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Tipp FM Text 083 311 3311 Photo: Adoption Rights Alliance A survivor of the Sean Ross Abbey Mother and Baby Home in Roscrea says a meeting with members of Tipperary County Council went better than she expected. Teresa Collins is part of the Sean Ross Commemorative Committee and addressed yesterday’s virtual meeting of the local authority. She was one of over 6,000 children born in Sean Ross Abbey during it’s time as a Mother & Baby Home. Speaking on Tipp Today earlier Teresa said there was a positive outcome from the meeting. “Fair play, every one of them committed and each ...

A special meeting of Tipperary County Council will hear a presentation from a local Mother and Baby Home survivor later today. Teresa Collins, who was born at Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, will be making a presentation to the virtual meeting this afternoon (2.30) on behalf of the ‘We Are Still Here’ survivors group. The […]

Tipp FM Text 083 311 3311 Photo: Adoption Rights Alliance A special meeting of Tipperary County Council is to take place in response to the recent Mother and Baby Home report. The meeting, which is scheduled for next Monday over Zoom, will hear a presentation from Sean Ross survivor, Teresa Collins. She will be speaking on behalf of the ‘We are still here’ group. The meeting will also hear calls from Councillor Pat English to have the government declare a National Day of Recognition for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes. SHARE

Tipp FM Text 083 311 3311 Photo: Adoption Rights Alliance Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea is to be illuminated as part of the celebrations of St Brigid’s Day. It’s part of the Herstory Light Show which will light up iconic landmarks across Ireland in honour of the Mother & Baby Homes victims as well as heroines and heroes of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter. Sean Ross Abbey – which operated as a Mother & Baby Home from 1932 to 1970 – will be illuminated on Monday evening. Other buildings to feature will be Kildare Cathedral and Birr Castle. Herstory is calling on the Irish p...

Tipp FM Text 083 311 3311 A survivor of the Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea has spoken of her experience in the home. Emer Quirke – who is a member of the Sean Ross Commemorative group – says the mothers had no say in anything that happened. “I was taken over and baptised in Sean Ross Abbey Church when I was there for about two day. When I met my mother five years ago she never knew I was baptised.” “When I looked for my mother I found that I had no birth cert – my birth was never registered.” “When I went to the Commission of Investigation I asked my mother to write fo...