Fear of the Collar: My Terrifying Childhood in Artane [Paperback]

Patrick Touher (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0862787270 | ISBN-13: 978-0862787271 | Publication Date: April 2002 | Edition: Rev Upd

Life in Artane Industrial School was an education in cruelty and fear. Run by the Christian Brothers, the school has become synonymous with the widespread abuse of children in Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s and is currently under police investigation. Patrick Touher's story bears testament to the courage and determination of the children who were forgotten by society. Sent there at age eight, Patrick Touher spent eight long years in Artane Industrial School under the oppressive rule of the Christian Bothers. Patrick Touher reveals shocking new material about physical and sexual abuse by the fearsome and brutal Christian Brothers who controlled the school and the boys who lived there. This is the story which couldn't be told - until now.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Gripping in its honest and no-holds-barred account of one boy's sometimes tortuous trek through the grey underworld of Dublin's industrial school life during the 1950s ... Disturbingly, the grainy photographs are reminiscent of Russia at the turn of the century rather than an Ireland of only half a century ago.' -- Northside People 'A story ... which must be neither hidden nor forgotten.' -- Leinster Leader Leinster Leader 'It is a book of survival, of hardship, but also of friendships and solidarity despite the oppressive regime all the Artane Boys suffered in a society not willing or able to see its own faults.' -- Fingal Independent

About the Author

Patrick Touher trained as a Baker Confectioner whilst in Artane Industrial School and worked as such upon leaving the school at age sixteen. Patrick travelled extensively from the sixties through to the early seventies. In 1972 he married his wife Pauline and they had three children together.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: O'Brien Pr; Rev Upd edition (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0862787270
• ISBN-13: 978-0862787271
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,646,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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