The Salesian order received the lands in Drumree under the will of Elizabeth Lynch, a descendant of the Warren family local to the area, and they started training men for the agricultural industry in 1923.
In the 1980s, the college offered a two-year course in commercial horticulture and awarded a senior certificate to successful candidates.
The principal of the horticultural college was Br James O'Hare, succeeded by Harold Lawlor.
[3] 200 students and staff were to be transferred to the Botanic Gardens (who also have a linkage with IT Blanchardstown) and other Teagasc facilities.
[6] The Salesians, whose headquarters is in Crumlin, Dublin 12, still run Pallaskenry Agricultural College in Limerick.