Instructions regarding the infliction of corporal punishment, taken from the corporal punishment record book for Kilcoole national school (NAI, PRIV 1231/10)

Sparing the child: the end of corporal punishment in Irish schools (part 1)

31 October, 2024

In the first of a two-part blog, Terry Clavin writes about the campaign to ban corporal punishment in our national schools.

Image caption: Instructions regarding the infliction of corporal punishment, taken from the corporal punishment record book for Kilcoole national school (NAI, PRIV 1231/10)

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