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At the 30 June Warrenstown House auction in Trim, were (above, l-r): TFr Paddy Hennessy, Pat Ryan solicitor, Fr Patrick Brewster, Fr Koenraad Van Gucht, Br James O’Hare, Elliott Potterton, Fr PJ Nyland, Thomas Potterton, Fr Joe Harrington, Fr Michael Casey (Provincial) and Br Padraig McDonald.
he Salesians of Don Bosco came to Warrenstown in 1922 and opened an
Agricultural College in 1923. In 1958 a new site beside the old College was developed and the new Agricultural College building erected.
From the late 1950s, students of horticulture began attending Warrenstown and in 1968 a two-year course in commercial horticulture was established at the request of the Dept of Agriculture. The Horticultural College established a fine reputation and in 2001, adapted to new conditions and concentrated on amenity horticulture.
With the changing fortunes in agricultural training, the Agricultural College was closed in
2001 and the land associated with it was eventually sold in 2008. With the close of the Horticultural College in the sum- mer of 2009, a 76-year span of agricultural and horticultural education by the Salesians of Don Bosco on behalf of young Irish farmers and horticulturists came to an end.
The original house served as the community residence till completion of the sale in October, when the last members of the community bade farewell to the second Salesian foundation in Ireland and moved to Salesian College, Celbridge.
New owners Francis and Marie Smith with Salesian Provincial Fr Michael Casey after the sale by auction of Warrenstown House, Drumree, Co. Meath.
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