| ID | 7633 |
|---|---|
| Reference | J. |
| Description | Saint Joseph's Home and Refuge for Girls, Crumlin Road, Belfast (established in 1912): 1 file containing 6 printed Annual Reports: 1913 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919. The Annual Reports include lists of office bearers, committee members and prison visitors, the names of those subscribing to the home and the number of inmates received, their occupation, the number of women for whom situations were found and who were sent home, sent to penitentiaries or to hospitals or who left the home of their own accord. An age range for inmates is also provided in the annual reports for 1913 and 1915. The annual report for 1913 includes a statement on the object of the home: 'to rescue and reclaim young girls from a criminal career, and those in danger of becoming criminals. ...by providing honest employment, ...and by bringing them into touch with their Catholic friends and relatives. A great proportion of these girls come from the country and adjoining counties, and were it not for the friendly shelter and refuge for the Home, would be left homeless and penniless, with danger, particularly to their faith'. |
| Access | Restricted |
| Date | 1913-1919 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | Down and Connor Diocesan Archive (RC) |
| Address | 73A Somerton Road Belfast County Antrim |
| UK Postal Code | BT15 4DJ |
| Telephone | +44 28-9077-6185 |
| Email Address | dccuria@downandconnor.org |
| Repository Web Address | https://churcharchives.ie/down-and-connor/ |
| Comment | Some of the information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the repository. The lists were compiled by the archivist and we are grateful for his assistance. Due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually. |
| latitude | 54.63137 |
| longitude | -5.93527 |