Banished Babies: The Secret History of Ireland's Baby Export Business
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7. RTÉ, Today Tonight, 9 April 1991
8. Interview with former member of the Adoption Board involved in the investigation.
9. Interview with the social worker, March 1996
10. Interview with Sr Sarto, Cork, June 1996
9. A Troublesome Priest
1. Interview with Msgr Bryan Walsh, Dublin, June 1996
2. DoEA 345/96/I, Fay to Irish Consulate in New York, 8 August 1952
3. DoEA 345/96/II, Fr Bernard Brogan, Chicago, to Rita Kenny, DoEA, 8 May 1957
4. McQuaid Papers, Barrett to Mangan, 30 March 1950
10. Jim and Dorothy: No Price Too High
1. The name ‘Rowe’ is fictitious, but all other names are real. This account of the Rowes’ adoption of an Irish baby is based on the correspondence between them, the Angel Guardian Home in Brooklyn and St Clare’s Adoption Society in Co Meath. Mrs Rowe (deceased) kept every letter she received from the Angel Guardians and from the nuns in Ireland. She also meticulously copied by hand every letter she sent them, and retained copies of all official documents, affidavits, receipts, airline tickets, etc.
11. Pat: Against My Will
1. Interview with Pat Thuillier, December 1996
12. Mary, Michael and Kevin: Legitimate Error?
1. Interview with Mary and Michael Geraghty, June 1996
2. Untitled, undated two page typescript given to the author by Sr Mary.
3. Interview with Sr Sarto, June 1996
4. Interview with Sr Mary, June 1996
5. DoEA 345/96/I Sr Frances Elizabeth to Ms Ennis, Private Secretary to Minister, 26 June 1952
6. Sample surrender/consent form provided by Sr Sarto, Sacred Heart Convent, Cork.
7. Interview with Kevin Bates, Leesburg, Virginia, USA, May 1996
8. Statement from St Patrick’s Guild, in response to queries, 19 June 1996
13. Maureen: Seek And Ye Shall Find (But Don’t Hold Your Breath)
1. Interview with Maureen, Virginia Beach, USA, May 1996, and subsequent conversations. Additional details from her mother.
2. Barrett, Adoption, pp. 48-52
14. Deny Till They Die
1. DoEA 345/96/I/I, internal memo, 13 February 1962
2. DoEA 345/96/I/I, internal memo, 1 March 1962
3. Gay Byrne Show, RTÉ Radio 1, 4 March 1996
4. Gay Byrne Show, 7 March 1996
5. Gay Byrne Show, 4 March 1996
6. Morning Ireland, RTÉ Radio 1, 6 March 1996
7. The Irish Times, 7 March 1996
8. The Irish Times, 6 March 1996
9. Dáil Debates, 5 March 1996, Shatter’s speech is at Col 1458-59
10. Currie’s speech is at ibid. Col 1459-62
11. Caitriona Crowe told how she located the files to The Irish Times, 9 March 1996
12. Quotations are from Spring’s prepared script, dated 7 March 1996
13. Sunday Tribune, 10 March 1996
14. Sunday Independent, 10 March 1996
15. The Irish Times, 9 March 1996
16. Irish Independent, 8 March 1996
17. Dáil Debates, 14 March 1996, Cols 432-34
18. Barrett, Adoption, pp 28-30
19. Dáil Debates, 4 March 1998, Cols 440-41
20. Supreme Court judgment in the case of I.O’T. and M.H. v Rotunda Girls Adoption Society (1998)
21. The Adoption Rights Alliance, who suggested the 300,000 figure, say it is a conservative estimate.
22. Eileen Farrelly Conway, Search and Reunion in the Adoption Triangle, Trinity College, Dublin, 1994, p. 11
23. Irish Examiner, 23 April 2010
24. Quoted in Irish Examiner, 20 July 2011
25. Ibid
26. Irish Examiner, 9 June 2011
27. Dáil Debates, 9 April 1997
28. Conway, op. cit., p. 31