Ever wondered what DkIT was like in the early days? …Take a step back in time to the opening of the new Regional Technical College Dundalk on Monday, 3rd May 1971.
Did you know that this was not the original site chosen for the College? The council originally planned to locate the College in the old Louth Hospital on the Ardee Road, which is now part of the Grammar School at the top of Stapleton Place.
Some of the courses on offer in the first 1971-1972 prospectus were:
Electronics, civil & mechanical engineering, £25 per annum
Business studies diploma course, £25 per annum
Secretarial studies course, £10 per annum
Others included telecommunications, diploma in banking and motor engineering.
Some of the activities on offer from College Societies in 1974/75 were archaeology, music, pottery, French film session, and canoe building.
Where have all the canoe builders gone, I wonder?
Here’s a brief piece from the college newsletter ("Pulvis Tauri") of February 1972: “MID-WEEK DANCES – Following numerous requests for mid-week dances the Services Committee are holding a dance in the canteen on Thursday 24th. Dancing will be from ten o’clock until one and everything else will be from one o’clock onwards. The Trolls will be playing for you and they are reputed to be a very versatile group, so it should be pretty good. Admission is 25p and is open to students, staff and their friends.”
This is only a small snap shot of what the RTC had to offer in the early years. DkIT Library College Archives is, as the name indicates, an archive of documents, photographs and more relating to the college from its foundation right up to the present day. We rely on donations, so there may be gaps in the collection. DkIT Library College Archives is a work in progress which we hope to have online and ready for viewing in the near future.
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