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

  1. 1 2 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
  2. 1 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
  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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