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St. Joseph's Industrial School in Tralee. A place of pure evil. www.childabusecommission.ie/rpt/01-09.php

Here it is on the OS 25" map. Closed in 1970, and long since demolished.

Niall McAuley Thanks Niall, location now fixed on our map.

I believe my grandfather Owen Hughes born 1902 and my great uncle Felix Hughes born 1901 were at Pembrooke Industrial School after 1902. There fathers name was John Hughes and mother name was Mary Hughes née Barkey. According to 1901 census they were living in County Monaghan in Killyneil. My grandfather was not yet born but there was another great uncle born 1900 and his name was James Hughes. 1911 census only shows their Grandparents home at address I have mentioned. Any information would be much appreciated. My grandfather Owen Hughes sometimes known by Jack and his brother Felix (Frank) I knew him as Uncle Frank both made it out of Pembrooke Industrial School, Owen arrived by ship in Australia and worked on a sugar plantation in Townsville where he married my grandmother Maria Hughes formally Nicholson, parents Joseph and Anna Frances nee Chaney ( also arrived by ship from Dublin.) Married 9th November 1938 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Townsville. They end up settling in Wellington New Zealand and had 4 children Anne,Patricia,Vincent and Terry who are all alive, my grandfather past away in the early 1980s in Rotorua, New Zealand and my Grandmother past away in the early 1990s at Raumati South,NorthIsland,New Zealand. Felix Hughes worked on the International Linars as awaiter, often docking in Wellington New Zealand,. Eventually he settled in Foxton New Zealand. I don’t think he ever married and past on years before my grandfather. If this information helps some other descendants of my family that will make me very happy. If anyone has any information for me, contact me by email nz5debra@gmail.com, my name is Debra and I am the daughter of Ann Hughes as mentioned above. Kind Regards, Debra Nash.

There's a second view of it in the catalogue (also unidentified.)

The Hevey Institute, Mullingar?

Sharon Corbet That's it - well done!

It's now Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar and they are renovating the building. Google Earth showing the Institute, cathedral and the train line.

OSI Map which identifies the middle building as a "palace" and the one on the right as St. Mary's R.C. Church, rather than the Cathedral in Google Earth.

Looks more like a difference engine of some sort than a typewriter.

I would guess that between the book keeping and the contents of the cupboards that they are learning to be dispensing chemists rather than court reporters.

History of typewriters: www.officemuseum.com/typewriters.htm.

It might be a Remington typewriter: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-BOXZ5bxBMD8/TdUSJA6OqqI/AAAAAAAADEY/p7...

This just in! Over at a wedding in Kilkenny, 15 of 16 people just got named! Ringing the Flickr Bell so hard that the clappers shot out of it and nearly brained a colleague...