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# mother and baby homes stories

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'I spent 28 years wondering where my child was, they were 45 minutes down the road'
'My mother gave birth to three children in three mother and baby homes in three years'
UK police refer county home survivor back to gardaí over destruction of testimony
'The brother whipped him until his back was bleeding, then gave him an orange to keep quiet'
'Illegitimate children could contaminate the morals of society so had to be hidden and illegally adopted'
How a God-fearing Ireland shamed, abandoned and punished its 'fallen' women and girls
'Accept responsibility and we might accept your apology': Survivors brace themselves for mother and baby home report
'The beatings were regular and we worked until our fingers bled': My childhood in an industrial school