| 1871 | The college was founded as a major and minor seminary for the Diocese of Kilmore. |
| 1874 | The college was opened on 12 March with 83 students on the roll, all boarders. The new College could accommodate about 100 boarding students and was built at a cost of £11,176 |
| 1886 | The college ceased to be major seminary and was opened to day-students for the first time. |
| 1913 | The first recorded appearance of a St Patrick's College football team was a challenge game against an Antrim senior team played at Wattlebridge, Co. Fermanagh, on August 16th. |
| 1928 | A college team played in the McRory Cup, the Ulster Colleges Football Championship, for the first time. |
| 1935 | St Patrick's College won the McRory Cup for the first time. College teams would subsequently win another 11 Ulster titles. |
| 1939 | Construction began on the New Wing, a four storey block consisting of new living accommodation, classrooms, science block, etc |
| 1964 | The number of boarders reach a peak of 241. |
| 1967 | Free post-primary education was introduced. The number of day-students began to rise rapidly. |
| 1970 | The college assembly hall was opened. For the first time, the number of day-students exceeded the number of boarders. |
| 1972 | St Patrick's won the Hogan Cup, the All-Ireland Colleges Gaelic Football Championship. |
| 1974 | The college celebrated it's centenary. The then President of Ireland, Mr Erskine Childers, visited the college to mark the occasion. |
| 1986 | St Augustine's, a new block consisting of classrooms, laboratories, art room and music room, was opened. |
| 1994 | President Mary Robinson visited the College to mark European day |
| 1995 | Student numbers reached 721, an all-time high. Of these, 104 were boarding students |
| 1998 | With less than 80 boarders it was decided that the Boarding School would close. The closure would be phased over two years and the boarding would finally end in June 2000. |
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Dr Liam Mc Niffe (Principal).............principal@stpatscavan.com
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