Night Of Destruction Case Study
Night of Destruction
In the early hours of Sunday 25 January 1959 a fire broke out in the sewing room in the west wing of the building. There were sixty-eight occupants in the building at the time. Thirty-six nuns, including four elderly nuns who had been invalids for some years, thirty students aged between seven and seventeen, and two lady mistresses were sleeping in their beds. Everyone escaped however a lot of damaged was done to the interior of the building. It took a couple of days for the fire to die down. The nuns went through the west wing of the building to see if they could salvage anything from the wreckage. They got very little, everything was destroyed. It took three years, and great attention to detail to repair the damage, but …show more content…
The building was now more suited to accommodate students and so the nuns concentrated their efforts on expanding the boarding school and running an English language Summer school. The Summer school proved to be a success and remained open for five years.
Kylemore today
The nuns remain in residence at Kylemore. As Directors of Kylemore Trust they are very much part of the fabric of today’s Kylemore, indeed they are its spiritual heart. They continue with their daily life of work and prayer according to the ancient Rule of St. Benedict. (‘Welcome to Kylemore abbey’, n.d.)
The community at Kylemore is committed to the stewardship of the heritage entrusted to them as Benedictine nuns- the estate and castle of Kylemore and the service of the people who work and visit here. The includes administration, business, farming, handmade crafts, preparation of the liturgy, provision of an education facility, welcoming guests as well as daily tasks in the house and garden. (‘Welcome to Kylemore abbey’, …show more content…
When teaching the children about Kylemore I would ask them to create a timeline of the major events that happened. I would allow the children to use the online timeline tool so it can be displayed on the IWB. (https://www.hstry.co/) The children would then examine the interview with the past pupil and compare and contrast with their school life now and how it is different and similar. I would perhaps get the children to interview a child in the class, asking him/her the same questions so they can contrasts their findings. Using old pictures and books I would ask the children to investigate and examine how the school has changed over time into a museum. They could discuss the different elements that have changed and the reasons for change. The children could also explore to see if there is anything
In the early hours of Sunday 25 January 1959 a fire broke out in the sewing room in the west wing of the building. There were sixty-eight occupants in the building at the time. Thirty-six nuns, including four elderly nuns who had been invalids for some years, thirty students aged between seven and seventeen, and two lady mistresses were sleeping in their beds. Everyone escaped however a lot of damaged was done to the interior of the building. It took a couple of days for the fire to die down. The nuns went through the west wing of the building to see if they could salvage anything from the wreckage. They got very little, everything was destroyed. It took three years, and great attention to detail to repair the damage, but …show more content…
The building was now more suited to accommodate students and so the nuns concentrated their efforts on expanding the boarding school and running an English language Summer school. The Summer school proved to be a success and remained open for five years.
Kylemore today
The nuns remain in residence at Kylemore. As Directors of Kylemore Trust they are very much part of the fabric of today’s Kylemore, indeed they are its spiritual heart. They continue with their daily life of work and prayer according to the ancient Rule of St. Benedict. (‘Welcome to Kylemore abbey’, n.d.)
The community at Kylemore is committed to the stewardship of the heritage entrusted to them as Benedictine nuns- the estate and castle of Kylemore and the service of the people who work and visit here. The includes administration, business, farming, handmade crafts, preparation of the liturgy, provision of an education facility, welcoming guests as well as daily tasks in the house and garden. (‘Welcome to Kylemore abbey’, …show more content…
When teaching the children about Kylemore I would ask them to create a timeline of the major events that happened. I would allow the children to use the online timeline tool so it can be displayed on the IWB. (https://www.hstry.co/) The children would then examine the interview with the past pupil and compare and contrast with their school life now and how it is different and similar. I would perhaps get the children to interview a child in the class, asking him/her the same questions so they can contrasts their findings. Using old pictures and books I would ask the children to investigate and examine how the school has changed over time into a museum. They could discuss the different elements that have changed and the reasons for change. The children could also explore to see if there is anything