Following a decision to build 1000 houses in the Fairview Parish area,

Beginning in 1924 the area known as Marino was developed as a suburb of Dublin City, with 1000 houses.

This represented a radical departure for the Corporation of that time, being a unique development of housing and roads in a previously rural environment. The estate lands of Lord Charlemont yielded themselves up to the first phase of development, and eventually both the Charlemont and Croydon estates formed the Parish of Marino as we know it today.

All that now remains of the former rural landscape is the exquisite Casino, an 18th century architectural gem, set to the rear of Marino Church.

Following the development of Marino as a suburb, on the initiative of the Very Rev.John Flanagan P.P. ,it was decided to build a Church. The Church Of St.Vincent De Paul , Marino was built in 1928 on the old Charlemont estate.The foundation stone of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul was laid on 2nd May, 1928. Fr. John Flanagan, Parish Priest of Fairview, worked tirelessly to ensure its completion. The Solemn opening was performed on the 7th October by Dr.Edward Byrne,Archbishop of Dublin.

In line with the social thinking of the Church at the time, fine spacious schools were also built, with accommodation for up to 1,500 children. These buildings had a distinctly continental style, as had many of the houses in the new scheme.

Marino was established as a Parish in its own right in 1942. Prior to that it had been part of Fairview Parish. In 1942, Canon McArdle was appointed Parish Priest of the new Marino Parish, which at that time consisted of 14,000 souls.

Of course, we have to remember that while the Parish of Marino is located in an area of Dublin steeped in history, Marino itself is relatively new. dating only as far back as Lord Charlemont in the 18th century. Before that. the townland of Donnycamey incorporated all those lands which now form our Parish.