St Joseph's Christian Brothers' School, Fairview was founded in 1888.

By 1906, two extensions led to the original building having two storeys, including a woodwork room and a chemistry lab.

Despite the addition of partitions to classrooms in 1935 and the first extension in forty years in 1946 to the original building, numbers of pupils continued to rise.

The Past Pupils' Union was established in 1956, with attendants of the first dinner including Harry Boland, Br.

Caombhánach oversaw the production of a souvenir publication and research into the former pupils who took part in the Rising.

Two years later, the school celebrated its centenary by producing an anniversary yearbook (under the direction of Mr. Seamus McGann).

A Repeat Leaving Certificate Programme was introduced in 1996 to tackle declining student numbers.