Children's Homes and Institutions in King's County (Co. Offaly), Republic of Ireland
Abbreviations:
AB=Northern Ireland Area Board; AS=Approved School; BC=Borough Council; BI=Borstal;
CC=County Council; CHE=Community Home; CS=Certified School; DB=Barnardo's;
DC=Detention Centre; IS=Industrial School; LA=Ladies' Association; LC=London Borough Council;
LD=List D; MB=Mothers/Babies; MH=Magdalen Home; NCH=National Children's Home;
PHm=Probation Home; PHs=Probation Hostel; PL=Poor Law Home; Rfy=Reformatory School;
SA=Salvation Army; WS=Waifs & Strays / Children's Society.
Links marked * are to pages on www.workhouses.org.uk.
- St John's Industrial School, Wilmer Road, Parsonstown (Birr) (IS)
- Orphanage, Wilmer Road, Parsonstown (Birr)
- St Conleth's Reformatory School, Molesworth Street (now Snugboro), Philipstown (Daingean) (Rfy)
- County Home, Emmett Road, Tullamore (MB/CC)
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