Dublin Institute of Adult Education

Dublin Institute of Adult Education was established by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid in 1950 as the Dublin Institute of Catholic Sociology, its first director was Rev. Dr. James Kavanagh.[1] It hosted lectures, debates and conferences, and delivered courses and training, in various subjects such as Sociology and Adult Education. Originally based in Eccles Street, it moved to Mountjoy Square Dublin. After the Second Vatican Council, under the directorship of Fr. Liam Carey (of the Centre for Adult and Community Education at Maynooth College, who also founded AONTAS), in 1966 the Institute was reconstituted into the Dublin Institute of Adult Education.[2] In 1974 the Dublin Diocese through the Dublin Institute of Adult Education set up the Dublin Literary Scheme.[3]

Today the Institute on Mountjoy Square is called the Dublin Adult Learning Centre.[4]

References
  1. Courageous Voice for the Underprivileged Obituary Bishop James Kavanagh, Irish Times, August 10, 2002.
  2. Dublin Institute of Catholic Sociology: Manual of Social Ethics; 1956
  3. 'Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 6: Connecting Research, Policy and Practice' edited by John Comings, Barbara Garner, Cristine Smith
  4. Dublin Adult Learning Centre
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