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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    11 hours ago

    Barking up the wrong tree there comrade.

    I’ve had a burning hatred for basically all religions since the nurses used to bloody me when I was in kindergarten.

    But my wife is an ex-theist. Is she evil for believing what she was told until she got out of her little town/church?