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Author Archives: Adrienne
Kettle Pictures – When Spring Crept in
An installment of Kettle Pictures – a gallery of the sporadic pretty moments as seen by my iPhone and me. These images below are from early 2016, when Spring crept in.
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Aoife Day: opting out of first Holy Communion for her own kind of Special Day
Saturday 14th May 2016 was my 37th birthday (yes, THIRTY-SEVEN), but this day was not about me. It was all about my daughter, Aoife (8). It was: “AOIFE DAY.” The idea for ‘Aoife Day’ came about when Aoife and I spoke … Continue reading
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Words from Pennsylvania: Tuam Mother & Baby Home
Mam gets calls and visits all the time, from people directly affected by the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, and also by researchers in various fields – human rights, social history, and anthropology, for example. Dr James A. Houck, whose … Continue reading
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The Vegan Sheep Farmer
Exactly at the time that I was getting into yoga and vegetarian food and not wanting to eat animals anymore, Colm was building up a sheep farm. Continue reading
Considering the Burial ground – Tuam Babies
Whenever I visit my parents in my homeplace near Tuam, I catch up with Mam’s ongoing work to research the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. I’ve seen the multiple and varied representations of the burial ground that have been published in the media over … Continue reading
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Tagged burial ground, Galway County Council, Julia Devaney, Tuam Herald
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Seminar: “Investigating Tuam Babies: a Question of Human Rights”
Mam will be speaking at a public seminar at National University of Ireland on Monday next, 10th of November, 5PM: “Investigating Tuam Mother and Babies Home: a Question of Human Rights” Venue: NUIG MRI Annex MRA201 Because she feels so … Continue reading
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Judging the Past
In a recent Tuam Herald Viewpoint article 9th October 2014 headlined “The harsh facts of life in 1946 put modern controversies in a different perspective”, Joe Coy claimed that “we cannot judge the actions of the past by today’s standards” … Continue reading
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The Dismaying PR of the Bon Secours
I recently gained a dismaying insight into the style of PR that the Sisters of the Bon Secours are engaging in with regard to the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. An email written by Ms Terry Prone of the Communications Clinic, representing … Continue reading
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Tuam and the Legacy that Lives
It was in early 2012 that Mam called me with news of her findings regarding the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, managed by the Sisters of the Bon Secours from 1925 until it closed in 1961. The whole world knows … Continue reading
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An International Publicity Frenzy and my Mother
No, my mother has not made any retraction in relation to her findings about the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. No, my mother did not “admit” that anything in her findings was “impossible”. My mother, Catherine Corless, is as consistent … Continue reading
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Kettle on the Range 