“CHERISH ALL THE children equally” is a
defining Irish shibboleth, enshrined in the Proclamation of
Independence. It is one of our highest aspirations and, like most of the
things we Irish hold dearest, it is build on a solid foundation of
utter hypocrisy.
Cherish all the children? By all available evidence, we Irish don’t even like children.
In the past week, a horror story has unfolded. Eight hundred children are buried in an unmarked mass grave in Tuam, Co Galway, in a disused septic tank on the former grounds of an institution known locally as “The Home”. The Bon Secours nuns operated “The Home” between 1926 and 1961 and over the years housed thousands of unmarried mothers and their “illegitimate” children.
http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/mass-grave-galway-tuam-1494001-May2014/
Cherish all the children? By all available evidence, we Irish don’t even like children.
In the past week, a horror story has unfolded. Eight hundred children are buried in an unmarked mass grave in Tuam, Co Galway, in a disused septic tank on the former grounds of an institution known locally as “The Home”. The Bon Secours nuns operated “The Home” between 1926 and 1961 and over the years housed thousands of unmarried mothers and their “illegitimate” children.
http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/mass-grave-galway-tuam-1494001-May2014/
