IRELAND
The Journal
ROSEMARY ADASER, A survivor of mother and baby homes has spoken of her time in the institutions.
Adaser last night spoke of her time as a child and mother in the homes. In 1958 she was taken to a home in Dublin aged just 18 months. 15 years later she became pregnant and was sent to a home in Meath. There, her child was taken away from her.
Speaking to Ryan Tubridy on the day that investigators for the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Inquiry confirmed both that they had uncovered “a significant number” of children’s remains at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam – and that they dated back to the era during which the home was operational, Adaser outlined life in the institutions.
What I have clear memories of are an older woman. She’d strip me and put her gardening gloves on, go to the garden, cut a rose bush off, pick the roses off and whip me. That was a very frequent occurrence.
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