Support to Survivors of Institutional Abuse
Reading & Publications
Caranua Research Publications
Baseline Study of the Level of Awareness amongst Public Service Providers of the Effects of Institutional Abuse on the Individuals who experienced it
In 2014 Caranua commissioned a study on the level of awareness among Public Service Providers of the effects of institutional abuse on the Individuals who experienced it. This report is available to download in summary and full version here.
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Socio-economic Mapping of Place of Living of Survivors of Institutional Residential Care in Ireland
In 2015 Caranua commissioned a study on the socio-economic mapping of place of living of survivors of Institutional Residential Care in Ireland. This report is available to download here.
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Estimated Survival and Additional Years of Life Expected among Registrants to the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB)
In 2016 Caranua commissioned a study to estimate the current likely size of the population of those who, as children experienced abuse in institutions managed by religious congregations and who have received awards of compensation through the Residential Institutions…
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Equity issues in access to health services in Ireland 2014
This is a document commissioned by Caranua on the equity issues in access to health services in Ireland in 2014 This discussion document is available to download here.
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Oireachtas Debates on the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012
This is a summary of the Oireachtas debates when the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012 went through the House of the Oireachtas
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Books
Here are some examples of books written about institutional abuse in Ireland, many of which were written by survivors.
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Suffer Little Children: The Inside Story of Ireland’s Industrial Schools
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(1999) By Mary Raftery and Eoin O’Sullivan. New Island. Available to buy on Amazon.
The Boy from Glin Industrial School
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(2013) By Tom Wall. Available to purchase online at www.omahonys.ie
Survivor – A true story of survival
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(2013) By RF Heeney. Available to buy on Amazon
And I Thought I Could Fly
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(2010) By Tom Cronin. Troubador Publishing. Available to buy on Amazon.
Haunting Cries – Stories of Child Abuse from Industrial Schools
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(2010) By Karen Coleman. Gill & MacMillan. Available to buy at Amazon.
Founded on Fear
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(2006) By Peter Tyrrell and Diarmuid Whelan. Irish Academic Press. Available to buy on Amazon.
The God Squad
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(1989) By Paddy Doyle. Corgi. Available on Amazon.
Fear of the Collar – My Terrifying Childhood in Artane
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(2001) By Patrick Touher. O’Brien Press. Available to buy at www.obrien.ie.
Freedom of Angels
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(1999) By Bernadette Fahy. O’Brien Press. Available to buy at www.obrien.ie.
Children of the Poor Clares
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(1985) By Mavis Arnold and Heather Laskey. Appletree Press. Available to buy on Amazon.
The Raggy Boy Trilogy
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(2001) By Patrick Galvin. New Island. Available to buy on Amazon.
Altar Boy: A Story of Life After Abuse
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(2004) By Andrew Madden. Penguin Books. Available on Amazon.