A library of past events

The Lanthorn, year-book of Dominican College, Eccles Street, first appeared at Christmas 1913. Its name and its role were inspired by the title Lucerna Christi, the 'Lantern of Christ' once given to Saint Dominic: "I illuminate the past…I light up the present…My beams shine into the future". From 1913 to 1971 it appeared every year, recording the activities of the school and reflecting, in articles, news items and poems, contemporary developments, events and ideas affecting not only the school itself but the present and future lives of its pupils. Over a span of more than half a century, the spirit of the school and of the age is faithfully reflected in the pages of The Lanthorn.

Please select the article you wish to read:

1. The Spirit of Eccles Street
2. The First Christmas in Eccles Street
3. Catherine the Letter-Writer
4. I Remember Eccles Street
5. Profiles of the Leaving Certificate Class (1941-42)
6. My First Dress Dance
7. Flashes By The Way (1966)
8. Editorial (1867)
9. Glimpses of MIssionary Life in South Africa (1967)
10. Mission Notes From Cape Province (1967)
11. Flashes By The Way (1967)
12. Irish Folklore: Myth and Reality
13. Education in the Eighties
14. On Being Young in the Nineteen Eighties