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Eerste Wereldoorlog, vluchtelingen

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  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • Calm Range said:
    The nun brings the feeling of an angel for the family...beautiful shot..
  • batvoca said:
    This picture is taken in Weert, (Brabant, Netherlands) see: www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/viewtopic.php?t=16407
  • GAYLE O ~ I AM SLOOOOWLY COMING BACK .. said:
    Very powerful image...
  • Dalmatica said:
    what a priceless piece of time.
  • Azucena de Verde said:
    thanks for sharing these great photos!

The Industrial School at Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    One of the worst, evidently - "St Michael’s Industrial School Cappoquin, Co Waterford Opened:1877 Status:Closed 1999 Management:Sisters of Mercy THE STORY of St Michael’s Industrial School in Cappoquin is characterised by physical and sexual abuse, a dysfunctional managing nun with an alcohol problem and severe underfeeding in the early years. The Sisters of Mercy school opened in 1877 as a conventional industrial school but became a group home in 1974. The inquiry found that the children were “severely underfed for a long period in the 1940s and 1950s”. However, it was the era of the group home that gave rise to the most complaints. A nun with the pseudonym Sr Callida was put in charge of Group Home A in 1975 but staff became “increasingly alarmed” at how she ran the home. She had an alcohol problem, drank in front of the children and went absent for days without notice, leaving a young woman in charge of 16 young children. ... ... ..." From - www.irishtimes.com/news/most-complaints-concerned-physica...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    More here - im2.studioaad.webfactional.com/ryan-report/report/2-8?page=1
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "The State and society must never presume that because a child has been placed in care, he or she is safe from any form of abuse." From a personal story by Paddy Doyle, see - www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-was-abused-in-same-instit...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Your comments link to some grim reading.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes, I am sorry about that; it actually put me off my dinner. Has anyone found where this was? Part of the Mt St Joseph Convent? - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000317440

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    After 1902, when it opened
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Catholic primary school teachers
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Mary Immaculate College at the NIAH.

    Streetview.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel When in 1902 would be great to know...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Thanks. Great info at the NIAH, as usual.