In search of a long-lost boy
In 1960, at the age of 20 and unmarried, she became pregnant. She had been involved in a relationship with an older man which did not last.
Given the stigma which surrounded unmarried mothers and so-called “illegitimate” children at the time, Tressa’s mother made arrangements with nuns in their local convent in England and she was sent to Dublin to enable the birth to be hidden from neighbours and relatives and be placed for adoption.
