St Joseph's Industrial School, Dundalk

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St Joseph's Industrial School, Dundalk was an industrial school in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.

It started as a school founded in 1847 during the Great Famine at the instigation of the parish priest and local residents. [1] Five members of the Sisters of Mercy order arrived from Dublin to start the school, which was based in Seatown Place. [1]

It was first certified as an industrial school in 1881. [2] It was a girls school until boys were first admitted in 1965, though formal admission was first given in 1971. [3]

It closed in 1983. [2]

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