Vigils held at Bessborough to have children’s burial ground memorialised
Mother and baby homes survivor Ann O’Gorman, left, with her granddaughter Lillyanne, sister Claire O’Gorman, and daughters Leanne and Eleanor at the vigil on Saturday at the former mother and baby home at Bessborough, Cork. Campaigns are continuing to secure a permanent and fitting memorial site and/or to stop development on the grounds at Bessborough. Picture: Larry Cummins
For Ann O’Gorman, the site of the former mother and baby home in Bessborough was associated with hopelessness and unimaginable cruelty.
But Bessborough has, over time, become a sacred space for the 73-year-old survivor.
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