1888: The Christian Brothers opened the three-roomed Christian Schools in Marino on August 3rd. The name changed in the 1920s to St Joseph's, Marino, and finally, in the 1940s to St Joseph's, Fairview
1890s: Famous pupils included Canon O'Keeffe, professor of ethics and politics at UCD and Peader Kearney, author of The Soldier's Song, who left St Joseph's in 1897, aged 14, after spending a few months playing truant. The future Taoiseach, John A Costello, entered the school in 1897
1901: The first extension - a science lab - was added to the three-room school
1916: Twenty-four past pupils took part in the Easter Rising including Captain Sean Connolly, who was lamented by WB Yeats: "Who was the first man shot that day?/The player Connolly,/Close to the City Hall he died/Carriage and Voice had he,/He lacked those years that go with skill/But later might have been/A famous, a brilliant figure/ Before the painted scene!"
1925: The first State exams were held by the Irish Department of Education. Among the 2,903 students who sat the Intermediate Certificate were nine Joey's boys. That same year, the Christian Brothers' League was founded to foster Gaelic Games in Christian Brother schools. Its first chairman was Brother M L O'Donoghue who had taught in St. Joseph's for many years.
1942: The first students from Joey's sat the Leaving Cert. Twelve students passed, all with honours, and four passed the NUI matric.
1943: Probably the most famous of all classes sat the Leaving Cert - C J Haughey, Harry Boland and the late George Colley left Joey's.
1945: First senior championship victory - St. Joseph's won the Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling championship. Past pupils played a prominent part in Dublin's All-Ireland minor "double" in hurling and Gaelic football
1956: First annual past pupils' dinner - Haughey never missed a dinner until two years ago when he was on crutches.
1958: New secondary school building opened; ten past pupils were on the victorious Dublin All-Ireland football team including the captain, Kevin Heffernan
1959: Joey's is the first day school to win the senior Gaelic All-Ireland
1967: St Joseph's entered the free education scheme
1970: The parents' advisory council was founded
1978: Two hurling teams win Leinster championships; football teams become Dublin and Leinster champions; soccer team wins the Leinster championship
1992, 1998: St Joseph's wins the all Ireland senior soccer championship; girls come to Joey's, in 1998, to repeat the Leaving Cert.
Source: St Joseph's CBS, Fairview, 1888-1998 by Gerard Brockie
