There was a visit to Sligo in 1936 from a Senior Inspector in the Department of Local Government and Public Health (DLGPH) with the intention of looking at the possibility of setting up a mother and baby home in the county, the report of the Commission of Investigation into mother and baby homes, has found.
It said there is evidence that the department was keen to see the establishment of an additional mother and baby home. In 1936 the council of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts noted that the Local Government Board of Health Dublin [sic] are anxious another house will be established in or around Sligo . The congregation secured the approval of the Bishop of Elphin, Edward Doorly, and a superior was appointed for the proposed Sligo home.