ECHOES IN STONE
Discoveries surrounding the history of St Joseph’s Industrial School, Ballinasloe, and hopes for a new oral history project. By Abbie McGowan Ballinasloe Library occupies the former Sisters of Mercy Convent and St Joseph’s Reformatory and Industrial School. The library is a modern space, but hints of the building’s past are glimpsed in the conspicuous fireplace … Read more