Dublin folklorist, author and Manager of North Inner City Folklore Project/Museum Terry Fagan writes::
“This is Peadar and me, aged 16. Peadar is my best pal, he’s on the left in photo. We lived in Corporation Buildings [then on Corporation Street, now James Joyce Street, Dublin 1]. He escaped from an Industrial School in Cork and made it home. I remember a police raid on his room. We escaped out the back window five stories up. We got onto the roof top.”
Terry adds:
“He was captured by the police, who surrounded Corporation Buildings. He was sent back to the Industrial School where he was severely beaten. He made another escape after his wounds healed and he made it back home. Again he was captured. We are the only two alive who fought back.”
North Inner City Folklore Project
Previously: Heroes Of The Corporation Buildings
I don’t care what people say, everyone knew this was going on. And it’s a stain on our recent history that should never be forgotten.
yep
just as we can’t say in the future that we didn’t know what was going on in Direct Provision
so very true
escape . go home , get caught at home. escape again, go home, get caught again at home. stupid kids!
You missed the ‘get seven shades of poo beat out of them every time as well’..
Am I the only one who thinks this kind of thing is still going on in the form of Direct Provision?