Redacted Lives: Mother and Baby Home survivors share if they found who they were looking for

THE FIFTH EPISODE of Redacted Lives, a six-part documentary series by The Journal about mother and baby homes, is out now.

Mother and baby homes existed in many countries but the proportion of unmarried mothers sent to institutions here is believed to have been the highest in the world. So far in the series we’ve heard from three mothers who passed through the system: Terri, Maria and Monica. We also met Mary, who was born into the system and ended up in an industrial school.

An inquiry into mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland uncovered his details. Maria wrote her son a letter and sent it to a social worker, who in turn gave it to Paul.A social worker had also been in touch with Paul, to tell him they had found his mother. However, before he actually received Maria’s letter, he looked her up online.

So I accepted the friend request and I woke up the next morning to a message saying, ‘I hear you’ve been looking for me. I’m Paul Raymond Arbuckle, your son’. Over the next few days, Maria and Paul exchanged messages. He invited her to come to his house that weekend. New episodes will be released every Thursday. Subscribe to the series wherever you get your podcasts.If you passed through a mother and baby home or another institution and want to share your story, you can contact us in confidence by emailing redactedlives@thejournal.ie.

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