Children's home at St Joseph's Ennis
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:23 pm
Hi,
My father, Thomas Michael O'Connor (1930 - 2010) believed he was in the Children's Home (he called it the 'poor house') at St Joseph's in Ennis for the first two years of his life until he was fostered by a local family. This would have been 1930-32. He remembers that there was only one other child - an older boy, there with him and he was fostered around the same time. Is there any documented information about children being looked after at St Joseph's and would there still be any records which might help us find out about his birth family and why he was there.
Grateful for any information that might help.
Many thanks,
Anne O'Connor
My father, Thomas Michael O'Connor (1930 - 2010) believed he was in the Children's Home (he called it the 'poor house') at St Joseph's in Ennis for the first two years of his life until he was fostered by a local family. This would have been 1930-32. He remembers that there was only one other child - an older boy, there with him and he was fostered around the same time. Is there any documented information about children being looked after at St Joseph's and would there still be any records which might help us find out about his birth family and why he was there.
Grateful for any information that might help.
Many thanks,
Anne O'Connor