Louis Lentin TV Series

Our Boys’ Stories – Stolen Lives – Episode 1

16th October 2019

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The first episode of Stolen Lives focuses on the stories of four men and their experience of Ireland’s industrial schools. Their personal narratives expose the lifelong effect of physical, mental and sexual abuse on the residents of Irish institutions between the 1940s and 1970s in Ireland. Stolen Lives is a three-part series which is included […]

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We Were Only Children – Stolen Lives – Episode 2

15th October 2019

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The second episode in Stolen Lives centres on the stories of four women who suffered horrific abuse in Ireland’s industrial schools. Stolen Lives is a three-part series which is included in The Louis Lentin Collection. View the full collection here. With kind permission of Dr. Ronit Lentin.

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Philomena’s Story – Stolen Lives – Episode 3

14th October 2019

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The final episode in the Stolen Lives series is Philomena’s Story. Philomena Byrne recounts her own harrowing experience in a Dublin industrial school and speaks about the traumatic legacy of the industrial school scheme in Ireland. Stolen Lives is a three-part series which is included in The Louis Lentin Collection. View the full collection here. […]

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