‘We have waited years for this to come out’
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.