Born 20 Years Apart at Tuam Home...both Scarred and Tormented by a Childhood Ruined by Cruel Nuns

By Alana Fearon
Irish Mirror
June 12, 2014

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Two men who survived the mother and baby home reveal the physical and mental scars they were left with

Two men who survived the Tuam mother and baby home have opened up about the physical and mental scars their childhood experiences left them with.

Galway men Joe Donelan and Colm Sullivan were born 20 years apart in the now infamous Bon Secours home and both have been deeply affected by claims that up to 800 babies were secretly buried on the site.

Joe, who lives in Abbeyknockmoy, was born in the home in December 1938 and considers himself one of the lucky ones as he lived and was adopted at the age of four.

His adoptive parents Mary and John Keane didn’t reveal the truth about his past until he was a teenager – but Joe believes the way he behaved when he first went to live with his new family suggests he was beaten in the home.