Catherine Corless described as Irish heroine after Late Late Show appearance

Viewers at home took to Twitter to praise the historian and deeming her an Irish heroine.

Catherine Corless had the audience on their feet and viewers in the palm of her hand after her appearance on The Late Late Show last night.

The historian talked passionately about her extensive research into the remains of 700+ children in a sewer system on a Tuam site, beside a mother and baby home run by the Bon Secours nuns.