Project Infant
@projectinfant.ie
Official account of Project Infant - the site dedicated to every victim of the Mother & Baby Homes in Ireland. Founder - @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie
All our links: https://projectinfant.carrd.co
All our links: https://projectinfant.carrd.co
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I have a lot to say, but can't put it all into one post, so hopefully the image below will express it better than 280 characters could ever.
It's a big change for @projectinfant.ie but one that needed to be done.
Thank you all who support our work. 🩷🩵🤍
🔗: projectinfant.ie/forster
It's a big change for @projectinfant.ie but one that needed to be done.
Thank you all who support our work. 🩷🩵🤍
🔗: projectinfant.ie/forster
September 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I have a lot to say, but can't put it all into one post, so hopefully the image below will express it better than 280 characters could ever.
It's a big change for @projectinfant.ie but one that needed to be done.
Thank you all who support our work. 🩷🩵🤍
🔗: projectinfant.ie/forster
It's a big change for @projectinfant.ie but one that needed to be done.
Thank you all who support our work. 🩷🩵🤍
🔗: projectinfant.ie/forster
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September 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
September 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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The Good Shepherd Sisters have announced there’s work underway to update the gravesites of the High Park & Sean McDermott Street Laundries.
There’s 327 names due to be added.
3 newly-discovered graves belonging to the congregation have also been found.
goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...
There’s 327 names due to be added.
3 newly-discovered graves belonging to the congregation have also been found.
goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...
Press Release – Good Shepherd Sisters
goodshepherdsisters.ie
September 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Good Shepherd Sisters have announced there’s work underway to update the gravesites of the High Park & Sean McDermott Street Laundries.
There’s 327 names due to be added.
3 newly-discovered graves belonging to the congregation have also been found.
goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...
There’s 327 names due to be added.
3 newly-discovered graves belonging to the congregation have also been found.
goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...
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Man (81) calls for family DNA samples for Tuam remains to extend to cousins
Man (81) calls for family DNA samples for Tuam remains to extend to cousins
Under the Institutional Burials Act, cousins can not provide DNA for identification purposes at the Tuam Mother and Baby home excavation
www.irishtimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Man (81) calls for family DNA samples for Tuam remains to extend to cousins
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Honoured to be included alongside Ted Steede in (Below) this piece.
Cousins should have been included no matter the difficulty (for what the DCEDIY are claiming) — better to have the sample then do some good ol’ DNA research to find out how they’re related, right?
Catch it here. ⬇️
Cousins should have been included no matter the difficulty (for what the DCEDIY are claiming) — better to have the sample then do some good ol’ DNA research to find out how they’re related, right?
Catch it here. ⬇️
Man (81) calls for family DNA samples for Tuam remains to extend to cousins
Man (81) calls for family DNA samples for Tuam remains to extend to cousins
Under the Institutional Burials Act, cousins can not provide DNA for identification purposes at the Tuam Mother and Baby home excavation
www.irishtimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Honoured to be included alongside Ted Steede in (Below) this piece.
Cousins should have been included no matter the difficulty (for what the DCEDIY are claiming) — better to have the sample then do some good ol’ DNA research to find out how they’re related, right?
Catch it here. ⬇️
Cousins should have been included no matter the difficulty (for what the DCEDIY are claiming) — better to have the sample then do some good ol’ DNA research to find out how they’re related, right?
Catch it here. ⬇️
St. Joseph's Industrial School on the our website has had some additions.
Full transcripts of every death cert of an Artane Industrial School death has been added. projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...
Improved transcripts of the 1901 Census (projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...) and...
Full transcripts of every death cert of an Artane Industrial School death has been added. projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...
Improved transcripts of the 1901 Census (projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...) and...
July 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
St. Joseph's Industrial School on the our website has had some additions.
Full transcripts of every death cert of an Artane Industrial School death has been added. projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...
Improved transcripts of the 1901 Census (projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...) and...
Full transcripts of every death cert of an Artane Industrial School death has been added. projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...
Improved transcripts of the 1901 Census (projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...) and...
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3 years ago today, I took a chance.
Wasn’t sure how this would work out for me.
With the help of @projectinfant.ie volunteers, we’ve found 6,547 mother & baby home (adoption home etc.) children, 66 mothers and 367 Industrial School children — covering 17 institutions so far.
More to come!
Wasn’t sure how this would work out for me.
With the help of @projectinfant.ie volunteers, we’ve found 6,547 mother & baby home (adoption home etc.) children, 66 mothers and 367 Industrial School children — covering 17 institutions so far.
More to come!
July 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
3 years ago today, I took a chance.
Wasn’t sure how this would work out for me.
With the help of @projectinfant.ie volunteers, we’ve found 6,547 mother & baby home (adoption home etc.) children, 66 mothers and 367 Industrial School children — covering 17 institutions so far.
More to come!
Wasn’t sure how this would work out for me.
With the help of @projectinfant.ie volunteers, we’ve found 6,547 mother & baby home (adoption home etc.) children, 66 mothers and 367 Industrial School children — covering 17 institutions so far.
More to come!
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The plot is poorly kept, with the only two 'monuments', a broken plaque for Julia O'Donoghue in May 1984 & a metal cross with the wrong name inscribed: Doris Walsh instead of Ann Walsh in January 1985.
Below are 13 women & 4 children from Bessborough that are buried in the plot.
Below are 13 women & 4 children from Bessborough that are buried in the plot.
July 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The plot is poorly kept, with the only two 'monuments', a broken plaque for Julia O'Donoghue in May 1984 & a metal cross with the wrong name inscribed: Doris Walsh instead of Ann Walsh in January 1985.
Below are 13 women & 4 children from Bessborough that are buried in the plot.
Below are 13 women & 4 children from Bessborough that are buried in the plot.
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In November of 1927, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary purchased three graves, combined into one plot in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Cork.
This is what the grave looks like now.
@timbre-breda.bsky.social & I finished looking at the cemetery registers for this plot.
17 people are buried here.
This is what the grave looks like now.
@timbre-breda.bsky.social & I finished looking at the cemetery registers for this plot.
17 people are buried here.
July 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In November of 1927, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary purchased three graves, combined into one plot in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Cork.
This is what the grave looks like now.
@timbre-breda.bsky.social & I finished looking at the cemetery registers for this plot.
17 people are buried here.
This is what the grave looks like now.
@timbre-breda.bsky.social & I finished looking at the cemetery registers for this plot.
17 people are buried here.
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Had the legislation for this been better thought out & way more inclusive than it currently is, that number would be much higher.
Not to mention, how many of the 796 missing children have family that know about them?
#MotherAndBabyHomes
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Not to mention, how many of the 796 missing children have family that know about them?
#MotherAndBabyHomes
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Tuam mother and baby home: 80 people come forward to give DNA to identify buried children
Around 800 babies and young children are believed to be buried in former sewer at site of home run by Bon Secours religious order
www.irishtimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Had the legislation for this been better thought out & way more inclusive than it currently is, that number would be much higher.
Not to mention, how many of the 796 missing children have family that know about them?
#MotherAndBabyHomes
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Not to mention, how many of the 796 missing children have family that know about them?
#MotherAndBabyHomes
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
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It shouldn't require an exhumation for archives from religious orders who ran mother and baby homes to be made available.
Just sayin'.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
Just sayin'.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
July 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It shouldn't require an exhumation for archives from religious orders who ran mother and baby homes to be made available.
Just sayin'.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
Just sayin'.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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Looking forward to attending the premiere of "In Plain Sight" by @nollieb.bsky.social & Camille O'Sullivan with @sharonloftus.bsky.social tomorrow.
Please do try and make this if you can!
Tickets are available here: www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Please do try and make this if you can!
Tickets are available here: www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
July 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Looking forward to attending the premiere of "In Plain Sight" by @nollieb.bsky.social & Camille O'Sullivan with @sharonloftus.bsky.social tomorrow.
Please do try and make this if you can!
Tickets are available here: www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Please do try and make this if you can!
Tickets are available here: www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
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In memory of the 923 children & 32 mothers who died between 1922 and 1994 in / connected with Bessborough House. See next post for ALT-text.
[Note: We only have 890 children & 25 mothers, but we're working hard at @projectinfant.ie to try and find the remaining names.]
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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[Note: We only have 890 children & 25 mothers, but we're working hard at @projectinfant.ie to try and find the remaining names.]
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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June 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In memory of the 923 children & 32 mothers who died between 1922 and 1994 in / connected with Bessborough House. See next post for ALT-text.
[Note: We only have 890 children & 25 mothers, but we're working hard at @projectinfant.ie to try and find the remaining names.]
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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❤️
[Note: We only have 890 children & 25 mothers, but we're working hard at @projectinfant.ie to try and find the remaining names.]
#MotherAndBabyHomes
[1/2]
❤️
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Will do more tweeting about the #Bessborough commemoration but feel this in itself deserves a separate post.
Got to speak to the Taoiseach about my #MotherAndBabyHomes research.
A surreal moment nonetheless but I’m glad I got to convey the importance (and necessity) of investigating Bessborough.
Got to speak to the Taoiseach about my #MotherAndBabyHomes research.
A surreal moment nonetheless but I’m glad I got to convey the importance (and necessity) of investigating Bessborough.
June 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Will do more tweeting about the #Bessborough commemoration but feel this in itself deserves a separate post.
Got to speak to the Taoiseach about my #MotherAndBabyHomes research.
A surreal moment nonetheless but I’m glad I got to convey the importance (and necessity) of investigating Bessborough.
Got to speak to the Taoiseach about my #MotherAndBabyHomes research.
A surreal moment nonetheless but I’m glad I got to convey the importance (and necessity) of investigating Bessborough.
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While there is a large focus on Tuam at the moment, we can't let #Bessborough or any other #MotherAndBabyHomes with hundreds of missing burials slip by either. We need investigations. Into Bessborough, Sean Ross Abbey, and more, then we do memorialisation.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Other burial sites must be identified, says survivors’ advocate after exhumation preparation begins in Tuam
Patricia Carey says she has been approached by institutional survivors hoping to find where their babies were buried
www.irishtimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
While there is a large focus on Tuam at the moment, we can't let #Bessborough or any other #MotherAndBabyHomes with hundreds of missing burials slip by either. We need investigations. Into Bessborough, Sean Ross Abbey, and more, then we do memorialisation.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
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The fact I'm still being asked "How do you get information from being in a mother and baby home?" or "How do I go about getting redress?" makes me frustrated.
Not at them, but at the very campaigns that were supposed to do this.
For help on getting your birth information, see: projectinfant.ie/faq
Not at them, but at the very campaigns that were supposed to do this.
For help on getting your birth information, see: projectinfant.ie/faq
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) – Project Infant
projectinfant.ie
June 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The fact I'm still being asked "How do you get information from being in a mother and baby home?" or "How do I go about getting redress?" makes me frustrated.
Not at them, but at the very campaigns that were supposed to do this.
For help on getting your birth information, see: projectinfant.ie/faq
Not at them, but at the very campaigns that were supposed to do this.
For help on getting your birth information, see: projectinfant.ie/faq
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11 years it took to get to this point.
May the remains of those buried here be reinterred somewhere more respectful.
24 months this is envisioned to take, and that starts now.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
May the remains of those buried here be reinterred somewhere more respectful.
24 months this is envisioned to take, and that starts now.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
The process of excavating children’s unmarked burials at the site of a former mother and baby institution is commencing in Tuam this morning, years after their existence was uncovered.
http://jrnl.ie/6732707
http://jrnl.ie/6732707
After years of waiting, the work to excavate the unmarked burial site at the Tuam home is starting today
Many babies and young children were buried without a proper funeral or marked grave at the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home.
jrnl.ie
June 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
11 years it took to get to this point.
May the remains of those buried here be reinterred somewhere more respectful.
24 months this is envisioned to take, and that starts now.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
May the remains of those buried here be reinterred somewhere more respectful.
24 months this is envisioned to take, and that starts now.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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By coincidence I was passing Tuam today as the hoarding went up around the Mother & Baby Home site. A discreet and respectful veil.
It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi.
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It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi.
🧵
June 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
By coincidence I was passing Tuam today as the hoarding went up around the Mother & Baby Home site. A discreet and respectful veil.
It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi.
🧵
It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi.
🧵
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After 11 years, the Tuam exhumation finally has a date.
June 16th, 2025. This is less than a week away! At long last, the journey for proper answers will begin.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
June 16th, 2025. This is less than a week away! At long last, the journey for proper answers will begin.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
June 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
After 11 years, the Tuam exhumation finally has a date.
June 16th, 2025. This is less than a week away! At long last, the journey for proper answers will begin.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
June 16th, 2025. This is less than a week away! At long last, the journey for proper answers will begin.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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An unusual favour. I have a chance of potentially making money from TikTok to help pay costs incurred when doing @projectinfant.ie.
If you want to help, share this post, then watch the video & interact with it & follow along with me. Every little helps! vm.tiktok.com/ZNdSaqCLS/
If you want to help, share this post, then watch the video & interact with it & follow along with me. Every little helps! vm.tiktok.com/ZNdSaqCLS/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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June 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
An unusual favour. I have a chance of potentially making money from TikTok to help pay costs incurred when doing @projectinfant.ie.
If you want to help, share this post, then watch the video & interact with it & follow along with me. Every little helps! vm.tiktok.com/ZNdSaqCLS/
If you want to help, share this post, then watch the video & interact with it & follow along with me. Every little helps! vm.tiktok.com/ZNdSaqCLS/
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As I am unable to add ALT-Text / if you have trouble reading the images, I have uploaded an accessible file with all the names in the images above. See: projectinfant.ie/the-homes/tu... to download / view the file.
St. Mary’s Home, Tuam – Project Infant
projectinfant.ie
June 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
As I am unable to add ALT-Text / if you have trouble reading the images, I have uploaded an accessible file with all the names in the images above. See: projectinfant.ie/the-homes/tu... to download / view the file.
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With the Tuam exhumation due to begin in mid-June, these are the over 800 most important people at the centre of this.
Found by Catherine Corless and shared with the world in 2014, it's taken 11 years to get to this stage.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
(Red = mothers)
[Accessible file version, see post 2]
Found by Catherine Corless and shared with the world in 2014, it's taken 11 years to get to this stage.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
(Red = mothers)
[Accessible file version, see post 2]
June 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
With the Tuam exhumation due to begin in mid-June, these are the over 800 most important people at the centre of this.
Found by Catherine Corless and shared with the world in 2014, it's taken 11 years to get to this stage.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
(Red = mothers)
[Accessible file version, see post 2]
Found by Catherine Corless and shared with the world in 2014, it's taken 11 years to get to this stage.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
(Red = mothers)
[Accessible file version, see post 2]