‘We have waited years for this to come out’

COLÁISTE an Chroi Naofa in Carrignavar was situated on a 300-acre lush farming estate, complete with dairy herd and manmade lake, 12 kilometres north of Cork city.

From September to May, the boarding school was home to hundreds of boys from around the country — coming from as far afield as Donegal and Sligo as the school had a stellar academic reputation and was lauded as a cradle for aspirant GAA greats.

Brochures for the school boasted to middle-class parents how the boys could enjoy life on an estate helping with the dairy herd, grading eggs and taking walks in the woods.