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My Name Is Bridget

The Untold Story of Bridget Dolan and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home

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My Name Is Bridget

By: Alison O'Reilly
Narrated by: Amy Molloy
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About this listen

In 1946, 26 year-old Bridget Dolan walked up the path to the front door of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.

Alone and pregnant, she was following in the footsteps of more than a century’s worth of lost souls. Shunned by society for her sins and offered no comfort for her pain, Bridget gave birth to a boy, John, who died at the home in a horrendous state of neglect less than two years later. Her second child was once again delivered into the care of the nuns and was taken from her, never to be seen or heard from again.

She would go on to marry a wonderful man and have a daughter, Anna Corrigan, but it was only after Bridget’s death that Anna discovered she had two brothers her mother had never spoken about. In the aftermath of the explosive revelations that the remains of 796 babies had been found in a septic tank on the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, she became compelled to try and find out if her baby brothers’ remains were among them.

Here, Anna and Alison O’Reilly piece together the erased chapter of the life of Bridget Dolan and her forgotten sons, reminding us that we must never forget what was done to the women and children of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.

©2018 Alison O’Reilly (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing Historical Women

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Everyone in Ireland should have to read this book to understand what happened. Very well written.

A must read

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but non the worse for that.
I new nothing about this atrocity. I have just finished the book and am struggling to find the words to describe it. It is truly shocking what Ireland and the church put unmarried mothers and their children through. Read it.

not what I expected

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Highly recommended story of Bridget’s life. The sad and tragic happening at Tuam mother and baby home was a tough listen. It’s an incredible story to listen to.

Heart wrenching tale

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Wow what a book. I could feel the pain and anguish. This book was touching to say the least

Amazing

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Eamon Fingleton article was clearly offensive. What a shocking thing to happen to these poor babies & children. RIP all who whereput in this dreadful cesspit. Well researched, written & narrated.

So very sad

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