More than 6,000 adoptions were recorded as having taken place in six mother and baby homes in the 23 years between 1950 and 1973. The information on adoptions was supplied by two homes maintained by local authorities – the Childrens Home in Tuam and St Patricks Home in Pelletstown – and four other homes run by religious orders where local health authorities sent unmarried mothers, the Sacred Heart Home, Bessborough, Sean Ross Abbey, Roscrea, St Peters, Castlepollard, and Ard Mhuire in Dunboyne.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:15:09 +0000