Artane

The picture of Artane industrial school that emerges from Fr Henry Moore's 1962 report is of a drab, dysfunctional and monotonous place with institutionalised cruelty and inadequate facilities. Paul Cullen reports. Education standards were low, the boys were poorly fed and clothed and 80 per cent emigrated after leaving. Discipline is "rigid and severe and frequently approaches pure regimentation".

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Saturday, September 17, 2005

Fr. Moore's Report to Archbishop McQuaid 1962

EXCERPTS FROM Fr. Moore's Report
to Archbishop McQuaid
on the Conditions
in Artane
in 1962

  1. The boys are badly clothed.
  2. They have no overcoats unless they can pay for them out of their pocket-money.
  3. They have no vests and no change of footwear or socks; sometime's a boys shoes are too small and give him sore feet.
  4. They have no handkerchiefs.
  5. There is no such thing as a boy having his own shirt or pyjamas - after washing, articles of clothing are distributed at random;
  6. Bed clothes are inadequate.
  7. The boys are undernourished.
  8. The medical facilities are appalling.
  9. There is no resident nurse or matron.
  10. The Brother who is in charge of the infirmary has no experience of nursing - he used to be employed on the farm.
  11. The surgical room is unsuitable for the purpose [infirmary] and the room smells.

posted by The Knitter | Saturday, September 17, 2005

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