1888 - 2013 Celebrating 125 Years in the Education System Front Cover Image: A modern photograph of the school. Back Cover Image: A depiction of the school in the past. Page Five Picture: A portrait by Sheila Kavanagh commissioned in 2002 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Order of the Christian Brothers. Second Edition This edition copyright © 2015. 2 3 4 5 6 18 17 16 15 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the editor. St. Joseph’s C.B.S Secondary School, Fairview, Dublin.
[email protected] 00-353-18339 799 www.stjosephsfairview.ie Editor: Timothy Quinlan. Illustrator: Elliot Joyce. Compilation & Layout: Conor O’Reilly. Printed by: PB Print. Printed in Ireland. 3 It is indeed a great honour to be Principal here at a time when the school celebrates 125 years in existence. The changes that have taken place in society over that time have indeed been monumental. The areas of transport, communication and technology have truly undergone a revolution over those years. We have made advances in so many fields but one of the greatest advances that we have made in this country has been in participation in education. This is particularly so since the advent of free secondary education in the late 1960s. While many par- ents might scoff at the term “free”, particularly having totted up the cost of back-to-school books, supplies and uniforms, the fact remains that since that political decision, going to second level school and completing second level education has become the norm and not the exception.