Tuam Mother and Baby Home

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tuam_Mother_and_Baby_Home

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb: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
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Tuam Mother and Baby Home