Bethany Home latest—ten years and one Commission of Investigation report later

Sir,—Ten years ago History Ireland was in the unusual position of breaking a news story (my ‘Church and State bear responsibility for the Bethany Home’, HI 18.5, Sept./Oct. 2010). It revealed 219 deaths, from 1922 to 1949, of Bethany Home children. They were buried in unmarked graves in Dublin’s Mount Jerome Cemetery. Bethany Home functioned ... Read more

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