Forest Books: Rachel Pollard Avenue (The) - A History Of The Claremont Institut

This is the story of Ireland's first ever school for the deaf from its establishment in 1816 to its closure in 1978. The social conditions experienced within and outside the school are described, including religious persecutions in the 1850s when some pupils were kidnapped from the school and former pupils suffered intimidation at home and at work. Extensively researched and illustrated. Paperback 326 pages 2006