Children's Homes and Institutions in Co. Dublin, 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.
- Ballymun Residential Project, 164/164 Balcurrris Road, Ballymun
- Los Angeles Home for Homeless Boys, 22 Netwon Avenue, Blackrock
- St Mary's Industrial School for Roman Catholic Girls, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock (IS)
- Meath Industrial School for Protestant Boys, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock (IS)
- St Augustine's, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock
- Meath Industrial School for Protestant Boys, Elmcliffe, Blackrock (IS)
- Madonna House, Linden, Grove Avenue, Stillorgan, Blackrock
- Warrenstown House, Corduff Road, Blanchardstown
- St Anne's Industrial School, Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown (IS)
- Clondalkin Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, Clondalkin (IS)
- Dublin Foundling Hospital, James 'sStreet, Dublin*
- Hibernian Marine Society's School, 1 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin
- St Mary's Industrial Training School, 10-11 Manor Street, Dublin
- Protestant Reformatory for Girls, 103 Cork Street, Dublin (Rfy)
- St Mary's Refuge, 104 Lower Gloucester (now Sean McDermott) Street, Dublin, Dublin (MH)
- Bertrand Orphanage, 11 Eccles Street, Dublin
- Madonna House, 129 Merrion Road, Merrion, Dublin
- Kirwan House, 134 Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin
- Home for Orphan Girls, 14 Royal Canal Terrace, Dublin
- William Henry Elliott Home, 165-169 Townsend Street, Dublin
- Elliott Home for Waifs and Strays, 167-169 Townsend Street, Dublin
- Dominican Boarding and Day School, 18-19 Eccles Street, Dublin
- All Saints' Home, 186 Phibsborough Road, Dublin
- Girls' Home and Infants' Day School, 19 Luke Street, Dublin
- Bird's Nest Home, 19-20 York Road, Kingstown, Dublin
- St Clare's Female Orphanage, 20 Harold's Cross (or Haroldscross) Road, Dublin
- Dublin Shoeblack Brigade, 20 Ushers Island, Dublin
- Dublin Working Boys' Home and Harding Technical School, 2-12 Lord Edward Street, Dublin
- Dublin Bethany Home, 23-25 Blackhall Place, Dublin (MB)
- Dublin Girls' Home, 27 Townsend Street, Dublin
- La Touche GFS Lodge, 28 Merrion Square North, Dublin
- Dublin Protestant Orphan Refuge Society (Office), 28 Molesworth Street, Dublin
- Singleton School, 28 Summer Hill, Dublin
- Home for Big Lads, 28 Townsend Street, Dublin
- Rescue Mission Home, 3 Cowley Place, North Circular Road, Dublin (MH)
- Protestant Reformatory for Boys, 3 Rehoboth Place, South Circular Road, Dublin (Rfy)
- Dublin Midnight Mission, 30-31 Marlborough Street, Dublin (MH)
- St Saviour's Orphanage, 33 Denmark Street, Dublin
- Dublin Rescue Home, 33 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin (MH)
- Dublin Working Boys' Home, 34-35 Denzille (now Fenian) Street, Dublin
- Dublin Methodist Female Orphan School, 36-37 Harrington Street, Dublin
- Grianan Training Centre, 369 Collins Avenue, Dublin
- Dublin Providence Home, 37 Charlemont Street, Dublin
- St Gerard's, 39 Mountjoy Square, Dublin (MB)
- St Gerard's, Herbert Avenue, Merrion Road, Dublin (MB)
- Los Angeles Home for Homeless Boys, 4 Conyngham Road, Dublin
- Sacred Heart Home, 40 Drumcondra Road, Dublin
- St Brigid's Orphanage, 46 Eccles Street, Dublin
- St Thomas's Female Orphan Parochial Boarding and Day School, 46 Gloucester Street Lower (now Sean MacDermott Street Lower), Dublin
- Miss Carr's Flatlets, 16 (later 5) Northbrook Road, Ranelagh, Dublin (MB)
- Sacred Heart Home, 5 The Avenue, Royal Oak, Santry, Dublin
- Miss Carr's Home, 5/6 Northbrook Road, Ranelagh, Dublin
- Dublin Asylum for Penitent Females, 54 (later 35) Upper Baggot Street, Dublin (MH)
- Protestant Orphanage for Girls, 57 Harold's Cross, Dublin
- Don Bosco House, 57 Lower Drumcondra Road, Dublin
- Bertrand Female Orphan School, 58 Dame Street, Dublin
- Clergy Daughters' School, 6 Northbrook Road, Leeson Park, Dublin
- St Joseph's Female Orphanage, 60-61 Mountjoy Street, Dublin
- Girls' Training Home, 64 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin
- St Mary's Hostel, 69 Mountjoy Square, Dublin
- St Anne's Hostel, 72 Lower Sean MacDermott Street, Dublin
- Eglinton House, 75 Eglinton Road, Dublin (MB)
- Bethesda Female Orphan School, 77 (later 23) Upper Dorset Street, Dublin
- Tabor House, 77 Seville Street, Dublin
- Elliott Home for Waifs and Strays, 7-8 Charlemont Street, Dublin
- Dublin Magdalen Asylum, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin (MH/MB)
- Dublin Magdalen Asylum / Denny House, 83 Eglinton Road, Dublin (MH/MB)
- Don Bosco House, 9/12 Clontarf Road, Dublin
- Heytesbury Street Industrial School for Protestant Girls, 92 Heytesbury Street, Dublin (IS)
- Coombe Boys' Home, 96-98 The Coombe, Dublin
- Masonic Male Orphan School, Adelaide Hall, Merrion, Dublin
- Dublin by Lamplight, Ball's Bridge Terrace, Dublin (MH)
- Belmont Flatlets, Belmont Avenue, Dublin (MB)
- Dublin Female Penitentiary, Berkeley Place, North Circular Road, Dublin (MH)
- St Joseph's Night Refuge for Women and Children, Brickfield Lane, Cork Street, Dublin
- Masonic Female Orphan School, Burlington Road, Dublin
- St Saviour's Orphanage, Chapel Lane, Dublin
- Society of St Vincent de Paul, Child Care Centre, 69 Amiens Street, Dublin
- Presbyterian Female Orphanage, Clonturk House, Ormond Road, Dublin
- St Mary Magdalen's, Donnybrook Road, Dublin (MH)
- Female Orphanage / Presentation Convent and School, George's Hill, Dublin
- St Michael's, Glenmaroon, Chapelizod, Dublin
- Martanna House Hostel, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin
- St.Joseph's Male Blind Asylum / School for the Visually Handicapped, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin
- Blaithin, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin
- St Mary's Refuge, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin, Dublin (MH)
- High Park Reformatory / An Grianan Training Centre, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin (Rfy)
- Ragged Boys' Home, Grand Canal Street, Dublin
- Our Lady's Home, Henrietta Street, Dublin (PHs)
- St Mary's Industrial School, Inchicore, Dublin (IS)
- St Saviour's Orphanage, Jervis Street, Dublin
- House of Mercy, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin
- St Saviour's Orphanage, Lower Dominick Street, Dublin
- O'Brien Institute, Malahide Road, Dublin
- St Joseph's Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, Malahide Road, Artane, Dublin (IS)
- Merrion Industrial School, Merrion Road, Merrion, Dublin (IS)
- St Vincent's Female Orphanage, Mount Prospect, Mount Prospect Avenue, Dublin
- Drummond Institution, Mulberry Hill, Chapelizod, Dublin
- St Joseph's Deaf and Dumb Institution / School for Hearing Imapired Boys, Navan Road, Cabra, Dublin
- St Vincent's Home, Navan Road, Cabra, Dublin*
- St Vincent's Home, Navan Road, Cabra, Dublin* (PL)
- Dublin City Council St Patrick's Home, Navan Road, Pelletstown, Dublin (MB/BC)
- Pelletstown School, Navan Road, Pelletstown, Dublin* (PL)
- St Peter's Boarding School for Orphans, New Bride Street, Dublin
- Regina Coeli Hostel, North Brunswick Street, Dublin (MB)
- Dublin Female Orphan House, North Circular Road, Dublin
- St Vincent's Female Orphanage, North William Street, Dublin
- Dublin Bethany Home, Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin (MB)
- Emmanuel House Children's Home, Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin
- King's Hospital and Free School of Charles II (Bluecoat School), Oxmantown, Dublin
- Hibernian Society's School for Soldiers' Children / Royal Hibernian Military School, Phoenix Park, Dublin
- St Mary's School for Deaf / Hearing Impaired Girls, Ratoath Road, Cabra, Dublin
- Masonic Male Orphan School, Richview, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin
- Masonic Female Orphan School, Simmonscourt Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin
- Hibernian Marine Society's School, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin
- Coombe Ragged Day Schools & Boys' Home, Skinner's Alley, The Coombe, Dublin
- Masonic Female Orphan School, South Richmond Street, Dublin
- Golden Bridge Industrial School (St Vincent's), St Vincent Street, Golden Bridge, Dublin (IS)
- St Vincent's Reformatory School for Girls, St Vincent Street, Golden Bridge, Dublin (Rfy)
- St Teresa's Orphanage for Boys, Temple Hill, Blackrock, Dublin
- Bartres, 1 Pottery Road, Kill O'the Grange, Dun Laoghaire
- St Patrick's Refuge, Crofton Road, Dun Laoghaire (MH)
- Racefield House, 3 Mounttown Road Lower, Dun Laoghaire
- Our Boys' Home, Glensilva, 95 Monkstown Road, Dun Laoghaire
- Bird's Nest Home, York Road, Kingstown, Dun Laoghaire
- Kilmore Probationary Industrial School for Roman Catholice Boys, Kilmore Road, Fairview (IS)
- Claremont Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Claremont Avenue / Griffith Avenue, Glasnevin
- Marlborough House, Washerwoman's Hill, Glasnevin
- St Vincent's Male Orphanage, Prospect Road / Finglas Road, Glasnevin
- St Anne's Reformatory, Whately Place, Kilmacud Road Upper, Kilmacud (Rfy)
- Kingstown Rescue Home, 2 Northcote Avenue, Kingstown (MH)
- Kingstown Cottage Home for Little Children, Tivoli Road, Kingstown
- St Joseph's Orphanage for Girls, Tivoli Road, Kingstown
- Kingstown Cottage Home for Little Children, York Street, Kingstown
- Scoil Ard Mhuire, Oberstown, Lusk (Rfy)
- Carriglea Park Industrial School, Carriglea Park, Kill Avenue, Monkstown (IS)
- The Children's Fold and Assleagh Orphanage, Boley, Abbey Road, Monkstown
- Stewart's Hospital, Mill Lane, Palmerstown
- St Mary's Residential Homes, 26/28 Park Avenue, Sandymount
- St Mary's Industrial School and Orphanage, Gilford Road, Lakelands, Sandymount (IS)
- St Philomena's Orphanage, Upper Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan
- Templeogue Nursery Rescue Home, Little Fortfield, Templeogue Road, Templeogue (MB)
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