An Irish mother and baby home survivor has told of his lasting heartache at being denied the opportunity by Magdalene Laundry nuns to say his last goodbye his dying mother.
At the age of 3, Colleen Anderson was taken from her mother in Ireland and adopted to a woman in America. Now, she hopes to permanently return and reconnect with her family.
Irish singer, now called Magda Davitt, famously protested against the Catholic Church, on SNL in 1992 and her protest against the “nest of devils” continues.
796 children’s bodies were found in a mass grave. BBC podcast focuses on St Mary’s mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Galway and the appalling tale of abuse and criminality uncovered by amateur historian Catherine Corless.
Anna Corrigan’s two older brothers were born and said to have died in the Co Galway home. She has said she will seek a High Court injunction if the Government does not excavate the site.
Tressa Reeves was allowed just eights short hours with her first-born son when she gave birth in a Dublin home run by Catholic nuns. Her son was given away to an Irish family and it took a 50-year hunt for her to track him down again.
Today we remember the rebellious and kind Monsignor Edward Joseph Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, Nebraska, who was born in Leabeg, County Roscommon on this day (July 13) 1886.
