Tuam Mother and Baby Home

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tuam_Mother_and_Baby_Home
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Mother and baby home
gptkbp:address gptkb:Dublin_Road,_Tuam,_County_Galway
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1961
gptkbp:childrenAdopted Yes
gptkbp:childrenFostered Yes
gptkbp:closed Declining numbers and changing social attitudes
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Tuam_Workhouse
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Galway_County_Council
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tuam Mother and Baby Home
gptkbp:investigatedBy gptkb:Mother_and_Baby_Homes_Commission_of_Investigation
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tuam,_County_Galway,_Ireland
gptkbp:massGraveDiscovered 2017
gptkbp:mediaAttention 2014
gptkbp:memorial Proposed
gptkbp:notableFor Discovery of mass grave
gptkbp:numberOfChildrenDied over 800
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Bon_Secours_Sisters
gptkbp:operatesIn 1925
gptkbp:purpose Care for unmarried mothers and their children
gptkbp:religiousAffiliation gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:scandal Unmarked children's graves
gptkbp:subjectOf Books
Documentaries
News reports
gptkbp:survived gptkb:Tuam_Home_Survivors_Network
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tuam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6