Boys Home on Dominick Street

[paddy white]

washerwoman. i think ur on the wrong wavelenth if u know what i mean no offence to u. but in the day denmark st.school were u went to now fair play to u. was a school for smart civilised kids like ur self not for the likes of me.i went to denmark st. public school chapple lane off parnell st.left when i was 13years old and became a messenger boy in dublin like many hundreds of other kids came up the hard way and ended up in ny.
a lot of those kids went to the denmark st. school i went too were ubject too a lot of harsh punishment.i think u have ur xss.crossed the wrong way.again no offence to u .

[washerwoman-man]

washerwoman. i think ur on the wrong wavelenth if u know what i mean no offence to u. but in the day denmark st.school were u went to now fair play to u. was a school for smart civilised kids like ur self not for the likes of me.i went to denmark st. public school chapple lane off parnell st.left when i was 13years old and became a messenger boy in dublin like many hundreds of other kids came up the hard way and ended up in ny.
a lot of those kids went to the denmark st. school i went too were ubject too a lot of harsh punishment.i think u have ur xss.crossed the wrong way.again no offence to u .

No offence took,Paddy.
You`re dead-right my Denmark St Tech was Not to one being referred to in the initial post so there`s the crossed x`s !

Am I right in thinking that Chapel Lane was more or less opposite Noyeks on Parnell St ?

I would`nt say The Denmark St Tech was a higher end school at all though,as most of its lads came from around the North City Centre.
Domnick St,Kings-Inns Street,Dorset St,Gardiner St,Church St,Constitution Hill,Phibsboro,North Strand and the likes of me flown in from far-flung Glasnevin !!!!

Mind you,as Belvedere College was right next-door you could say we probably were guilty by association !

Some of the names I remember,in no particular order...

Joe Mulvaney.
Jimmy Winston
John Watson.
Owen Smith.
Thomas Doran
Patrick Convey
Joey O Brien

Teachers..

Gerry Lanigan (Headmaster)
Paddy Kooney (The software wont let me spell his name correctly ???)
Mr Savage
Mr Davis (Sammy)
Miss (Ma) Byrne
Miss Grey

The caretakers name was D`Arcy and he had a helper called Tommy.

[Fingo]

Hi Washerwoman,
Check out the thread on Denmark St Tech in North Inner City,went there myself 1969/71

[paddy white]

yes your right washerman mabey guilt by association but i wouldent go that far.anyway owen smith was he a red head im sure hes the one if so.he worked part time in the meeting place dorset st.and he was going to be a doctor they were his plans to go to the university of miami florida.

[washerwoman-man]

yes your right washerman mabey guilt by association but i wouldent go that far.anyway owen smith was he a red head im sure hes the one if so.he worked part time in the meeting place dorset st.and he was going to be a doctor they were his plans to go to the university of miami florida.

Yes !...Thats The Owen Smith alright.
I worked with a man from the area called Harry Butcher who knew Owen so I was aware that he had gone for a career in medicine...paediatrics I think.
I hope he made it too !

[pmcguire]

hi i was an inmate of st saviours from 1949 to 1955 the school closed in 1993 as far as i know i remember the coins drop down the steel tube and wondering who were the rich people inserting them regards MARS

[pmcguire]

HI FITZY THE ORPHANAGE CLOSED IN 1993 1 was interned there from1949 to 55 the matron there was named biddy a real ***** she got the sack after i was sent to work on a farm in roscommon that was a big hooray for the boys in there regards MARS

[pmcguire]

Hi paddy iwent to denmark st public school i think it was called little denmark st then ias far as i can remember one of the pupils not from the home was eddie condon his dad ran a gravestone business in granby lane regards mars

[pmcguire]

i remember that orophanage well a ot of those kids o denmark st. public school were i also went i use to feel sorry for them i think the only time they were out of that place was when they were marched to school and to mass some of them got visitors up from the country on sundays i always thought we had it bad but at least when we got out ofschool we were free and could run about the town but these kids ere loocked up.paddy

YOU ARE SPOT ON PADDY WE FELT THE SAME IN REVERSE:

[paddy white]

pmcguire.your the first one i have been in touch with who went little denmark st.i think that kid was peter condon yes the family did have that business in gramby lane.when did you go there i left in 64 never took the primary .the teachers were healy.mullens.and bracken.its a small world.