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Expectant women were sent to the Bon Secours ‘mother and baby home’ in Galway between 1925 and 1961. Their illegitimate children were said to be ‘children of sin’, and as such treated with a lack of respect in death, according to the work of historians. Catherine Corless, whose work uncovered what allegedly happened at theContinue reading “Search For Bodies Of Almost 800 Infants Begins At ‘Mother And Baby’ Home”