People who might of known my dad from artane school

[Rosinish]

An insight of the times (1946) a very sad story...

https://www.joe.ie/life-style/rte-documentary-unmarried-mother-637242

Annie

[Sinann]

I doubt Dan was given a choice regards the children, they were probably just taken from him.

[brigidmac]

I agree sinaan
I'm following this story with interest and admiring all your detective work .
Now we know the uncles names maybe someone will be able to find if they had children .
Do we know if Dan senior stayed in Ireland ? It's getting to be hard to follow a summary of known facts might help .I'm not volunteering because my typing is too bad .
But will have a look on ancestry trees for Joseph and Christopher

[Rosinish]

Brigid yes, the detective work as usual has been great, it seems the spelling of the surname was/is the stumbling block.

With the different spellings uncovered the death posted by Mckha looks quite likely?

Annie

[Maiden Stone]

Are the people whose birth info was posted in replies #69 and 70 alive? Just thinking of RootsChat's no living person policy.

[chempat]

That 1946 birth says Mother was Christina.  Does your Father's birth say Christina, or is the name Mary Christina?

Has anyone found any Costelloe fishmongers in Kilrush?

Added:
Was it definitely the Costelloes who were fishmongers?

Have you tried this site?

https://www.facebook.com/KDHSCountyClare/

[Sinann]

A sum up is a good idea.
This is as I've picked the story up, open to correction.

Christina Mary Costello, believed born 1921/22 the daughter of a fishmonger from Kilrush Co. Clare married Daniel McDonagh/McDonald a Tinker before 1940
First son Dan (deceased) born 1940 in Salthill Galway
Second son born 1946 Tralee
Third son born 1949/50 at Christmas, Christina died, believed to have occurred somewhere in Kerry.
Sons sent to Artane
Daniel last know in Carlow.

[chempat]

Sinann:
Is she definitely Christina Mary, (also spelling McDonnell for Dan)?

[Gibel]

Not sure if this has been mentioned before but I found this on the www.childrenshomes.org.uk site on the Artane Industrial School page

Barnardo's Origins Tracing Service — for people (and their families) who spent all or part of their childhood in an Irish Industrial School and are interested in tracing information about their parents, siblings or other relatives.
Irish Petty Sessions Court Registers 1828-1912 (available online to subscribers of findmypast.co.uk) include details of committals to Irish Reformatories and Industrial Schools.