Timeline

2014

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.

2011

National Strategy for Higher Education (the Hunt Report) recommends the amalgamation of smaller institutions to form educational Centres of Excellence.

2010

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.

2008

All Hallows College becomes a linked college of DCU, while maintaining its own distinctive mission and values.

2000

Initial link formed with Dublin City University, which becomes the awarding body for BA & MA programmes.

1998

Last ordinations of All Hallows’ priests.

1996

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.