintaining its own distinctive mission and values.
President Mary McAleese attends a reception to mark the first anniversary of the Adult Learning BA (ALBA), based on a model from the School of New Learning, De Paul University, Chicago, USA.
National Strategy for Higher Education (the Hunt Report) recommends the amalgamation of smaller institutions to form educational Centres of Excellence.
International Vincentian Business Ethic Conference held in All Hallows – the first time in its 20-year history conference is hosted outside the USA.
2014 was also the highest graduation cohort, with 73 Undergraduate and 91 Postgraduate awards being presented.
All Hallows announces intention to wind down operations while continuing to assist current students in completion of their studies.