‘I Beg His Grace To Allow Us To Send These Little Children’

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A letter from St Patrick’s Guild to Dublin Archbishop McQuaid. The agency arranged the secret export of 572 children to the USA

Via My Name Is Bridget:

Some records I uncovered for my book My Name Is Bridget includes this letter (above) which show how adoptions were being carried out by the state through St Patrick’s Guild, the adoption agency currently under investigation for illegal adoptions.

Previously: Orientated Toward A Better Class of Girl

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