The three volumes in this collection contain hand written entries recording the details of students registered with Our Lady of Mercy Training College Baggot Street and Carysfort training college from 1883 to 1922. The large double ledger volumes record student details, such as: home address, age, diocese and parish, position in school, and examination results. These registers will be of interest to those interested in genealogy and social history, as well as the history of education and teacher training in Ireland.

Register of students admitted to Carysfort (formerly Our Lady of Mercy Training College Baggot Street) from 1911 to 1922. Format is columnar with the following printed headings: register number, college number, entry date, two year course, name of candidate, address, age, married or not, name of school, roll number, district number, diocese of birth and residence, parish of birth and residence, position in school, if monitress when appointed, if teacher when appointed, class and division and when obtained, name and address of manager, first and final year examination results, date of leaving, results in particular subjects, first deposit, second deposit, deposit returned, remarks.

Register of students admitted to Our Lady of Mercy Training College Baggot Street from 1883 to 1896. Includes two pages with 21 extern students 1892-1907. Format is columnar with the following printed headings: register number, college number, entry date, one year or two year course, name of candidate, address, age, married or not, name of school, roll number, district number, diocese of birth and residence, parish of birth and residence, position in school, if monitress when appointed, if teacher when appointed, class and division and when obtained, name and address of manager, first and final year examination results, date of leaving, classification when leaving, results in special subjects, training diploma grade, remarks. From 1892 deposit details are added.

Register of students admitted to Our Lady of Mercy Training College Baggot Street and Carysfort from 1897 to 1910. Format is columnar with the following printed headings: register number, college number, entry date, one year or two year course, name of candidate, address, age, married or not, name of school, roll number, district number, diocese of birth and residence, parish of birth and residence, position in school, if monitress when appointed, if teacher when appointed, class and division and when obtained, name and address of manager, first and final year examination results, date of leaving, classification when leaving, results in special subjects, training diploma grade, deposit details, remarks.