Female with a conscience- concerned for the vulnerable victim-survivors of institutional abuse & mass graves PRO of Tuam Mother and Baby Home Alliance.
original site. Approximately one acre of original site remains accommodating what we call the #MemorialGarden which is enclosed by boundary walls and two gates accessible both from housing development roadway and children’s playground. This entire area will be excavated
alongside enjoyed no such luxury. Some “stayed for life” as explained by the Reverend Mother to travel writer Halliday Sutherland on his visit on 1955. Ena was determined to help them, and she did. Together with husband Hugh, they enabled 15 girls to escape and hid them
Sadly I was wrong. The “engagement” was controlled by State. Questions from the floor were disallowed so in essence it resulted in the organisers putting forward the State’s vision of the participation of those affected and more importantly ticking a box to show engagement 
Answering honestly about the child’s father, Sally replied to the nun that he was Irish and Protestant which was a massive sin. For that, she was told to go in her knees and say a decade of the Rosary. Sally took her place among 35 others in similar positions at various 2/
to deserve the treatment she received at hands of both Church and State. Unlike many unwed girls who became pregnant within their community Peggy remained at home to care for her parents as siblings had emigrated. That was the plan 
The child’s name was Bernard Kerrigan. He was four years old when he died in 1935. The man who attended had played with Bernard in the school yard the day before his death and wanted his remains rescued and placed alongside the children in burial ground 
It’s not rocket science - as 15 #Cabinet Ministers sit around the table; the “leak” did not come from our side - no survivor/family/advocate had a copy despite 550 survivors providing testimony to the Confidential Committee and 19 via Investigative Committee. 2/10 
John’s role was an important one; to delay the search for the missing girl. Once the alarm sounded, the Garda was on his bike looking for the girl. The boys would hide the bike to thwart the search and later return it. John says people knew and one man working for the Nuns
of the response once given by the Mother Superior in the Galway Magdalene to a question as to “how long do they stay”; the answer: “some stay for life”. It would be interesting to see the paperwork related to this woman; her entry pathway and the monies paid to Nuns. 2/7
In 1935 the Conditions of Employment Act extended the marriage bar of the Civil Service Amendment Act to the entire civil service (except for workers in lower grades such as cleaners) and gave the government power to limit the number of women employed in any particular industry/2
The memorial walled garden was built originally as a sewage collection pit with outlets and inlets that could be connected to mains or other systems. There are twenty separate chambers with small openings within the pit. 
that. To not have knowledge of a burial spot is to deny families the opportunity to visit; to mourn; to move on with their lives. @ctcantwell mum’s testimony is harrowing; her son born healthy at 7lbs 11ozs. She recalls his perfectly formed features. She is entitled to truth 2/3
“It was our opinion that the mother of the child could not alienate her natural right to bring up her own child, that her surrender of her child to a convent .. + was alright as far as it went but that if she was to take it back the Court in this country would uphold her” 2/3 
“ to be guided in all our work by the teaching of Christ and to strive for the attainment of a social order in Ireland based on Christian principles”
Peter entered hell, suffered and witnessed the most appalling cruelty. He spent eight years there and upon release remained a short time in Ireland. At 19 he went to England and at 23 joined the British Army. He was taken prisoner 2/7