Art from anguish and solidarity of the Tuam Babies scandal and Bessborough mother-and-baby home

A new exhibition in UCC has artists responding to the Tuam Babies scandal and the situation at Bessborough, writes Donal O’Keeffe

Art from anguish and solidarity of the Tuam Babies scandal and Bessborough mother-and-baby home
Tue, 13 Aug, 2019 - 21:00
Donal O’Keeffe

A new exhibition in UCC has artists responding to the Tuam Babies scandal and the situation at Bessborough, writes Donal O’Keeffe

“Whatever happened to the notion of cherishing all the children of the nation equally?” asks Cork artist Tina Whelan.

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CourtsArts Film & TVBessboroughPlace: BessboroughPlace: UCCPlace: IrelandPlace: Wandesford QuayPlace: DublinPlace: Navan RoadPlace: TuamPlace: Tuam homePerson: Donal O’KeeffePerson: Tina WhelanPerson: WhelanPerson: Conall Ó FáthartaPerson: BessboroghPerson: Ó FáthartaPerson: Sheila O’ByrnePerson: SheilaPerson: Baby HomePerson: Alison O’ReillyPerson: Dino NotaroPerson: O’ReillyPerson: Catherine CorlessPerson: Anna CorriganPerson: John Desmond DolanPerson: William Joseph DolanPerson: DrPerson: Rachel MagShamhráinEvent: Tuam Babies scandalOrganisation: UCCOrganisation: Backwater Artists GroupOrganisation: CatholicOrganisation: Bon Secours MotherOrganisation: Baby HomeOrganisation: State Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby HomesOrganisation: CommissionOrganisation: UCC School of Languages Research Cluster
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