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The number of children committed to industrial schools by the Courts steadily declined from 833 at the time that the Irish Republic was declared in 1949 to merely 162 in 1968-69, when the industrial schools began to be closed down.
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The Cussen report 1934: What it reported made no difference.
“The large number in children in ‘care’ in the Industrial Schools, the inadequate nature of their education, lack of support and the stigma attached to the schools.
In that same year, the same Judge Cussen sentenced me, a two year old, to be detained in two of these places. The first place had almost 200 boys plus babies. The second, Artane had over 800 boys during my six years 1941-47.
Who’s fighting for the remainder of the older generation that are still around? There are still some of us around who ‘served time’ in the 1930s and 40s when conditions were far worse.
International important scheme given (again), thank you very much Mr. Doyle.
Warm wishes to all from Amsterdam.