Oldest survivor of Tuam mother and baby home to purchase first home after fundraising appeal

Chrissie Tully, aged 91, from Loughrea, Co. Galway.  Ms Tully now awaits the exhumation of the Tuam babies’ site which begins next month
Picture: Hany Marzouk

The oldest survivor of the Tuam mother and baby home has begun the process of purchasing her first home from Galway County Council thanks to a successful fundraising appeal launched in her name.

Chrissie Tully, from Loughrea, Co Galway, was incarcerated in the notorious religious-run home for unmarried mothers twice, first at 18 and again aged 23. She was told that her first child, a boy, had died at birth, while her second son, Patrick, was adopted without her consent.