The home, which was run by an order of Catholic nuns and closed in 1961, was one of many such institutions that housed tens of thousands of orphans and unmarried pregnant women who were forced to give up their children throughout much of the 20th century.

In 2014, historian Catherine Corless tracked down death certificates for nearly 800 children who died at the home in Tuam between the 1920s and 1961 — but could only find a burial record for one child.

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    Wow, yeah, i just randomly read through this thread- i basically never read replies because it’s full of the shit you’re talking about and I was just thinking, damn, this is even worse than reddit.

    Lots of identity confused kids in here, I think, I ever only hear this type of jargon and lack of openness and anti-intellectuality from that demographic.

    Fucking shame. Came here from reddit to get away from that.