Interrogating institutionalisation and child welfare: the Irish case, 1939–1991Footnote^*

* The report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse was published on the 20 May 2009. The commission was set up in 2000. For a copy of the report see www.childabusecommission.ie. The report is referred to as CICA.

Section 44 of the Children’s Act (1908) states: ‘The expression “industrial school” means a school for the industrial training of children, in which children are lodged, clothed and fed, as well as taught.’

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