St Joseph's Industrial School, Dundalk
St Joseph's Industrial School, Dundalk was an industrial school in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.
It started as a school founded in 1847 during the Great Famine at the instigation of the parish priest and local residents.[1] Five members of the Sisters of Mercy order arrived from Dublin to start the school, which was based in Seatown Place.[1]
It was first certified as an industrial school in 1881.[2] It was a girls school until boys were first admitted in 1965, though formal admission was first given in 1971.[3]
It closed in 1983.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chapter 11 St Joseph’s Industrial School, Dundalk (‘St Joseph’s’), 1881–1983, section 11-03, Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
- ^ a b Chapter 11 St Joseph’s Industrial School, Dundalk (‘St Joseph’s’), 1881–1983, section 11-01, Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
- ^ Chapter 11 St Joseph’s Industrial School, Dundalk (‘St Joseph’s’), 1881–1983, section 11-02, Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse