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Re: Summerhill Girls School Athlone
« Reply #9 on: Friday 16 August 24 10:36 BST (UK) »

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Re: Summerhill Girls School Athlone
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 18 August 24 12:06 BST (UK) »
Hi econ 1219 sorry  to say l haven't moved on any further with searches into this school and where my grandmother was educated. I had thought originally as her mother had died and the family had entered the  workhouse regularly (most winter periods) that the workhouse were trying to  help the two boys and Kate get  some stability. I'm guessing the workhouse wouldn't have wanted the children living there infinitely.
If l managed to learn anymore about the school l will post here Kathleen
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Re: Summerhill Girls School Athlone
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 18 August 24 15:22 BST (UK) »
Thanks, do you know if the Summerhill Industrial School was separate from the Athlone Workhouse?

I am trying to understand what type of school it was at the time. I have three ancestors who were at the Summerhill school in the 1911 census.

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Re: Summerhill Girls School Athlone
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 18 August 24 22:19 BST (UK) »
Hi econ1219
All l know about the school is the reference to my grandmother stating she  was due t to be sent there - perhaps the school was part of the workhouse. Maybe you could get more detail about the workhouse if you Google the name it may bring up Peter Higginbottom who l think has researched all the workhouses he was linked to Leeds University Yorkshire Kathleen
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Re: Summerhill Girls School Athlone
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 18 August 24 23:14 BST (UK) »
St. Joseph's Industrial School Summerhill Athlone?
The rules about access to records of Industrial Schools changed some years ago as part of a redress scheme. This was written for survivors of the schools but might be worth a look.
http://mydatarights.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Access-to-Records-Guide_Industrial-Reformatory-School-Survivors.pdf

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Re: Summerhill Girls School Athlone
« Reply #14 on: Monday 19 August 24 09:07 BST (UK) »
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Re: Summerhill Girls School Athlone
« Reply #15 on: Monday 19 August 24 17:03 BST (UK) »
From my understanding, it appears that the workhouse was located by the river on Abbey Road, and the Summerhill Girls School (St. Josephs Industrial School) ran by the Sister's of Mercy was where the current Coláiste Chiaráin school is in Crannagh.

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Re: Summerhill Girls School Athlone
« Reply #16 on: Monday 19 August 24 17:42 BST (UK) »

Quote from: econ1219 on Monday 19 August 24 17:03 BST (UK)
From my understanding, it appears that the workhouse was located by the river on Abbey Road, and the Summerhill Girls School (St. Josephs Industrial School) ran by the Sister's of Mercy was where the current Coláiste Chiaráin school is in Crannagh.

Yep…you're right - see replies #3, #7 and #9

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Re: Summerhill Girls School Athlone
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 28 August 24 12:34 BST (UK) »
http://wicklow.ie

then type in Box- Minutes 1912

the click on Rathdrum Board of guardians

then click on 1912 it is on page 487 (543)

it says:  Read letter dated 21.9.1912 from the under secretary Dublin Castle stating that the chief secretary has been please to fix 5 shilling per week as contribution which the guardens should pay towards the maintenace of Kate Kearns an inmate of the Summerhill industrial school at Athlone9
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