CIRCE
"He was, I understand, at one time a firstclass misdemeanant in Glencree reformatory."
(U15.1807)
Reformatory Schools were institutions, certified by the Reformatory Schools Act (1858), that cared for juvenile offenders. They were run by religious orders and funded by the public. In 1904, they were 6 in Ireland. Three for boys: Malone, Belfast; Philipstown, King's Co; St Kevins', Glencree (est. 1858). Three for girls: High Park, Dublin; St Joseph, Limerick; Spark's Lake, Monaghan (Thom's 1904).
