Teeny Timbre
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Born in
#Bessborough
,
#MotherandBabyHome
.
#Adoptee
.
#CSA
Survivor
#SpéirGorm
timbrebreda.carrd.co
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🧵1/5 On a particularly beautiful sunny Sunday a woman gathered herself together, she was anxious, the day had arrived for her to be brave & let people know her story. She needed to do this for herself & for others who hadn’t yet found their voice. A kind lady had agreed to read the woman’s story.
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Frank Brehany
1 day ago
Latest news! 📚 Frank Brehany is thrilled to announce the launch of the paperback edition of his book 'A Magdalene Rose' today! Discover this true story & grab your paperback edition copy now through Frank Brehany's Booksby Bookshop! 🌹 Read more:
wix.to/iQlLUil
#AMagdaleneRose
#BookLaunch
#AuthorLife
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Press Release: Author of 'A Magdalene Rose' announces the launch of his paperback edition
The author of 'A Magdalene Rose', Frank Brehany, is very pleased to announce the launch of the paperback edition of his book today.
https://wix.to/iQlLUil
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Denise Breen 🖖
1 day ago
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). We honour the memory of those who have been murdered due to transphobia and to raise awareness about the ongoing violence and discrimination faced by the transgender community.
#TDoR
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Trigger warning ‼️ This is Part 1 of a podcast I did. This is my life story
#Adoptee
#CSA
#DomesticAbuse
open.spotify.com/episode/2A6f...
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Episode 14 Part 1: Breda: A Childhood Stolen - One Woman’s Story of Sexual Abuse and Survival
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2A6fsx3hn5p7d967dvbTX7
3 days ago
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Today is
#AdopteeRemembranceDay
A day to remember adoptees who’ve died by suicide, endured abuse, those who suffer unseen battles & those who suffer adoption trauma. Today is my Day!
#CSA
#Adoptees
deserve to be seen & heard every day, not just today!
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🧵1/4 I’ve mulled over whether to clarify a situation for almost a month now. An advocate for
#Bessboro
intentionally ‘outed’ my identity on a private FB group, they vindictively mentioned a Campaign that my twitter profile was attached to.
26 days ago
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Daniel Loftus
4 months ago
Honoured to be included alongside Ted Steede in (Below) this piece. Cousins should have been included no matter the difficulty (for what the DCEDIY are claiming) — better to have the sample then do some good ol’ DNA research to find out how they’re related, right? Catch it here. ⬇️
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🧵1/4 A very honest & irate thread! Unless you are a survivor of
#abuse/#rape
you can not comprehend the lifelong
#trauma
The day I was 1st raped at 8 years of age the ‘person I was meant to be’ was murdered. My whole life has been a constant battle to just exist!
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According to Institutional Burials Act 2022, Section 8, which refers to ‘Manifestly Inappropriate Burials’ all of the highlighted subsections apply to
#Bessboro
The government is not above the law. The government must be compelled to act
#Justice
#TheForgottenDead
4 months ago
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The 17 named below died in
#Bessboro
, this contradicts the findings of the Commission in relation to this plot! There is no headstone, no maintenance of the plot & therefore until now they were the
#ForgottenDead
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4 months ago
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🧵1/3 I recently had a lengthy meeting with the Curators of the proposed National Centre for Research & Remembrance. As an adult
#adoptee
who is excluded from financial
#redress
I tried to convey the importance of the
#NCRR
representing each survivors experience.
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🧵1/4 On Sunday 29th June I will attend the annual
#Bessboro
Commemoration. In 2017 I discovered I was born there, I was handed over to my adoptive parents at 7 weeks old. Despite having a loving father my childhood was marred by a detached & controlling mother
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1 of the
#podcasts
in Dr.Fiona Barry’s
#Taboo
series. These are a must listen. Brilliantly informative & an absolute eye opener.
open.spotify.com/episode/4NHQ...
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Episode 2. Margo Noonan: Raising Awareness - The Many Faces of Sexual Abuse
TABOO · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NHQZfr02gHtlOX0WFL9DN?si=ATs_JWT2R8CWGkcioxvXvA
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Mike - Child Abuse Survivor
6 months ago
New Post - The post I’m not supposed to write – how we are silencing victims
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The post I'm not supposed to write - how we are silencing victims
We blame the very people who have suffered the most for upsetting the nice little world we've made up in our heads, and we dare to talk about that being about safety.
https://buff.ly/jrfJT2d
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Carmel Cantwell
6 months ago
It was lovely to participate in the laying of dolls for The Babog Project today in Cork. Every doll represents a baby that died in the Mother&Baby Institutions made& remembered with love. The project is winding down now and people were invited to take away a doll if they wished.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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Daniel Loftus
6 months ago
With the Tuam exhumation due to begin in mid-June, these are the over 800 most important people at the centre of this. Found by Catherine Corless and shared with the world in 2014, it's taken 11 years to get to this stage.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
(Red = mothers) [Accessible file version, see post 2]
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Dr Karl Tooher
6 months ago
So deeply saddened... the Great Great Sebastião Salgado died today. A genius photographer, eclipsed only by his compassion and dedication to humanity. He inspired generations; he inspired me to be a better photographer, and person... "Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine"...
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Carmel Cantwell
6 months ago
The work to begin the process of retrieving the remains of 796 children that were placed in a disused sewage system in the
#MotherAndBabyHome
in
#Tuam
is very welcomed although it should have been done years ago. However,
#BESSBORO
has 859 missing children. Where is their Investigation? 1/3
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Carmel Cantwell
6 months ago
Come & join us at our 11th
#Bessboro
Commemoration on the grounds of Bessborough on the 29th June @ 2pm
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Project Infant
6 months ago
We're delighted to share that Project Infant has recorded the deaths of 231 [2] women and [229] children who died between 1920 and 1964 in the Protestant-run Bethany Home to our website. You can view the names here:
projectinfant.ie/bethany
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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Ask A Sex Abuse Survivor
7 months ago
The only papal news I want to hear is that the Catholic Church has liquidated all its assets and is using the money to compensate abuse victims.
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Carmel Cantwell
7 months ago
The theme to this year’s
#Bessboro
Commemoration is
#UnsungHeroes
. We lost some wonderful advocates in the last 6 months. People that paved the way for equality for adopted people & others who risked all to help girls escape the institution. 29th June @ 2pm
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Anthony (he/him)
7 months ago
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
#PregnantFromIreland
PFI
#ForcedAdoption
#CatholicChurch
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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https://www.itv.com/news/2025-05-05/i-was-abducted-and-my-baby-kidnapped-under-british-irish-scheme
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Andrew Mercer Ontario Reformatory for Females
7 months ago
This is only a partial list of historical deaths. These women and babies died in custody decades ago—forgotten by the system, erased by history. Their deaths weren’t isolated; they raise concerns about systemic neglect and mistreatment.
#PrisonDeaths
andrewmercerreformatory.org/deaths/
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Deaths - Andrew Mercer Reformatory
Women, girls, and babies who died during or after imprisonment Below is a partial list of the deaths of babies born to incarcerated mothers, and the deaths of women and girls who were imprisoned, incl...
https://andrewmercerreformatory.org/deaths/
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Frank Brehany
7 months ago
#MonmouthshireEvents
It's quite remarkable. As I prepare I'm hearing of Wales' connection to
#MotherAndBabyHomes
and of wider experiences in England As I begin 'The Journey Home for my 'Magdalene Rose', I know her story will resonate around the world. It has been 94 years in the making.
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Daniel Loftus
7 months ago
After what’ll have been 11 years since the story broke, the fight for answers will finally begin.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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🧵1/3 Many of you may wonder why
#adoptees
are so angry at the >6 month rule that excludes them from the
#financialredress
of the
#motherandbabyhome
scheme. This is the medical report that prospective adoptive parents had to get from their GP after 1970.
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Frank Brehany
7 months ago
#author
#writingcommunity
#ireland
#amagdalenerose
#booklaunch
Announcing the Global Launch of my book: A Magdalene Rose If you are in the neighbourhood, it would be great to see you there!
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Carmel Cantwell
7 months ago
Please support this years
#BessboroCommemoration
. Our 11th year highlighting that the burial place of 859+children& women is unknown.The grounds of
#Bessboro
are under threat of being developed. In 2018 we were privileged to have Cara O’Sullivan sing for us.RIP
#MotherAndBabyHomes
#UmmarkedGraves
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Carmel Cantwell
7 months ago
The Bessboro Support Group are organising the Annual Commemoration. 923+children & 31 women died.The resting place of the majority is unknown & the grounds are under threat of housing developments where it is likely some r buried. Please help us commemorate them on the 29th June.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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Hit the road for a couple of nights away on my own, finally got to meet up with
@queenofthecraic.bsky.social
She’s as bonkers as myself 😂. She gave me this beautiful 🦋 mug ❤️
7 months ago
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Rest in peace Michael 💔 His bravery will never be forgotten. He helped so many others by speaking out with such grace & dignity, he gave strength to many who suffered in silence. The commission treated him appallingly, he deserved respect & true
#Redress
The State denied this man
#Justice
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7 months ago
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Rita O’Reilly
7 months ago
In a change to schedules, RTÉ Investigates: Christian Brothers, The Abusers, The Assets will now be broadcast next week, Thursday 1st May, 9.35pm RTÉ One and RTE Player
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Mick Finnegan
7 months ago
It is deeply misleading for Norma Foleys department to claim that St. John Ambulance Ireland has proactively engaged with or provided meaningful outreach to survivors of abuse.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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Supports for St John Ambulance abuse survivors 'misrepresented'
Man abused by former charity volunteer says survivors have been 'left to seek support on their own, without genuine initiative or adequate assistance from St John Ambulance Ireland'
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41616934.html
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Guy Le Jeune
7 months ago
In my 60 years on this earth I don’t remember people being so fixated on other folk’s genitalia as now. I genuinely find it baffling that even though we are now in the 21st century, there are individuals who hark back to some manufactured past where LGBTQIA++ didn’t exist. It’s utterly batshit.
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Dr Robert Bohan
7 months ago
I don’t know what drugs the NYT, propaganda sheet for White WASP culture, has been smoking. The Pope upset clerical abuse survivors, failed on inclusivity & left LGBTQ ppl, officially, as ‘intrinsically disordered’. He failed to call out evil in fascism. Why is the NYT making this stuff up?
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The faux people are in overdrive today, mourning the head of the Catholic Church. An apology was never enough, no priests/nuns held to account, no closure for the victims as the church closed rank & denied them
#Justice
. To empathise with victims while blubbering about a cult is hypocritical 🙄
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7 months ago
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Frank Brehany
7 months ago
#AMagdaleneRose
#Ireland
#Author
It is with great pleasure that I announce that my book - A Magdalene Rose - will be available from 19/5/25. She's waiting to tell her story about the last 94 years! You can pre-order your copy via my bookshop (
frankbrehany.shop
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Daniel Loftus
7 months ago
This census will be pivotal in getting a glance into the number of residents of a number of
#MotherandBabyHomes
. I can’t wait to see it…
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What has the state done to remember these boys? Where is their public list of the
#ForgottenDead
from the
#Institutions
?
#IndustrialSchools
#MagdaleneLaundries
#MotherabdBabyHomes
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Daniel Loftus
7 months ago
For 80 years from 1871 to 1951, St. Joseph's Industrial School in Artane, Dublin, had at least 222 deaths of boys aged 7-16 years. Those names have not been made public up to this point. That changes now. You can view the names that Project Infant found here:
projectinfant.ie/the-homes/ar...
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Artane Industrial School – Project Infant
https://projectinfant.ie/the-homes/artane/
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Carmel Cantwell
7 months ago
What a disgrace! An 8 year investigation didn’t interview the other 47 foster children that lived in the home at the same time as Grace ….Why?
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7 months ago
When it comes to
#CSA
in Ireland so many heads are deeply buried in the sand. Two must read articles by Hazel Katherine Larkin and Elaine Loughlin.
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I’ve never felt such repulsion towards the government until today! The despite done to survivors by the shambolic
#MotherandBabyHome
Commission Report was low, but this is a whole new level. I am ashamed of what we, the public, accept from this government who have no moral compass. We failed
#Grace
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#MotherandBabyHomes
#IndustrialSchools
#MagdaleneLaundries
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7 months ago
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This report was leaked to the media before survivors of
#MotherandBabyHomes
were informed of the outcome of the negotiations. When Norma Foley did share the report with survivors she gave us 1 hour to read 62 pages before it was all over the media. Pure contempt 😞
www.rte.ie/news/2025/04...
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'Deep disappointment' over offers to Mother & Baby scheme
The Special Advocate for Survivors of Institutional Abuse has expressed "deep disappointment" after two out of eight religious bodies offered financial contributions towards the cost of the Mother and...
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0408/1506511-mother-baby-homes/
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Dr Claire McGettrick Born Lorraine Hughes
8 months ago
www.rte.ie/news/2025/04...
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'Deep disappointment' over offers to Mother & Baby scheme
The Special Advocate for Survivors of Institutional Abuse has expressed "deep disappointment" after two out of eight religious bodies offered financial contributions towards the cost of the Mother and...
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0408/1506511-mother-baby-homes/
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Dr Claire McGettrick Born Lorraine Hughes
8 months ago
Not surprised at the outcome of these ‘negotiations’. Meanwhile, for those most affected, nothing changes—thousands excluded from ‘redress’ & countless other ongoing rights violations. The State needs to grasp the nettle & stop allowing religious orders to act with impunity.
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Carmel Cantwell
8 months ago
The photo in this article is at the monument in the graveyard at
#Bessboro
. Only nuns graves are marked but 859 children r unaccounted for. Deaths, cruelty, forced adoptions but they blamed Society & not their own part in what went on behind closed doors. Where is their shame?
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Irish Examiner
8 months ago
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Rape survivor says 22-month wait on sentence appeal puts 'question mark' over justice
On behalf of the DPP, Anne-Marie Lawlor pointed out that the guilty plea had only been entered on the date of the trial — with the victim in the court building waiting to give her evidence
http://dlvr.it/TK1KFS
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