Dooley, Brother (i), (ii); beatings by (i), (ii); and journey to Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); as manager (i); physical appearance (i); replacement by Brother Fahy (i); standards responsible for (i); as substitute for Mr Griffin (i)
dreams, terrifying see nightmares (PT)
Dublin: Deaf and Dumb school at (i); holidays in (i), (ii)
dunce’s hat (i), (ii)
‘Dunny’ (outward covering) (i)
Düsseldorf, Prison Hospital in (i), (ii), (iii)
Easter, at Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Easter Rising (1916) (i), (ii)
Evans, Betty (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Evans, Mr (i)
Evans, Mrs (i), (ii)
Fagan, John (i)
Fahy, Brother (i), (ii); beatings by (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); Brother Dooley replaced by (i); cutting of boys’ hair by (i); dunce’s hat, introduction of (i); duties (i); fighting between boys, encouragement of (i); as gambler (i); girlfriend of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); Hickey, friendship with (i); personality (i); pets of (i); and religion (i), (ii); sexual abuse by (i); temper (i), (ii)
Fallingbostel (German station) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Fanning, ‘Bullock’ (Letterfrack inmate) (i), (ii)
farm, PT’s family home (i), (ii)
Fear of the Collar (i)
Feerick, Matt (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Feerick, Tommy (i)
Firpos Hotel (India) (i), (ii)
FitzGerald, Garrett (i)
flag marches (i)
flag signalling (i)
Flanagan (shoemaker) (i), (ii)
floggings see beatings, at Letterfrack Industrial School
food intake (Letterfrack): bread rations (i); at Christmas (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); days out (i), (ii); at Easter (i); fish (i); fruit, vegetables and nuts (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); meagre nature of diet (i), (ii); on St Patrick’s Day (i), (ii); stealing of food by PT (i); see also dietary matters; Letterfrack Industrial School
Foxford Woollen Mills (i)
funds embezzlement, at Letterfrack (i)
Galway (i), (ii), (iii)
George V (King) (i)
Germans, and Second World War (i); kindness of guards (i), (ii); Russians, treatment of (i), (ii); see also prisoner of war, PT as
Gibson, David (Brother) (i)
Gilenkerchen (i)
Gleeson, Muddy (i)
goats (i)
God Squad (P. Doyle) (i)
Gordon, George (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Gordon, Tommy (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Gozo island (Malta) (i)
Gray, Tom (tailor) (i)
Great Escape (film) (i)
Green, Charlie (i)
Griffin, Tom (schoolteacher) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); abilities (i), (ii), (iii); arrival at Letterfrack (i); clothes worn by (i), (ii), (iii); death of (i); duties (i), (ii); at Halloween (i); popularity of (i), (ii), (iii); relations with women (i); wages (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); younger children, responsibility for (i)
Guinness’ Brewery (Dublin) (i)
gum disease (i)
half-caste girls, marriage to (i)
Halloween, at Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Hampstead Heath, PT’s suicide by burning at (1967) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Hanger, Private (i)
Hannigan (army friend) (i)
Hayden brothers (bakers) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Haywood, Charlie (i)
headaches (PT) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); deep breathing to help (i)
health problems: of Letterfrack inmates (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); malaria (i); of Mrs Tyrrell (i), (ii); of PT (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); war wounds (i), (ii), (iii); see also breathing problems; headaches (PT); mental illness; psychological problems
Hefa (i)
heliographs (i), (ii)
hell, fear of (i), (ii)
Henderson, L. (i)
Hertogenbosch, barracks at (i)
Hewitt, Tommy (i), (ii), (iii)
Hewitt, Tony (i)
Hibemia (i); PT’s memories published in (i)
Hickey, John (bandmaster) (i), (ii), (iii); beatings by (i); personality (i), (ii); physical appearance (i)
Higgins, Bookie (i)
Himalayas (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Hindus (in India) (i), (ii)
H.M.S. Pinafore (play) (i)
Hogan, Mr (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Holny Arms (London) (i)
Holt, Major (i)
home, family (i), (ii)
Hunt, Dick (’cauliflower ears’) (i), (ii), (iii)
illiteracy problems (i), (ii)
India, PT’s experiences in (i); bribery and corruption (i); daily routine (i); Dennison, Angela, relationship with (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); eating habits (i), (ii), (iii); heliograph, use of (i); Himalayas (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Morse Code, use of (i); promotion opportunities (i); servants (i); tailoring work (i), (ii); telephone work (i); war, declaration of (i); see also Calcutta
Industrial Schools: Children of the Poor Clare’s report (i); criminal neglect of children in (i); daily routine (i); ex-inmates (i); failures, boys brought up in (i); Nazi POW camp compared (i); Tuairim report (1966) (i); see also Letterfrack Industrial School
infirmary at Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii); PT in (i), (ii)
IRA (Irish Republican Army) bombing campaign (1939) (i)
Ireland: English images of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); London favourably contrasted with (i); PT’s views of corruption in (i)
Irish Centre (London) (i), (ii)
Irish Times (i)
Jabalpur (India) (i), (ii), (iii)
Jalapahar (India) (i), (ii)
Japan, war with (i), (ii)
Jim (Burmese captain) (i), (ii)
Joyce, Christy (i)
Joyce, Martin (i)
Känchenjunga (India) (i)
Kangaroo vehicles (i)
Katapahar (India) (i), (ii)
Keane, Ronan (i)
Keegan, Brother (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); beatings by (i), (ii); and clothing of boys (i), (ii); illness (1929) (i); as manager (i), (ii); personality (i), (ii); physical appearance (i), (ii); religious attitudes (i); stick carried by (i)
Kelleher, Joe (i), (ii), (iii)
Kelly, Brother (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); on Holy Bible (i); kind nature (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Kelly, Dan (bandmaster) (i), (ii), (iii)
Kelly, Frank (i)
Kelly, Joe (mechanic) (i), (ii), (iii)
Kelly, John (Letterfrack inmate) (i), (ii), (iii); death (i), (ii)
Kennedy, Mrs (teacher) (i)
Kernan, Mr (i)
Kipperpore (India) (i); Swing Bridge (i)
Kilkenny, nuns’ convent at (i)
King’s Own Scottish Borders regiment, (i), (ii)
Kylemore Abbey (i), (ii), (iii)
Larkin, Tom (i)
laundry work (i), (ii), (iii)
Lavelle (doctor at Letterfrack) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Leeds (i); dance halls (i); hospital treatment in (i); Irish families in (i); work in (i), (ii)
Letterfrack Industrial School: activities, lack of (i); beatings at see beatings at Letterfrack Industrial School; bedlinen, failure to change (i); bullying at (i), (ii), (iii); Christmas at (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); clothing (i), (ii), (iii); daily routine (i), (ii), (iii); darning room (i), (ii); Dining Room see Refectory, at Letterfrack; divisions (i); dormitories see St Michael’s dormitory (Letterfrack); St Patrick’s dormitory (Letterfrack); Easter at (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); emotional effects of life at (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi); examinations (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); fear of the inmates (i), (ii); first impressions (PT) (1924) (i), (ii); funding problems (i), (ii), (iii); Halloween at (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); hardships (i); health problems caused by (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); holiday periods (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); idyllic surroundings of (i), (ii); infirmary (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); layout (i); lice problem (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); physical training at (i), (ii); prisoner of war years contrasted (i), (ii), (iii); Refectory see Refectory at Letterfrack; sexual abuse at (i); silence at (i); Sundays at (i), (ii); tailoring work at (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); workshops (i), (ii); year 1924–25 (first year for PT) (i); year 1925–26 (second year for PT) (i); year 1926–27 (third year for PT) (i); year 1928–29 (fourth year for PT) (i); year 1929–30 (fifth year for PT) (i); year 1932 (final year for PT) (i)
lice problem, at Letterfrack Industrial School (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Linard, Mrs (i)
Linard, Paddy (i)
Liverpool, London contrasted (i)
Lloyd, D. (corporal) (i)
London: arrival of PT in (1935) (i); ‘Blarney Club’ (i); Camden town (i), (ii); cheap accommodation in (i);Goswell Road, work in (i);journey north from (i);Liverpool contrasted (i);public houses in (i), (ii); tailoring work in (i);wages in (i), (ii); Westminster, PT in (i); work availability in (i)
Long, Christy (i), (ii)
Luger pistols (i)
Lydon, Bridie (i)
Lydon, Mr (tailor) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Lyons (priest) (i)
McAntaggart, Mr (bandmaster) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
McDonald, Festy (butcher) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
McDonald, Tom (i)
McGahern, John, dismissal of (i)
McGrath (shoemaker) (i), (ii)
McLaughlin (’Kangaroo’, Letterfrack inmate) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
McLoughlin, Séan (teacher) (i), (ii)
McQueen, Steve (i)
malaria, PT suffering from (i)
Malta, battalion stationed in (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Manklew, Reggie (i)
Mannion, Tommy (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
marriage, effect on women (i)
Mass, attendance at (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
mental illness: alcohol-induced (i); Brother Vale, committal to mental hospital (i), (ii); Catholic religion, caused by, (i), (ii); depression (PT) (i), (ii); of Mrs Tyrrell (i), (ii); suicide of PT (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); see also psychological problems
Milston, L. (i)
Ministry of Supplies (i), (ii), (iii)
monastery (Letterfrack) (i), (ii)
monitors (Letterfrack) (i), (ii), (iii)
Moore (Letterfrack inmate) (i)
Moran, Miss (i)
Moran, Mr (junior) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Moran, Mr (senior) (blacksmith) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Morrisey, Mrs (i)
Morse code (i)
mortars (i), (ii)
Mount Everest (i)
Mulcahy, Richard (Minister for Education) (i)
Mullins, Martin (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Murphy, Brother (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); and Brother Fahy (i); physical appearance and personality (i), (ii)
Murphy, Con (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Murtagh, ‘Sharkey’ (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Nagpur (India) (i)
naked boys, ritualistic flogging (i), (ii), (iii)
nappy (barber) (i), (ii)
narrative style of PT (i)
nationalism, PT’s attitude to (i)
Nazareth (i)
Nazi extermination (i)
New Year’s Day, at Letterfrack (i)
‘Nigger’ (black kitten) (i), (ii), (iii)
nightmares (PT) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Nolan’s corner (i)
nuns (i), (ii)
nuts (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
O’Brian, Miriam Hederman (i)
O’Brien (’Redskin’, Letterfrack inmate) (i), (ii)
O’Neill, Lydon (i), (ii)
oral hygiene, neglect of, at Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
O’Rourke, Brother (i), (ii)
O’Shea, Joe (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
O’Sullivan, Eoin (i)
Palestine, PT’s experiences of (i), (ii), (iii)
Payne, Lieutenant (i)
Peggy (i)
pets (Christian Brothers’ favourites) (i), (ii)
physical abuse, at Letterfrack Industrial School see beatings, at Letterfrack Industrial
School physical training: in Army (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); at Letterfrack (i), (ii)
postcard, torn (found next to PT’s body) (i), (ii)
Power, John (i), (ii)
prisoner of war, PT as (i); diet (i); Letterfrack years contrasted (i), (ii), (iii); ‘tea party’ compared to (i); types of prisoners (i), (ii); valuables, carrying of (i); see also British Army, PT’s experiences; Second World War
psychological problems: hyperventilation (i); Letterfrack, long-term effects (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi); looking foolish, fear of (i), (ii); nightmares (PT) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); panic disorder (PT) (i), (ii), (iii); promotion opportunity, fear of (i); stammering (i), (ii); violent actions by PT (i), (ii), (iii); see also mental illness
Queen Bee Aircraft (i)
Raftery, Mary (i)
Rairdon, Brother (i); beatings by (i)
Ramsey (British captain) (i)
Red Cross (i), (ii), (iii)
‘Redskin’, Letterfrack inmate (i), (ii)
Refectory at Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); serving, at mealtimes (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Regular Army, PT’s experiences see British Army, PT’s experiences
Reilly, Ginger (army friend) (i), (ii), (iii)
religions: Catholicism (i), (ii); Indian (i)
religious attitudes: of Christian Brothers (i), (ii); of James Tyrrell (Peter’s father) (i); of Peter Tyrrell (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Rhine river (i)
Rooney, Paddy (i)
‘Rosa’ rum (i)
Rosary, saying of (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Roiston, Dr (i)
rubber, beatings with (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Rudd, Joy (i), (ii), (iii)
St Joseph’s Industrial School (Letterfrack) see Letterfrack Industrial School
St Michael’s dormitory (Letterfrack) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
St Patrick’s Day (i), (ii), (iii)
St Patrick’s dormitory (Letterfrack) (i), (ii)
Scotland, climate in (i)
Scully, Brother (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); kind nature of (i)
Second World War: air raids (i); boots, losing (i); direct action (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); Germans, fighting (i), (ii), (iii); hospital treatment (i), (ii); Japan, war with (i), (ii); Nazi extermination, PT’s refusal to believe (i); North Africa, battle in (1941) (i); possibility of, talk about (i); see also British Army, PT’s experiences; prisoner of war, PT as
Secular Society (i)
servants (India) (i)
serving, at mealtimes (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
sexual abuse, at Letterfrack (i)
Sheehy, Senator see Skeffington, Owen Sheehy (Senator)
Shields, Danny (i)
shirt making (i)
shoe making (i)
showers, forcing of boys into (i)
silence, compulsory (at Letterfrack) (i)
Simpson, Captain (i), (ii)
Singapore (i)
Sinn Fein, Hanna Skeffington in executive council (i)
sinus complaints (i)
Sisters of Charity (i)
Skeffington, Andrée (wife of Owen) (i)
Skeffington, Frank (i)
Skeffington, Hanna (i)
Skeffington, Owen Sheehy (Senator): on corporal punishment (i), (ii); correspondence with PT (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); death (i); private papers (i)
Smith, J. (Ballinasloe draper) (i)
sm
oking, as crime at Letterfrack (i)
Some of Our Children(pamphlet) (i)
Spellman, James (i)
Spot (dog) (i)
Stalag XIB Fallingbostel (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
stammering, cure by breathing exercises (i)
Stapleton (Letterfrack inmate) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
States of Fear (documentary) (i)
Sten gun (i)
Stewart, Lt Malcolm (i), (ii)
strap, use of (i), (ii), (iii)
Suffer the Little Children (E. O’Sullivan and M. Raftery) (i)
suicide of PT, by burning (Hampstead Heath, 1967) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Sundays, at Letterfrack (i)
tailoring work: in Ballinasloe (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); in cutting section (Calcutta) (i), (ii), (iii); divisional system (i); female workers (i); Jewish tailors (i); at Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); in London (i); low status (i); mass production (i); at Ministry of Supplies (i), (ii), (iii); peace rates (i); post-war (i), (ii), (iii)
tattoo, military (i)
Thomson, Spud (i), (ii)
Thornley, David (i)
Thornton, Tom (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Tiberias (i)
Tibet (i)
tiffen (midday meal) (i)
Tiger tanks (i)
Toby (dog) (i), (ii)
Tracey, Pat (i)
Tuairim group (London) (i); report (1966), on Industrial Schools (i)
Tulley, Jim (i)
Tully strand (seaside), regular outing to (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Tunney, Gene (i), (ii)
Tyrrell, Jack (brother of PT) (i), (ii); aggression of (i); drink problems (i); farm, working at (i), (ii); illiteracy of (i); leaving school (i); at Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Tyrrell, James (father of PT) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); employment/unemployment of (i); as husband and father (i); PT’s bitterness towards (i), (ii), (iii); religious attitudes (i)
Tyrrell, Jim (brother of PT) (i), (ii), (iii)
Tyrrell, Joe (brother of PT) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); leaving school (i); at Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); working life (i)
Tyrrell, Larry (brother of PT) (i), (ii)
Tyrrell, Martin (brother of PT) (i), (ii), (iii)
Tyrrell, Mick (brother of PT) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Tyrrell, Mrs (mother of PT) (i); background (i), (ii); begging and borrowing by (i), (ii); health problems (i), (ii); sorrow of (i)
Tyrrell, Norah (sister of PT) (i), (ii); USA, sent to (i), (ii)
Tyrrell, Paddy (brother of PT) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); at Letterfrack (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); in London (i), (ii); working life (i), (ii)
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