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Bessborough Mother & Baby Home, the Glossary

The Bessborough Mother & Baby Home, (also known as the Bessborough Sacred Heart Home) was a home for mothers and their children that operated in Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland, from 1922 until 1998.^[1]

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Bethany Home

Bethany Home (sometimes called Bethany House or Bethany Mother and Baby Home) was a residential home in Dublin, Ireland mainly for Protestant unmarried mothers and their children, and also for Protestant women convicted of petty theft, prostitution, and infanticide.

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Blackrock, Cork

Blackrock is a suburb, with a village core, in the southeast of Cork City, Ireland.

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Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home

The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (also known as St Mary's Mother and Baby Home, or locally simply as The Home) that operated between 1925 and 1961 in the town of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children. Bessborough Mother & Baby Home and Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home are 1925 establishments in Ireland, 1961 disestablishments in Ireland, 2014 in the Republic of Ireland, 2017 in the Republic of Ireland, 2018 in the Republic of Ireland, 2021 in the Republic of Ireland, bon Secours Sisters, Burials in the Republic of Ireland, Catholic mother and baby homes in Ireland, child abuse in the Republic of Ireland, history of Catholicism in Ireland, Mass graves, Poor law infirmaries and Scandals in the Republic of Ireland.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canadian Indian residential school gravesites

The Canadian Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous children directed and funded by the Department of Indian Affairs.

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Castlepollard Mother & Baby Home

The Castlepollard Mother & Baby Home (also known as the Sacred Hearts Home) that operated between 1935 and 1971 in the town of Castlepollard, County Westmeath, Ireland, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children in the former Kinturk Demesne or Manor previously owned by the 'Old English' Pollard family. Bessborough Mother & Baby Home and Castlepollard Mother & Baby Home are 1925 establishments in Ireland, 1961 disestablishments in Ireland, 2014 in the Republic of Ireland, 2017 in the Republic of Ireland, 2018 in the Republic of Ireland, 2021 in the Republic of Ireland, bon Secours Sisters, Burials in the Republic of Ireland, Catholic mother and baby homes in Ireland, child abuse in the Republic of Ireland, Mass graves, Poor law infirmaries and Scandals in the Republic of Ireland.

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Catholic Church in Ireland

The Catholic Church in Ireland (An Eaglais Chaitliceach in Éireann, Catholic Kirk in Airlann) or Irish Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See.

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Cavan Orphanage fire

The Cavan Orphanage fire occurred on the night of 23 February 1943 at St Joseph's Orphanage in Cavan, Ireland. Bessborough Mother & Baby Home and Cavan Orphanage fire are history of Catholicism in Ireland and Scandals in the Republic of Ireland.

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County Cork

County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are Mallow, Macroom, Midleton, and Skibbereen., the county had a population of 584,156, making it the third-most populous county in Ireland.

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County Galway

County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe) is a county in Ireland.

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County Westmeath

County Westmeath (Contae na hIarmhí or simply An Iarmhí) is a county in Ireland.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Government of Ireland

The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in the Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann), which is headed by the italic, the head of government.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Kamloops Indian Residential School

The Kamloops Indian Residential School was part of the Canadian Indian residential school system.

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Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (Siorrachd Lannraig; Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Magdalene Laundries in Ireland

The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, also known as Magdalene asylums, were institutions usually run by Roman Catholic orders, which operated from the 18th to the late 20th centuries. Bessborough Mother & Baby Home and Magdalene Laundries in Ireland are history of Catholicism in Ireland and Mass graves.

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Philomena (film)

Philomena is a 2013 drama film directed by Stephen Frears, based on the 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by journalist Martin Sixsmith.

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Roscrea

Roscrea is a market town in County Tipperary, Ireland, which in 2016 had a population of 5,446.

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Sean Ross Abbey

Sean Ross Abbey south of Roscrea in County Tipperary, Ireland, is a convent and the location of St Anne's Special School run by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Bessborough Mother & Baby Home and Sean Ross Abbey are Catholic mother and baby homes in Ireland.

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Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

The Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (SS.H.J.M.) are a group of Catholic Religious Sisters who were established in London, England, in 1903.

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St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home

St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home (originally known as Pelletstown) was an institution for unwed mothers and babies which operated for 81 years on the Navan Road in Dublin, Ireland. Bessborough Mother & Baby Home and St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home are Burials in the Republic of Ireland, Catholic mother and baby homes in Ireland, child abuse in the Republic of Ireland, Poor law infirmaries and Scandals in the Republic of Ireland.

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Stranorlar County Mother & Baby Home

The Stranorlar County Home or Stranorlar Mother & Baby Home, Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland was a Home for unmarried women from about 1924 until the 1960s. Bessborough Mother & Baby Home and Stranorlar County Mother & Baby Home are 1925 establishments in Ireland, 1961 disestablishments in Ireland, 2014 in the Republic of Ireland, 2017 in the Republic of Ireland, 2018 in the Republic of Ireland, 2021 in the Republic of Ireland, bon Secours Sisters, Burials in the Republic of Ireland, Catholic mother and baby homes in Ireland, child abuse in the Republic of Ireland, Mass graves, Poor law infirmaries and Scandals in the Republic of Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessborough_Mother_%26_Baby_Home

Bessborough Mother & Baby Home, the Glossary

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1925 establishments in Ireland

1961 disestablishments in Ireland

2014 in the Republic of Ireland

2017 in the Republic of Ireland

2018 in the Republic of Ireland

2021 in the Republic of Ireland

Bon Secours Sisters

Burials in the Republic of Ireland

Catholic mother and baby homes in Ireland

Child abuse in the Republic of Ireland

History of Catholicism in Ireland

Scandals in the Republic of Ireland

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