St Joseph's School for the Deaf, Cabra
Channel: Dublin City Libraries
Date: 2011-01-31

During the Great Irish Famine (1847-1849), two parish priests Monsignor William Yore and Father Thomas McNamara wanted to help deaf children by setting up a school. In 1856, a big school was built beside Cabra Cross. It was named St. Joseph's School for the Deaf.

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