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The conclusion of the report, issued in May 2009, was that over a period going back at least to the 1940s, many children in Industrial Schools in the Republic had been subjected to systematic and sustained physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. It also found that the perpetrators of this violence had
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The reformatory school population, which was nearly 800 immediately after the passing of the 1858 Act, fell to 300 in 1882, and to 150 in 1900. However, by 1875, there were 50 industrial schools, and the highest number of industrial schools was reached in 1898, when there were a total of 71 schools,
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The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, concluded almost one hundred years later, documents widespread serious neglect as well as physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children in many of the schools. The Commission only investigated complaints dating back to the 1940s (that is, with direct
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Although reformatory schools were established first, Industrial Schools soon surpassed them, both in numbers of schools and of pupils. Between 1851 and 1858, ten reformatories (five each for boys and girls) were certified. The 1868 Act insured that Protestant and Catholic children would be catered
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Industrial schools reached a maximum of 71 in 1898. Of the 61 in what is now the Republic of Ireland, 56 schools were Catholic-run and five were Protestant-run. Of the ten in what is now Northern Ireland, six were Catholic-run and four Protestant-run. Of the nine Protestant industrial schools in
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Vaccine trials in some Industrial Schools were to be investigated by the Commission, but were discontinued by the Commission in 2003 following Court judgement. In a statement on their website the Commission said "The Vaccine Trials Inquiry was a Division of the Investigation Committee. Judicial
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According to the Ryan report, the Department of Education and Skills has calculated the number of children discharged from Industrial Schools and Reformatories from 1930 to the 1970s as approximately 42,000. As the format of the statistical report changed during the 1970s, the population of the
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It is impossible to exaggerate the good effect (of).... this twin system of Reformatory and Industrial Schools. The latter have been particularly successful in Ireland; and the combination of voluntary effort and private management, with State regulation and partial support—a rather dangerous
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Some abuse victims in industrial schools in Northern Ireland are taking a legal case against religious orders. There have also been calls for an inquiry. The Industrial Schools in Northern Ireland were gradually closed and emptied in the 1920s and 1930s, and were effectively gone by 1950.
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the Act of 2000, were initiated in November 2003. On 25 November 2003, an undertaking was given to the High Court, by the Commission, that it would not conduct any hearings in relation to the matters within the ambit of the Order, until the matter was settled.
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The Fisheries School in Baltimore, West Cork was run by a local board of management and directed by the local parish priest. The school was closed in the 1950s and its records allegedly deliberately destroyed.
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was established in 2000 with functions including the investigation of abuse of children in institutions in the State. It was dependent on people giving evidence which they did in large numbers.
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been protected by their religious superiors, primarily out of self-interest to maintain the reputations of the institutions concerned. 42 of the 43 conclusions refer to the Industrial Schools.
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The practical effect of this undertaking was that the work of the Division was suspended at that point and never re-commenced, given the subsequent decision of the Court, that the Order was
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to care for "neglected, orphaned and abandoned children". By 1884, there were 5,049 children in such institutions throughout the country. The act was superseded by the
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The next few decades found there was a building boom to provide new premises for both types of institution. Reformatories were intended for children found guilty of
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Many private philanthropic schools were granted certificates as reformatories or industrial schools for the reception of children committed by the
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evidence from living persons), but its findings are at odds with Lord Justice Cherry's earlier assessment of the success of the 'experiment'.
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Reformatory schools had been established in 1858 under a Poor Law amendment. Ten years later Industrial Schools were introduced by the
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and those considered in danger of contact with criminality. This latter category had previously been accommodated in so called "
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By 1900, only seven of the ten original reformatories remained. In 1917 the last industrial school run by the
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St Aidan's Industrial School for Girls, New Ross County Wexford, run by the Good Shepherd Order of nuns.
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St. Francis Xavier's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys, Ballaghadereen, County Roscommon
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys, Liosomoine, Killarney, County Kerry
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St. Vincent's (House of Charity) Industrial School for Junior Boys, Drogheda, County Louth
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A Report to the Royal Irish Academy Third Sector Research Programme, Royal Irish Academy.
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of which 61 (56 schools for Catholics and five for Protestants) were in the 26 counties.
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St. Ann's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys, Renmore, Lenaboy, County Galway
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Reformatory and Industrial School legislation and reports for Ireland _ 1861 to 1919.
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys, Ballinasloe, County Galway
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys, Clifden, County Galway
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls, Summerhill, Athlone, County Westmeath
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A contemporary argument for sectarian segregation of juvenile offenders from
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St. Bernard's Industrial School for Girls, Fethard, Dundrum, County Tipperary
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The following schools were run by religious orders and funded by the public:
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St. Michael's Industrial School for Junior boys, Cappoquin, County Waterford
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schools, which was well in decline by then, is given as an estimate only.
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls, Whitehall, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
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St. Finbarr's Industrial School for Girls, Sundays Well, Marymount, Cork
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St. Kyran's Industrial School for Junior Boys, Rathdrum, County Wicklow
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Senior Boys, Salthill, County Galway
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St. Coleman's Industrial School for Girls, Cobh/Rushbrooke, County Cork
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Fourth Report of the Children Order Advisory Committee – January 2004
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St. Martha's Industrial School for Girls, Bundoran, County Donegal
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Boys, Passage West, County Cork
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St. Francis' Industrial School for Girls, Cashel, County Tipperary
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St Columba's Industrial School for Boys, Killybegs, County Donegal
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St. Bridgid's Industrial School for Girls, Loughrea, County Galway
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St. Anne's Industrial School for Girls, Booterstown, County Dublin
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Stillorgan Industrial School, Protestant run school (closed 1917).
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Cherry, Richard R. (1912). "Juvenile crime and its prevention".
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Shamrock Lodge Industrial School, Belfast, Co. Antrim. (Females)
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Senior Boys, Greenmount, Cork
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St. Columba's Industrial School for Girls, Westport, County Mayo
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St. Anne's Reformatory School for Girls, Kilmacud, County Dublin
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St Michael's Industrial School, Wexford, 1901 & 1911 census
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Cherry, Richard R (1912). "Juvenile crime and its prevention".
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls, Dundalk, County Louth
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St. Ann's Industrial School for Girls, Killarney, County Kerry
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St. Mary's Industrial School, Lakelands, Sandymount, Dublin 4
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls, Mallow, County Cork
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Boys, Tralee, County Kerry
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St. John's Industrial School for Girls, Birr, County Offaly
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List of industrial schools in Ireland (Republic of Ireland)
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St. Joseph's Industrial School for Senior Boys, Ferryhouse
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List of industrial schools in Ireland (Northern Ireland)
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experiment—has been completely justified by the result.
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St. Dominick's Industrial School for Girls, Waterford
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Establishment of reformatories and industrial schools
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The first industrial school in Ireland was set up by
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Hampton House Industrial School for Protestant Girls
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St. Laurence's Industrial School, Finglas, Dublin 11
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for Boys, originally Elm cliff then Avondale House,
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St. Vincent's Industrial School for Girls, Limerick
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St. Joseph's Reformatory School for Girls, Limerick
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Industrial Schools (Ireland) Act 1868
Children Act 1908
8 Edw. 7
Republic of Ireland
reformatory schools
Northern Ireland
Bangor
Belfast
Millisle
Lady Louisa Conolly
Celbridge
County Kildare
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