History
Carysfort Training College was set up as a training college for Catholic girls who wished to become teachers. The college was founded and run by the Sisters of Mercy. The college developed further when ‘Sedes Sapientiae’ (Seat of Wisdom) Training School for girls (a recognised Teacher Training college) of Catherine McAuley Baggot Street moved to Carysfort in Blackrock.
The Diploma in Primary School Education awarded by the college was recognised by the Irish Government's Department of Education for teaching in primary schools. The teacher training course which had been a 2 year course, was lengthened to three years in 1974.
In 1975 reforms in the education system in Ireland saw Carysfort become a recognised college of the National University of Ireland along with other teacher training colleges such as Mary Immaculate in Limerick and St. Patrick's Training College, Drumcondra. These reforms saw Carysfort and other institutions award the B.Ed. Degree for their teacher training programmes, in 1977. The college also offered a postgraduate qualification in primary school teaching.
In 1982 a new library, a new 700-seat auditorium, a sports centre and an audio-visual centre were officially opened by the then Minister for Education.
In 1984 the government refused to allow Carysfort to provide a joint Masters in Education course with University College Dublin.
In the mid 1980s the possibility of establishing a National College of Music and Dramatic Arts on the Carysfort campus was investigated, other proposals were to locate a Regional Technical College on the site. The final students graduated with their teaching degrees from Carysfort College in 1988, Sr. Regina (Teresita Durkan) was the last President of the College, serving from 1974 until 1988.
Noted past academics at the college include Seamus Heaney, Eoin MacNeill, Pat Wall, and Éamon de Valera(Professor of Mathematics, 1906-1916).
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