St Conleth's Reformatory School
Former military barracks and reformatory school in County Offaly, Ireland
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St. Conleth's Reformatory School was a reformatory in Daingean, County Offaly which operated from 1870 to 1973. It was run by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.[1]
The campus was formerly constructed as a military barracks around 1800, but was converted to a reformatory school around 1870.[2]
Unlike industrial schools in Ireland, boys at this school were convicted of offences that would have resulted in prison or penal servitude had they been committed by adults.[1] The school was one of those covered by the Ryan Commission investigation of child abuse at reformatory and industrial schools.[1]
The complex is now used as a storage facility for the National Museum of Ireland and is owned by the Office of Public Works.[3][4]
