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

^ ^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

[ryan-11-03-1] 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

[ryan-11-01-2] 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

[ryan-11-02-3] 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

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