The estate is still owned by the Society of African Missions but currently serves as a "Retreat and Conference Centre" Over its lifetime as a seminary some 600 priests were ordained for service in Africa.
[1] Prior to the acquisition of Dromatine the Society of African Missions in Ireland had St. Joseph's Seminary on the Blackrock Road in Cork.
The Society of African Missions also had a Novitiate in at Cloughballymore, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, from which students would progress from this to the Major seminary at Dromantine.
Prior to the SMA Fathers taking over the property, the Estate was the stately home of the McInnes family, often called the Manor of Clanagan.
During the event the grounds are opened for stalls selling food, attractions and live music is played on an outdoor stage.