IRELAND
Irish Independent
Teresa Kelly
March 6 2017
I am the chairperson of the Tuam Babies Graveyard Committee.The committee was formed in August 2013. This group of like-minded people wished to do the right thing for the children who were buried in the grounds of what was once the St Mary’s old orphanage.
It was known locally as ‘The Home’. Our initial aims were simple:
* Erecting a dignified memorial recognising the children in name, age, and their date of death;
* We also sought to have the area preserved and maintained in the future as a mark of respect.
These areas had been maintained and looked after by members of this committee for over 40 years prior to the site gaining national and worldwide recognition.
From the outset of this project it was very clear that we wanted these children recognised and remembered.
We felt it was beyond belief that the Bon Secour sisters could have left this area without any sort of memorial or acknowledgement of the children’s existence.
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