St Catherine's College of Education for Home Economics, Sion Hill, Dublin 1929-2007

Past Students Union

The College.
The College opened as a Training College for Teachers of Domestic Science by the Dominican Order in September 1929. In 1971 the College became known as St Catherine’s College of Home Economics and later still as St Catherine’s College of Education for Home Economics.

The history of the College is available in a Publication “Historical and Contemporary Reflections“St Catherine’s College of Education for Home Economics, Sion Hill 1929-2007. This book launched in 2007 contains articles on the history of education of Home Economics in Ireland and is extremely interesting. It contains articles by members off staff and past students remembering how things were in their time. It was a worthwhile undertaking and contains information which many past students were unaware. The Dominican nuns were much more generous with their time and recourses than many graduates could have known. The book also contains a list all graduates so if you attended the College your name will be included.

Historical and Contemporary Reflections
St Catherines College of Education for Home Economics 1929-2007

This book compiled by the staff with forward by Professor John Coonihan, to mark the closure of St Catherines in 2007 is a fine and interesting record of the College and the development of Home Economics in the Irish Educational system.

As well as the history of St. Catherine's; the future of the subject in a modern curriculum; Teacher Education in the College and ponders on the end of an era.

There are contributions from past students and teachers including some members of the Committee.

All in all this is an excellent record of the College and a nice volume to remind us of a vanished world.
Some copies remain and have been passed on to the committee. These  can be obtained from any committee member , please email us at committee@stcatherinespsu.com