Ep. 1 - What was it like to be born in one of Ireland’s infamous Mother & Baby Homes? Survivors of the Tuam Mother & Baby Home, Teresa O’Sullivan, Peter Mulryan and Christine Carroll describe the impact on their childhoods and the stigma and neglect they experienced. Historian Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley outlines the harsh environment that existed in Ireland at the time. Narrated by Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre NUI Galway, Cillian Murphy
Other: Stories from the Tuam Mother and Baby Home is part of the Tuam Oral History Project at NUI Galway which records and archive the histories and life stories of survivors of the Tuam institution and their families. The project aim is to enable survivors to tell their own life stories, in the way that they want them to be told. For more information, visit www.nuigalway.ie
Narrated by Cillian MurphyExcerpts from the poems Child, The Harvest and Blood by Elaine FeeneyCreated and produced by Sarah Anne Buckley, Lorna Farren and Orla HigginsAudio Direction by Orla HigginsScript by Orla Higgins and Lorna FarrenEditing and sound design by Alan MeaneySoundtrack by Anna Mullarkey. Recorded at Flirt FM, NUI Galway and Bounce Sound
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