Of 5016 babies surrendered between 1791 and 1796, only 1 survived.
I would love to see some sort of memorial to all those poor children, but I suppose the optics of that could be a bit awkward.
It can be looked at as grim but I suppose I’d like to see it as an indication of how far we’ve come on looking after the children and mothers in Ireland.
[https://ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2018/04/05/the-foundling-hospital/](https://ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2018/04/05/the-foundling-hospital/)
by rubixqbe
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Gosh that makes for some sad reading. Thinking about all those sad little souls and their desperate mothers is heart breaking. Thank you for posting this op, and reminding us about them all. 💚
Surprised no one has tried to dig up a few graves and started screaming about the nuns yet..
History of children in this country is so sad
Might explain why the project seems to be cursed. Or it could just be BAM (and the money’s gone).
Gonna be that guy, but that article says of the 25,000 who were surrendered over 17,000 died.
The number you quote, 1 survivor of 5016 is the number of children *admitted to the infirmary* who survived.
Still awful, but it makes more sense. They didn’t want to outright kill the children since they were valuable labour.
That’s bad JuJu.