Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home
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bon-secours-mother-and-baby-home-165-14191171
title:
Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home
text:
The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, which operated between 1925 and 1961 in the town of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children. The home was run by the Bon Secours Sisters, a religious order of Catholic nuns, that also operated the Grove Hospital in the town. Unmarried pregnant women were sent to the home to give birth and interned for a year doing unpaid work. In 2012, the Health Service Executive raised concerns that up to 1,000 children f
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description:
Irish maternity home and site of mass grave for children
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Secours_Mother_and_Baby_Home
date created:
2014-06-01T04:49:12Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T13:34:52Z
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