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McNally Training Centre – single boys quarters

This is a copy of a picture of the interior of the McNally Training Centre that appeared in the 1969 Annual Report of the Department of Social Welfare.

Premises of the old reformatory at Magill

This image shows the building where the Girls Reformatory, Magill, Magill Industrial School and the Boys’ Reformatory, Magill had operated. At the time of the photo the Boys Reformatory, Magill was run in the building.

McNally Training Centre

This is a copy of a picture of McNally Training Centre that appeared in the 1969 Annual Report of the Department of Social Welfare, with the caption: ‘The main entrance with the administration block in the centre and the concert hall on the right’.

Plan of Girls’ Reformatory, Edwardstown

This is the floor plan for the Girls’ Reformatory, Edwardstown. It was originally published in the Annual Report of the State Children’s Council in 1890.

Colebrook Reconciliation Park

This is a video uploaded to YouTube by Jim Lesses, a member of the campaign in the 1990s to establish a memorial at the former site of Colebrook Home. This successful campaign led to the creation of the Colebrook Reconciliation Park in around 1998. The video features commissioned artworks by Silvio Apponyi: Pool of Tears…

The Fitzjames

This is a sketch of the Fitzjames with the Largs Pier Hotel visible in the background.

Former building, Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Kent Town

This image shows the back of the building where the Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Kent Town used to operate.

Side of former building, Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Kent Town

This image shows the side of the former building of The Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Kent Town.