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Unmarried mothers' repatriations: 'I should never have been in Ireland'

2023-06-29 07:28
A woman sent from Britain to Ireland as a baby speaks about repatriations of unmarried Irish mothers.
Unmarried mothers' repatriations: 'I should never have been in Ireland'

"You are the blood in my veins, the water in my teardrops. But still I ache. You are so close, but yet I cannot touch you."

Maria Cahill explores the trauma of her early life in poetry.

She was six weeks old when her mother, Philomena, was repatriated from Britain to Ireland.

Maria...