A woman who was illegally adopted from a mother and baby home in Tipperary says the state’s formal apology to victims, ‘means nothing’. The Children’s Minister, Roderic O’Gorman, yesterday said sorry, on behalf of the government, in the Seanad. He apologised for the ‘deep hurt’ experienced by people affected by illegal birth registrations. Dr Emer […]
Survivors of Sean Ross Abbey in North Tipp and other mother and baby homes have said yesterday’s formal apology ‘is not an apology.’ Breda Murphy the PRO of The Tuam Mother and Baby Home Alliance, has echoed the words of Dr Emer Quirke who was illegally adopted from Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, both expressing […]
Survivors adopted from mother and baby homes have said many of them left without their births being registered and some with the signatures on their adoption papers being forged.
Others only became aware of the fact as adults that they had been the subject of secret vaccine trials while babies in the facilities in Cork and Tipperary.
The revelation came as Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, remained the major focus of revelations about the appalling treatment of young women and their babies.
With Tuam in Galway and Bessborough in Cork, Sean Ross Abbey ranked among the most notorious of Ireland’s mother and baby homes.
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A survivor of the Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea has spoken of her experience in the home.
Emer Quirke – who is a member of the Sean Ross Commemorative group – says the mothers had no say in anything that happened.
“I was taken over and baptised in Sean Ross Abbey Church when I was there for about two day. When I met my mother five years ago she never knew I was baptised.”
“When I looked for my mother I found that I had no birth cert – my birth was never registered.”
“When I went to the Commission of Investigation I asked my mother to write for her information to the Adoption Authority because she’s entitled to anything she signed. I went with her to the Adoption Authority and they showed her the consent form and they said there’s exactly where you signed and she said sorry that’s not my signature.”