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Fear of the Collar: The True Story of the Boy They Couldn't Break Paperback – July 5, 2007

by Patrick Touher (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 276 ratings
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Sent to an industrial school in Dublin at the age of seven, Patrick Touher was forced into a tough regime of education and training, prayer and punishment, strict discipline, and fearful nights. No allowances were made for emotion, sentiment, or boyhood worries, and anyone who disturbed the routine was severely punished. Artane Industrial School demanded absolute obedience and absolute submission; Patrick's eight-year stint there 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 which is currently the subject of an official inquiry. This is the story of a childhood lived in the most horrific of circumstances, a moving and powerful account that bears testament to the courage and determination of the children that society forgot.

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    272 pages
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  3. Publisher
    Ebury Press
  4. Publication date
    July 5, 2007
  5. Dimensions
    5 x 0.7 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0091917662
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0091917661
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ebury Press; Rev., Updated Ed edition (July 5, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0091917662
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0091917661
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.7 x 8 inches
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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Jerry Osborn
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing People
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2011
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One of the better books on clergy type abuse I have read! It never fails to be amazed me how this has and still is going on in this day and age. It is obvious there is a failure to check on these institutions and follow up to put a stop to this abuse. I am so proud of the affended and their ability to survive and thrive.
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Linda Kaczmarski
3.0 out of 5 stars Irish Tragedy
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2019
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Decent reading of this book of the author's life in the Irish Orphanages.
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Mrs. V. Acuff
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2013
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A well written first hand account about a dreadful period of recent history in Ireland. It is amazing that Mr.Touhy went on to live a good life as a loving husband and father. His story us humbling.
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Sagitario
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book;
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013
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It was easy to put yourself in the place of this poor kid. He reveals the christian brothers for the pedophiles they really are.
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Chicago, IL
5.0 out of 5 stars Must support the author
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2014
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Very brave man in a very bad situation. I wish schools would support writers that share their experiences in history.
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thomas treacy
2.0 out of 5 stars ashamed to be irish
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017
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so much for the irish religious hypocrites and the corrupt clergy and the ignorant bog trotters
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Joseph P. Tevington
3.0 out of 5 stars Deeply disturbing
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2008
A generation or two ago, it seems that no one wanted to hear criticisms of priests, religious brothers, and religious sisters. Presently, many of us seem ready to uncritically embrace any horrendous report.

Living a half world from Dublin, I am not familiar with modern research about mid 20th century conditions in Ireland's "industrial schools." Several years ago, I did have the misfortune to see " The Magdalene Sisters ," before reading a proper review. That film ends with an epilogue on the fates of seemingly historical characters. While I left the theater furious about the victims' abuse and fates, I subsequently learned them to be fictitious.

While Patrick Touher's account certainly seems credible, it should not be embraced without a critical eye. I am a first generation Irish American, whose Dublin born father passed away nearly a quarter century ago. As we were growing up, he would teasingly threaten to send us to Artane - what he described as a Dublin "reform" school. I do not believe that the Dubliners of my father's era had any conception of the horrendous hell hole, described by Patrick Touher.
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Trishkat
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 19, 2016
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Great book, sad also when its true the boy was strong willed and survived.
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Michael Keenan
5.0 out of 5 stars Memories of a clerical education.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 14, 2015
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An sad and disturbing story but with flashes of happiness and fun here and there despite the savagery and brutality of the regime running the school.The story resonated with me personally having attended a fee paying boarding school in the very early sixties where there were quite a number of similarities.
As a young boy attending a Christian Brothers school Artane was often threatened on us for misbehaviour.
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Peter Corcoran's prodigy
4.0 out of 5 stars Harrowing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2020
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A difficult read about life and abuse within Artane Industrial School. Like many being sent there was a threat when I was younger and misbehaving so we knew life there was brutal. A hard but necessary read.
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sue Willmott
5.0 out of 5 stars Heatbreaking
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2016
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As I read this book, I could feel the anger rising in me, Christian brothers treating young boys so badly, the author told the story of his time at that awful school so well and so very bravely. It is a must read, to educate people on just what goes on behind closed doors.
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James Shanks
5.0 out of 5 stars Church and State lost
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2019
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Wanted to know what it was like in that home in that place , which this book explains fully
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