Between 1868 and 1995,Reformatory and Industrial Schools – Ireland industrial schools in Ireland and Northern Ireland housed children whose parents neglected or were unable to care for them, children deemed to be living in dangerous circumstances, orphans and children convicted of criminal offences. The number of industrial schools in Ireland was at its highest, of 71, in 1898; of those, 61 were in the present-day Republic of Ireland. In the same year, industrial schools across Ireland were housing a total of 7,998 children. Republic of Ireland The following schools were run by religious orders and funded by the public: Institution Location Operated by Sex admitted Year established Year disestablished Notes Artane Industrial School Artane, Dublin Christian Brothers M 1870 1969 Carriglea Park Industrial School Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin Christian Brothers M 1894 1954 Meath Protestant Industrial School Blackrock, Dublin M Our Lady of Succour Newtownforbes Summerhill Industrial School Summerhill, Dublin Stillorgan Industrial School 1917 St Aidan's Industrial School for Girls New Ross County Wexford Good Shepherd Order F St Ann's Industrial School for Girls Killarney, County Kerry F St. Anne's Industrial School for Girls Booterstown, County Dublin F St. Anne's Reformatory School for Girls Kilmacud, County Dublin F St. Ann's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys Renmore, Lenaboy, County Galway M/F St. Augustine's Industrial School for Girls Templemore, County Tipperary F St. Bernard's Industrial School for Girls Fethard, Dundrum, County Tipperary F St. Bridgid's Industrial School for Girls Loughrea, County Galway F St. Coleman's Industrial School for Girls Cobh/Rushbrooke, County Cork F St. Columba's Industrial School for Girls Westport, County Mayo F St Columba's Industrial School for Boys Killybegs, County Donegal M St. Conleth's Reformatory School for Boys Daingean, County Offaly M St. Dominick's Industrial School for Girls Waterford F St. Finbarr's Industrial School for Girls Sundays Well, Marymount, Cork F St. Francis Xavier's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys Ballaghadereen, County Roscommon M/F St. Francis' Industrial School for Girls Cashel, County Tipperary F St. George's Industrial School for Girls Limerick F St. John's Industrial School for Girls Birr, County Offaly F St. Joseph's Industrial School Letterfrack Christian Brothers M St. Joseph's Industrial School Whitehall, Dublin St. Joseph's Industrial School Kilkenny, Ireland St. Joseph's Industrial School for Boys Passage West, County Cork M St Joseph's Industrial School, Tralee Tralee, County Kerry St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys Ballinasloe, County Galway M/F St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys Clifden, County Galway M/F St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls and Junior Boys Liosomoine, Killarney, County Kerry M/F St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls Cavan F St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls, Dundalk Dundalk, County Louth F St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls, Kilkenny Kilkenny F St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls Mallow, County Cork F St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls Summerhill, Athlone, County Westmeath F St. Joseph's Industrial School for Girls Whitehall, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 F St. Joseph's Industrial School for Senior Boys, Ferryhouse Clonmel, County Tipperary M St. Joseph's Industrial School for Senior Boys Glin, County Limerick M St. Joseph's Industrial School for Senior Boys Greenmount, Cork M St. Joseph's Industrial School for Senior Boys Salthill, County Galway Christian Brothers M 1871 1995 It was the last industrial school left in the Republic of Ireland. St. Joseph's Reformatory School for Girls Limerick F St. Kyran's Industrial School for Junior Boys Rathdrum, County Wicklow M St. Laurence's Industrial School for Girls Sligo F St. Laurence's Industrial School Finglas, Dublin 11 St. Martha's Industrial School for Girls Bundoran, County Donegal F St. Mary's Industrial School Lakelands, Sandymount, Dublin 4 St. Michael's Industrial School for Girls Wexford St. Michael's Industrial School for Junior boys Cappoquin, County Waterford M St. Patrick's Industrial School Kilkenny St. Patrick's Industrial School, Upton County Cork St. Vincent's (House of Charity) Industrial School for Junior Boys Drogheda, County Louth M St. Vincent's Industrial School for Girls, Limerick Limerick F St. Vincent's Industrial School, Goldenbridge Inchicore, Dublin 8 Fisheries School Baltimore, West Cork Local parish priest and board of management M 1950 After the school's closure its records were (allegedly deliberately) destroyed.
Northern Ireland The industrial schools in Northern Ireland were gradually closed and emptied in the 1920s and 1930s, and were effectively gone by 1950.Two Paths, One Purpose: Voluntary Action in Ireland, North and South A Report to the Royal Irish Academy Third Sector Research Programme, Royal Irish Academy. Institution Location Operated by Sex admitted Year established Year disestablished Notes Balmoral Industrial School for Protestant Boys Belfast, County Antrim M Hampton House Industrial School for Protestant Girls Belfast FHampton House Industrial School www.childrenshomes.org.uk Lisnevin Training School Millisle, County Down. The Malone Reformatory (Training School) Belfast County Antrim M Shamrock Lodge Industrial School Belfast, County Antrim F St. Patrick's Training School Belfast, County Antrim References