'Say goodbye to your baby': Heartbreaking stories of Ireland’s mother and baby home survivors
Philomena Lee and her daughter Jane Libberton at the graveside at Sean Ross Abbey, Roscrea, at a private memorial for her son Anthony Lee (Michael Hess) who was lost to her by forced adoption in the mid 1950s. Picture: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
More than 60,000 people went through the religious-run institutions in this country up until the final one closed its doors in the 1990s. When their time came to leave, many fled to the UK and beyond, in the hope of building a new life.
But their pain didn’t end there.
