St Joseph's Industrial School, Dundalk was an industrial school in

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. It started as a school founded in 1847 during the Great Famine at the instigation of the parish priest and local residents.Chapter 11 St Joseph’s Industrial School, Dundalk (‘St Joseph’s’), 1881–1983
section 11-03, Report of the

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order arrived from Dublin to start the school, which was based in Seatown Place. It was first certified as an industrial school in 1881.Chapter 11 St Joseph’s Industrial School, Dundalk (‘St Joseph’s’), 1881–1983
section 11-01, Report of the

It was a girls school until boys were first admitted in 1965, though formal admission was first given in 1971.Chapter 11 St Joseph’s Industrial School, Dundalk (‘St Joseph’s’), 1881–1983
section 11-02, Report of the

It closed in 1983.

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