History

May16th.:

                                “St. Brendan’s Seminary, Killarney.   Opened on the Feast of St. Brendan, May 16th 1860 - Director   Fr. Barry.”

                                - Register in College   Records.           

July 27th. 1860:  

                “St. Brendan’s Seminary, under the immediate patronage of The Right Rev. Dr. Moriarty.   Directors: The Rev. M. Barry, Professor of All Hallows College;   The Rev. T. Lawlor, late of the Dunboyne Establishment, Maynooth.  

                                This seminary will re-open on the 13th. of August next...a limited number of         ecclesiastical students...can be accommodated with lodgings in the   seminary without   charge. Mr. D. O’Connor, Classical Master, will receive boarders at a reasonable charge and young boys will find his house a home...every student who is not a resident in Killarney must board or lodge in an approved house only...”          - Ad in Tralee Chronicle

First Register

“N.B.   This register begins August 16th. 1860, the date when I became connected with St. Brendan’s Seminary.” - Fr. T. Lalor

                                - Register in College Records

First Pupils...       

Seventy-one students were registered in 1860. Thirty-seven of the students were from the Killarney parish.

The Concursus July 1861 :

                Students from St. Brendan’s took eight of the ten places in the Concursus, the   scholarship examination for admission to Maynooth.

                                “The Concursus   for 1861 was held   at the Bishop’s New Palace, Killarney, July,   Examiners: V. Rev. J. Mawe, V.G. Tralee; Rev. D.McCarthy, Professor of   Scripture,   Maynooth....”

                                St. Brendan’s students filled the first seven places. Two of the three remaining places were taken by students from the schools of Mr. C. McCarthy and Mr. F.McCarthy, Tralee.