Ireland has always been a good place for children to grow up – as long as they were the “right” kind of children. Patrick. Mary. Matthew. Peter. Julia. James. Joseph. John. Maud. Mary Kate. Christina. Annie. Richard. Florence. Rose. Luke. Donald. Eileen. Henry. Sabina. Bridget. Fabian. Oliver. Stephen. Imelda. Paul.
There isn’t enough space in this
column for all of their names. Seven hundred and ninety six death
certificates. Seven hundred and ninety six infants who died at the
mother and baby home in Tuam, some of whose remains are among the “significant quantities” found in underground chambers on the site of the home.