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PODAST: A Leitrim woman's letter about a boy taken from his mother

May 30, 2022 14:09
By Shannonside News
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PODAST:  A Leitrim woman's letter about a boy taken from his mother

A Leitrim Mother contacted the Joe Finnegan Show last week with a heartbreaking letter describing a day 40 years ago when she witnessed a new born baby taken away from his mother at a Mother and Baby Home.

The child was removed from the mother directly after birthday, with woman never meeting her son.

Author of Girls Like You and I home survivor Jacinta O’Connel spoke to Joe about her reaction to the letter:

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