Westbank Orphanage

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Westbank Orphanage was a privately run Protestant orphanage in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, which closed in the 1990s. The regime at the orphanage was evangelical Christian, it tried to find homes for the children with families of the Protestant faith as a result a number of children would have been sent to families in the North of Ireland, England and Scotland, recently the orphanage has come into the public eye due to allegations of abuses[1] In the 1960s children from another Protestant run home, the Bethany Home were transferred to Westbank[2].[3] While not state run, or officially Church of Ireland run the orphanage would have been designated by the Church and state as place to send orphans of the Protestant faith. Westbank Greystones Protestant Orphanage Charity was a registered with the Irish government as a charity and availed of tax benefits as a result. .

References

  1. ↑ Allegations that Wicklow Orphans in state care were used as slaves in Northern Ireland Irish Central, 12 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Protestant abuse history has been swept under the carpet, by Victoria White, Irish Examiner, Thursday, 5 July 2012
  3. ↑ Inquiry into 'exploitation' of orphans, letter by former Bethany, Westbank residents, Derek Leinster, Sydney Herdman, Colm Begley, Helen McCarthy Fitzpatrick, Irish Times, Thursday, 17 May 2012


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