Anna was left to wonder, were her brothers among them? Here, with Alison O'Reilly, she pieces together the erased chapter of the life of her mother Bridget Dolan and her forgotten sons. What followed was the explosive revelation that the remains of 796 babies were discovered in a septic tank on the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. Anna became compelled to try and uncover any information she could about her baby brothers. 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. 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. Bridget gave birth to a boy, John, who died at the home in a horrendous state of neglect less than two years later. Alone and pregnant, she was following in the footsteps of more than a century's worth of lost souls. In 1946, twenty-six-year-old Bridget Dolan walked up the path to the front door of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.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. 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. 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.

Alison O'Reilly is the author of My Name Is Bridget (4.07 avg. 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. Alison O'Reilly is the author of My Name Is Bridget (4.07 avg rating, 271 ratings, 19 reviews). In 1946, 26 year-old Bridget Dolan walked up the path to the front door of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.Īlone and pregnant, she was following in the footsteps of more than a century’s worth of lost souls.

My Name Is Bridget by Alison O'Reilly