IRELAND
Irish Independent
Eilish O’Regan
March 17 2017
More than 300 infants may be buried in the angel’s plot at the former Mother and Baby home in Castlepollard, Westmeath, according to a record of deaths released yesterday.
The details of 203 deaths, recorded between 1935 and 1971, including mothers, babies and one nun, were revealed yesterday
If the suspected number of stillborn babies is added to the list it would mean around 300 are buried in the angel’s plot at the home, according to the Castlepollard Mother and Baby home group, which is made up of former residents, family members and supporters from the former home in County Westmeath. The publication of the deaths over several decades is another sad reminder of the legacy left by the often harsh regime of care of unmarried mothers and their babies.
Spokesman Paul Redmond, who was born at the home, said around 4,000 women and girls went through the home and it had a similar number of births.
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