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# in loco parentis

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'Inspirational': This Irish documentary is getting great reviews at the Sundance Film Festival

Another hit is the Irish documentary In Loco Parentis, about a boarding school in Co Meath.

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Jan 29th 2017, 9:00 PM

An Irish documentary about a Meath primary school is winning rave reviews at Sundance

It “winningly surveys the daily routine” of Headfort Boarding School.

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Jan 22nd 2017, 3:14 PM

A lovely documentary about a boarding school in Kells is on its way to Sundance

Headfort is “not unlike Hogwarts.”

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Jan 11th 2017, 12:04 PM