I have tried in vain to find this place in 1911 census under the townland Newtown. My grandfather was there several years but had left by 1911. I thought of interest to see numbers and catchment area of 'inmates'.
p.s. I will shrink the link once you have copied it,just wanted you to see the details.
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Owens,William & Bridget nee connolly ( a.k.a. sarah ann.Mary) children William b. 1875,John b1885,Thomas b.1878,Elizabeth b.?.John born in or near st peters parish.family may have welsh connections.will junior married 1896.Four other children born but died before 1911.
Thanks for that = worked grand. I see it as a community of over 200 'students' mostly in their late teens/twenties from all over Ireland. My grandfather 'entered' as a school boy and left as a teacher at age 20 years. I wonder were these ones continuing on to become teaching brothers of the order?
I often wonder did he leave prematurely. In the 1911 census he is living in a household of Christian brother teachers and teaching in a local school in a different county. Family lore is that it took enlistment in navy and WW1 for him to discover women!
There must be another institution for the younger boys.