Please find below a list of Orphanages or industrial Schools in the area of Cork.

St Colemans Industrial School for Girls, Cobh, Sisters of Mercy, Certified for 46 Children,Closed 1960.

Our Lady of Mercy Industrial for Girls, Kinsale, Sisters of Mercy, Certified for 120 Children, Closed 1963.

Mallow Industrial School for Girls, Sisters of Mercy, Certified for 60 Children, Remained open after 1970.

St Finbarrs Industrial School for Giels, Sundays Wells, Cork City,Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Certified 172 Children, Remained open after 1970.

St Aloysuis Industrial School for Girls, Clonakilty, Sisters of Mercy, Certified 130 Children, Closed in 1965.


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