IRELAND
Irish Mirror
Jun 06, 2014 00:11 By Jilly Beattie
The 81-year-old said she now knows her son Anthony was “lucky” because he “lived and loved” although she was never reunited with him
Movie inspiration Philomena Lee spoke yesterday of her horror over the mass baby grave.
The 81-year-old’s struggle to find her son Anthony who was taken from her in an unmarried mother and baby home touched millions when it hit the big screen as an acclaimed film starring Dame Judi Dench.
And yesterday, Philomena said: “Now I know we were the lucky ones.
“For 50 years I kept my sweet boy a secret until I could hold it in no longer.
“My dream was to be reunited with him but sadly it was not to be and the grief I have suffered has broken me many times.
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