IRELAND
Irish Independent
Catherine Corless
March 4 2017
When I started out on my research into the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, for the local ‘Historical Journal’, I had envisaged that this was to be just a simple story outlining the history of the home and perhaps getting a story or two on those who were born there.
I had no idea at the time what a storm would emerge as a result of my research into this home.
I revealed my shocking findings locally at first to the religious and those in authority.
But as time went on I became dismayed that there was not much interest in what I was saying.
I had disclosed that I had found the deaths of 798 babies and young children in the Tuam home during the years of its existence – 1925-1961 – and worse, I could not find any details of where they were buried. No one seemed to know.
The only piece of concern and empathy came from a few residents who lived in the new estate that was built on the home grounds, near the burial area, who, in 1974 took it upon themselves to care for this area, after the boys found skeletons in the tank.
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