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Title: Letterfrack Industrial School
Post by: Kerrill on Monday 15 December 25 15:41 GMT (UK)

Does anyone know if anymore information on the boys who served time at Letterfrack Industrial School has come to light ?

Title: Re: Letterfrack Industrial School
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 15 December 25 15:54 GMT (UK)

Do you mean this one? (St. Joseph's Industrial School, Letterfrack, Co. Galway)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Joseph%27s_Industrial_School,_Letterfrack

If so, the thread should be on the Galway board- just click on 'report to moderator' and ask for it to be moved there.

Title: Re: Letterfrack Industrial School
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Monday 15 December 25 18:55 GMT (UK)

For others who might be interested, here's where Letterfrack is.......a beautiful part of Co Galway.

https://www.townlands.ie/galway/ballynahinch/ballynakill/ballynakill/letterfrack/
https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3417851#map=12/53.5244/-9.9632

Title: Re: Letterfrack Industrial School
Post by: Jon_ni on Tuesday 16 December 25 04:59 GMT (UK)

Unfortunately as per the Wiki link above life in the school was not on the same par as its surrounding, its remoteness compounding things, others:
https://childrenshomes.org.uk/LetterfrackIS
https://bishop-accountability.org/reports/2009_05_20_CICA/PDFs/CICA-VOL1-08.pdf
https://childabusecommission.ie/?p=1102
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23199971
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/100-died-at-letterfrack-school-say-brothers-1.1104242