About this episode
The episode discusses the discovery of bones at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home and the subsequent investigation into the deaths of 796 children.
in 1975 two boys are playing out by the ruins of the old Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Galway, ireland. They find a hole filled with very small bones. They tell everyone what tehy find and it is assumed that this is a famine grave. It's sealed up and ignored for 40 years until someone starts questioning what happened to the 796 children that died in The Home. Get ready for a very Irish scandal. Hosted by Katie Charlwood Donate at : Patreon Tip Jar Beacons (at the bottom of the page) Follow me on… Instagram TikTok Facebook Bluesky Fan Mail: Katie Charlwood C/O The Postal Store Unit 11A Forte Retail Park Letterkenny Co. Donegal Ireland F92 DY22 Business Enquiries: katie@whodidwhatnowpod.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Katie Charlwood
Topics covered
- Tuam Mother and Baby Home
- Irish history
- child mortality
- scandals
- archaeology
- social justice
Keywords
- Tuam
- Mother and Baby Home
- Ireland
- children
- scandal
- bones
- history
- 1975
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Tuam, Galway, Ireland
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