1954

College opened as fee-paying secondary school for boys. Principal:  Bro Ligouri  (until 1959)     One class group in each year.   

1956

Main building constructed as two-storey building with theatre/assembly hall

1958

First rugby team – still a central sport in the school with many past-pupils in Bective, Railway Union and Monkstown Clubs

1959

Principal: Bro Declan Duffy (until 1971)

1960

First basketball team – hugely successful sport with many Irish championships, many international players, and past-pupils club which plays as UCD-Marian in the Irish Men’s semi-professional Superleague.

1962

First table-tennis team – another very successful sport, with many Irish championships, many international players, and a huge intra-mural competition in the school each year for the Marist Cup.

1964

Additional block of six classrooms plus swimming pool.  Two class groups in each year.

1965

First water-polo team – another hugely successful sport with many Irish championships, many international players, and very successful past-pupils’ club.

1967

90% of Irish secondary schools, including Marian College, join the new free-education scheme.

1968

First soccer team – very successful sport with many scholarships students to both UCD and the United States

1970

Additional storey added to main building.  Three class groups in each year

1971

Principal: Bro Fintan Flaherty (until 1985)
Vice-Principal: Ms Pat McDonough (until 1999)

1974

First of the annual musical productions

1985

Principal: Bro Peter Hegarty (until 1988)

1986

Gaelic football introduced in partnership with the Clanna Gael club

1988

First Board of Management involving partnership between the Marist Brothers, the teaching staff and the parents. Appointment of first lay-Principal, Mr Paul Meany (until 2017)

1989

Art and Music added to the school curriculum

1995

Transition year introduced for one class group

1996

Computer Room opened

1999

Deputy Principal: Mr Kevin Lawlor (until 2011)
Repeat Leaving Certificate programme for boys and girls began

2000

Hurling introduced in partnership with the Clanna Gael club

2001

School joins the Trinity Access Programme (TAP)

2004

Transition Year expanded to two class groups

Building project presented to DES

2005

Past-pupils Dress Dance as part of the 50^th Anniversary celebrations and Past-pupils Union re-launched.

2006

Entered the School Completion Programme as part of DEIS initiative to improve the opportunities available for our students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

2007

(1) Whole School Evaluation by the Inspectorate of the Department of Education and Science.  This hugely positive report commended the school on its approach and achievements and recommended, inter alia, that the school should pursue improvements to its sports facilities to allow for the proposed introduction of PE.

(2) Refurbishment of the pupils’ toilets using the summer works scheme

2008

(1) Contacts with the Lansdowne Road Development Company about a joint venture between the College, the LRDC, the City Council and the Department of Education and Science for the building of a sportshall and the re-development of the swimming pool

(2) Introduction of P.E. as part of the school curriculum. Fully qualified PE teacher employed for this purpose.

(3) Conversion of abandoned shed – at school’s own expense – to provide two additional classrooms

(4) Introduction of cricket as an additional sport

(5) First edition of Annual Yearbook

2009

Complete replacement and refurbishment of the windows of the school, plus the laying down of two outdoor basketball courts,  using the Department’s Summer Works Scheme

2010

(1) Replacement of three laboratories using the DES Summer Works Scheme
(2) Expansion of the Transition Year to three class groups

2011

(1) Replacement of the schools’ heating system using the DES Summer Works Scheme

(2) All teachers with own laptops, inter-active whiteboards and/or projectors in all classrooms.  This was achieved through the Departments ICT grant plus fund-raising by the school

(3) Introduction of the Leaving Cert Vocational Programme (LCVP) as recommended in the WSE report.

(4) Appointment of Mr Hughie O'Byrne as Deputy Principal (until 2014)

2012

(1) Marist Brothers provide land for the construction of sportshall
(2) OPW constructs new flood relief wall on College boundary
(3) School Self Evaluation (SSE) introduced

2013

Entered the College for Every Student (CFES) programme with Trinity College

2014

(1) Appointment of Ms Oonagh McCaul as Deputy Principal
(2) International School of Distinction in CFES
(3) Planning permission received for the construction of Sportshall
(4) College achieved Green Flag

2015

International School of Distinction in CFES

2016

Commencement of the construction of the Sportshall which will open in 2017