Rotherham, Managers of Kenilworth. In particular, the lack of any record of inoculations or measures against infectious diseases concerned him. I certainly had plenty of time in which to reflect on my dire situation. A full account of events at that time is given later in this chapter. There was also vocational training in various trades and occupations given by Brothers of the staff, for example, carpentry, tailoring, shoemaking, printing, and farm and garden work. Although now a tall and quite sturdy lad approaching seventeen and a half, I knew that the Birch was a formidable instrument. He was severely beaten and had to have his wounds stitched.

Carolina I do enjoy a lot but the punishment isn't that hard. The boy had his hands on the steps and his nightshirt was lifted up. A distinction can be seen here between say, a birching or caning ordered for misbehaviour by a prison governor for a prisoner already in residence and, on the other hand, a flogging sentence awarded by a judge for a criminal act in the outside world. It is clear from the documentation that the buildings at Daingean in the period to were in poor condition. And as before he was shunted around from prison to prison, first to Bedford, then Pentonville and on to Wandsworth. He wrote in his Statement:.

He described an incident where six pupils were taken from the dormitory and beaten in turn by this Brother with a leather. By unbuttoning, or by slits, the relevant flesh was exposed and, by hiding the rest of the body, these dresses placed a particular emphasis on the part to be thrashed. Both agreed on the following:. The remodelling of this laundry was first proposed in April , over 13 years previously. This consists mainly of photographs taken by the OPW in recent years.

With my dreadful record, I knew there was no point in my appealing against the sentence - my one and only slender hope of evading the birch was that the Home Office might not confirm it. The Oblates provided statistics relating to the pupils in the School and the following figures for the age spread and numbers of pupils in the School in Daingean:. He found that the infrastructure of the dormitories, which had been recently built, was fine, but the beds, sheets and blankets were often substandard, and grubby. Newer Post Older Post Home. I wish to make it clear in putting forward this recommendation that I am very strongly opposed to corporal punishment of this nature; that I feel that the circumstances under which it should be necessary will be very exceptional indeed and may never occur.