I hope that someone can explain to me why Catholic children would be placed into a Protestant Orphanage in Limerick....and another source mentions a Model School. Can someone help to steer me in the right direction to find records of this time period, the schools and the conditions of these institutions? Also a widowed mother of three wouldnt be forced to give the children to the homes would she?
Darcy Barlow
Saturday 13th Jun 2020, 10:43PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi,
You should contact the Manager at Villiers Schools and Orphanages, Limerick info@villiers-school.com who may be of assistance in directing you to the proper source and the Representative Church Body, Churchtown, Couty Dublin email library@ireland.anglican.ie who may have records.
Your relatives may have been placed in the orphanage by order of the Courts, due to poverty.
Regards,
McCoy
Sunday 14th Jun 2020, 07:11AM -
To the best of my knowledge the Model Schools were to train young people for farming or farming works there were two Model School's in Mungret a boys and a girls.
Quain, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Sunday 3rd Mar 2024, 09:22PM -
Attached Files
Attached some detail on the Model School in O'Connell Avenue - Limerick courtesy of Limerick Chronicle and Limerick Leader newspapers.
Regards,
McCoy
Monday 4th Mar 2024, 10:20AM