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Systematic cruelty of mother and baby homes dates back to 18th century Foundling Hospital children ate stirabout infested with clock beetles and earwigs about 4 hours ago Audrey Talbot Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, Tipperary, a mother and baby home from 1930 to 1970. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Damning testimonies from anguished women who lived in mother and baby homes are not confined to the last century. After the reformist Lady Arbella Denny took over Dublin’s grim Foundling Hospital in 1759 she witnessed an outpouring of grief from women whose personal stories had remained unknown until then. Their experiences were detailed in heart-rending and poorly written letters. From farm girls, servants and city women, they describe the now all-too-familiar narrative. The shame of “illegitimacy”, the secrecy and the blam ....
Why is this week a particularly difficult one for the family of Trevor Deely? Because it marks the 20th anniversary of arguably the most notable missing person case in recent Irish history. Last Monday, friends and relatives of Trevor gathered near Haddington Road in Dublin, where he was last seen, and launched another appeal for anyone with information to come forward. He is the baby of our family and we have spent the last two decades doing all we can to find him, said his sister Michele. The pain of not knowing where Trevor is is getting more and more difficult to bear. Please help us. ....