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Title: Balmoral Industrial School Ballygomartin
Post by: steven thompson on Sunday 16 June 13 22:05 BST (UK)

From the 1901 census

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000357879/


Has anyone ever came across this or records of it?

Title: Re: Balmoral Industrial School Ballygomartin
Post by: gaffy on Monday 17 June 13 04:53 BST (UK)

Yes, it wasn't unlike a bostal, taking abandoned, problematic etc. children.  If you search the ecatalogue on the PRONI website you will see what they hold, PRONI reference RITS (Reformatory, Industrial and Training Schools) also gives some background (there's also some material to be found via google).

Edited to add:  Eg. the EPPI (Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland) website has a few references, it might be worth searching:

http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/21240/eppi_pages/594974

Title: Re: Balmoral Industrial School Ballygomartin
Post by: steven thompson on Monday 17 June 13 19:57 BST (UK)

Many thanks for that information