Medical Record Child Detainee's Medical History Covering 96 Months Year Month Height Weight Record of Illnesses   Feet Inches Lbs   1 Jan       Vaccinated ...

Official Official Letter Condemns Religious Orders     Gross Malnutrition of Children in Industrial Schools   13 Eanar 1945 I.R.226/44, Runai, Roinn Airgeadais I am directed by the Minister for Education to inform you that he is gravely concerned at the evidence which has been reaching him for a considerable time of the malnutrition of children in industrial schools, particularly those for girls and junior boys. Shortly after her appointment ...

An Inspector Calls An Inspector Calls   Or what the Inspector noted after visits to the Sisters of Mercy managed Newtownforbes Industrial School   A ..... I cannot find any excuse which would exonerate you and your staff from the verminous condition of several of the children's heads . B ..... I was not satisfied in finding so many of the girls in the infirmary suffering from bruises on their bodies. C ...... It is observed however that a number of...

A DAY IN THE LIFE:> 1964 Some Autumn Day:- It's the time of the year when we'd be off picking the spuds and other stuff in our boots with leather laces, no "wet weather gear" I afraid Fr. O'Reilly! We'd start marching to the fields in pairs at 9:30am and would arrive at the fields at 10:00am or so. We'd be in the fields sometimes until 8:00 pm, depending on how much was to be harvested. Most days we finished at 4:30pm and we'd be marched back for our "tea" of Skinners, dripping and a mug...