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Girls Like You:The Long Road Back from Bessborough

What would you do if you found yourself pregnant, at fifteen years of age, in the early 1970s Ire...

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17.36 1 Jul 2021


Girls Like You:The Long Road Back from Bessborough


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What would you do if you found yourself pregnant, at fifteen years of age, in the early 1970s Ireland? We talk to the author of Girls Like You,  a memoir of the author’s experience of Bessborough House Mother and Baby Home. Jacinta O'Connell spoke to Pat this morning about her writing.

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