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 ...
LETTER MAKES LIARS OF SISTERS OF LETTER MAKES LIARS OF SISTERS OF MERCY DAMNING letters from the Department of Education setting out the serious neglect of children at Newtownforbes industrial school, Co Longford, in the early 1940s, were presented to the Commission on Child Abuse yesterday. The letters catalogued attempts by the Department to improve conditions at the school up to the mid-1940s, when their efforts began to bear fruit. Sr Margaret Casey, leader o...
Medical Record Child Detainee's Medical History Covering 96 Months Year Month Height Weight Record of Illnesses Feet Inches Lbs 1 Jan Vaccinated ...
A DAY IN THE LIFE DATE 1959: It was a fairly cold year the much of it I can remember, heck was it ever warm in those places?. But then in those gulags it seemed to be always cold. We all had runny noses, anyone remember the chilblains and the way the tops of your fingers started to swell? The ringworm was fucking awful, not the fact that you had it but the solution these nuns used to come up with, and solution is the important word here as they used to fill them white ceramic buckets (rem...
A DAY IN THE LIFE>>>> DATE: 1962>>>>> Hard to know what time my day started at but as it was the Farmer priest who was calling me to serve mass I guess it was very early. Being able to tell the time in these gulags wasn't given any priority. We kind of went through our day too the sounds of bells. There were bells for every fucking activity. A bell to rouse you, a bell to tell you to line up for washing, a bell to tell you to line up to receive your bit of toothpaste - two lines for the t...