An Abbey Theatre production

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An Abbey Theatre production

In January 2021 the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes published its report investigating the discrimination experienced by vulnerable women and children in Mother and Baby Institutions in Ireland.

It asserted that, over 76 years from 1922 to 1998, tens of thousands of mothers and children were kept in the 14 Mother and Baby Institutions and 4 Country Homes it examined.

This is the Abbey Theatre’s response to that report, made in collaboration with survivors of these institutions.

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HOME: PART ONE

SUPPORT SERVICES If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this production please contact Barnardos Post Adoption Services (www.barnardos.ie) and speak to someone in confidence:

Call: (01) 454 6388

Tuesday – Thursday

9.30am – 4.30pm

Email: [email protected]

There is also information specifically for former residents of mother-and-baby homes on HSE.ie

DONATIONSHome: Part One was in aid of Barnardos Post Adoption Service. Please support the service by making a donation at www.barnardos.ie/donate

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Catherine Walsh

Marie Mullen

Siobhan Callaghan

Liz Fitzgibbon

Mary McDonagh

Sarah Morris

Olivia O’Leary

Marion O’Dwyer

Joan Sheehy

Geraldine Plunkett

Noelle Brown

Karen Ardiff

Hilda Fay

Ali White

Carmel Stephens

Brenda Fricker

Siobhan Callaghan

Lauren Larkin

Noelle Brown

Gillian McCarthy

Ivana Bacik

Reading testimony from Mary Coll

Reading testimony from Joan McDermott

Reading testimony from Witness 12 from CLANN Project Witness Statements

Reading testimony from Philomena Lee

Reading testimony from Catherine Coffey O’Brien

Reading testimony from Marie Barry

Reading testimony from Margaret Wouters

Reading testimony from Margaret

Reading testimony from Bridget Walsh

Reading testimony from Cathy Reynolds

Reading an extract from an adoption form, Bessborough Mother and Baby Home, 1960 from CLANN Project Witness Statements

Reading testimonies from Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland, 1922-1990

Reading testimony from PJ Haverty

Reading testimony from Peter Mulryan

Reading testimony from Laura Angela Collins

Reading testimony from Patricia Breaden



Reading an extract from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

Reading testimonies from Midwife One from Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland, 1922-1990


Anne Enright Reading testimony from Jackie Foley

Máire Ní Ghráinne Reading testimony from Theresa Tinggal

Esosa Ighodaro

Eleanor Methven

Síle Maguire

Denise McCormack

Bríd Ní Neachtain

Catherine Connolly

Aisling O’Sullivan

Noni Stapleton

Susan Lohan

Caitríona Ní Mhurchú

Laura Murphy

Eleanor Walsh

Gráinne Hallahan

Derbhle Crotty

Helen Norton

Donna Anita Nikolaisen

Ruth McCabe

Geraldine Plunkett

Brenda Fricker

Jane Brennan

Mary Murray

Marion O’Dwyer

Mary Healy


Reading an extract from a teleprinter message in Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, Volume IX, Eds Catriona Crowe et al

Reading testimony from Carol O’Keeffe

Reading testimony from Tressa Reeves

Reading testimony from Anonymous Father

Reading testimony from Christopher Kirwan



Reading testimony from Susan Lohan

Reading testimony from Witness 45 from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

Reading testimonies from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

Reading testimony from Maggie Lyng

Reading an extract from an open letter to An Taoiseach from Laura Murphy

Reading testimony from Anne Fitzgerald

Reading testimony from Christine Carroll

Reading testimony from Witness 26 from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

Jess Kavanagh

Cathy Belton

Reading an extract from the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

Reading testimony from Carmel Ryan

Reading testimony from Michael A. Hawkes


Reading testimony from Cathy Reynolds

Reading testimony from Vourneen O’Mahony

Reading testimony from Margaret

Reading testimony from Rosemary Adaser

Reading testimony from Patricia Breaden

Melissa Nolan Reading testimony from Melissa Nolan

Orla Casey Reading an extract from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Amelia Crowley Reading an extract from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

MAGDALEN LAUNDRY (written by John Augustine Mulhern)SAFE AND SOUNDFAMILY LIFE (written by Paul Gerard Buchanan)

Live music by Mary Coughlan accompanied by Johnny Taylor with kind permission of Mary Coughlan

F I L M E D P O R T R A I T S , I N O R D E R O F A P P E A R A N C E : PORTRAIT 1: JOAN MCDERMOTTPORTRAIT 2: MARY COLLPORTRAIT 3: PJ HAVERTYPORTRAIT 4: CATHERINE COFFEY O’BRIENPORTRAIT 5: ANNE FITZGERALD

COMPANY

Concept by Graham McLaren Neil Murray (Directors of the Abbey Theatre)

Curator and Lead Artist Noelle Brown

Editorial panel Catriona Crowe Michèle Forbes Colin Murphy Conall Ó Fátharta Jody O’Neill Caroline Williams

Head of Producing Jen CoppingerSenior Producer Craig FlahertyDramaturg Louise StephensCasting Director Sarah JonesProducing Assistant David DoyleNew Work Assistant Selina O’ReillyPerformance Director Andrea AinsworthVoice Director Helena WalshProduction Manager Cliff BarragryCompany Manager Danny ErskineCompany Stage Manager Bronagh DohertyStage Managers Roxzan Bowes Orla Burke Tara Furlong Anne Kyle

Lighting Designer Kevin McFaddenComposer Ray HarmanSound Mixing Morgan Dunne Derek ConaghyOnline Moderator Conall Ó FáthartaPress Manager Róisín McGannMarketing Manager Fergus HanniganCommunications & Digital Engagement Officer Jack O’DeaMarketing & Press Officer Heather Maher Administrative Support Luke Casserly Éadaoin McCarrick David Roper Nolan

Video Production AreamanProducer for Areaman Shane Hogan Camera Operators Eleanor Bowman Simon Crowe Tommy Fitzgerald Esme Pum McNamee Luke Sweetman Camera Assistant/ Data Wrangler Aoife Quinn Location Sound Rob Moore Steven PowerClapper Loader Kev MooreVision Mixing Shane HoganPost-Production David Keeling

Creative Design ZOO.Photography Ste Murray Mark StedmanPortrait Production Dave O’Carroll Irish Sign Language Interpreter Amanda Coogan

Thank you to:

Dr. Sarah-Anne Buckley, Catherine Corless, CLANN project, Eunan Duffy, Paul Fahy - Galway International Arts Festival, Lorna Farren, James Gibbs - Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Christine Hennessey, Rebekah Henson, Orla Higgins, The Irish Examiner, Susan Lohan, Jane Libberton, Rosemarie Maughan, Dr. Leanne McCormick, Claire McGettrick, Kathleen Mulryan, Breeda Murphy, NUI Galway, Professor Sean O’Connell, Katherine O’Donnell, Dr. Maeve O’Rourke, Pavee Point, The Two Norries Podcast, Bernie Redmond - Department of Health Northern Ireland, Mari Steed, Marjolein Wouters.

HOME: PART ONE INCLUDES:

• Testimoniesfromsurvivors• CLANN:Ireland’sUnmarriedMothersandtheirChildren:GatheringtheData:Principal SubmissiontotheCommissionofInvestigationintoMotherandBabyHomes• CLANNProjectWitnessStatements• DocumentsonIrishForeignPolicy,VolumeIX,EdsCatrionaCroweetal• FinalReportoftheCommissionofInvestigationintoMotherandBabyHomes• MotherandBabyHomesandMagdaleneLaundriesinNorthernIreland,1922-1990• Other:StoriesfromtheTuamMother&BabyHomepodcastseries,partoftheTuam OralHistoryProjectatNUIGalway

ABBEY THEATRE STAFF

Andrea AinsworthDonal AytonCliff BarragryRoxzan Bowes Aoife BradySusan BryanNiamh BuckleyNicola BurkeOrla BurkeSimon BurkeChristina ByrneEoin ByrneMaura CampbellDavid CarpenterLuke CasserlyDaire CavanaghPriyanka ChidgumpiConnall ColemanDerek ConaghyLaura CondonEvan ConnollyJeff ConwayJen CoppingerRichard CurwoodMairéad DelaneySean DennehyPat DillonDebbie DoakBronagh DohertyColin DoranCon DoyleDavid DoyleLaura DoyleKen DunneMorgan DunneDanny ErskineBreege FahyEimear FarrellLisa FarrellyJohn FinneganCraig FlahertyDavid FlemingEllen FlemingRobert FlynnVeronica FooTara Furlong

Sophie Furlong TigheDerek GarlandDonna GeraghtySandra GibneyShane GillCatherine GriffinJohn GunningJamie HallahanCliodhna HallisseyThomas HandFergus HanniganGrace HealyMarie HegartyDaniel HickeyWilliam HickeyDermot HicksJames HicksonDara HoganLaura HonanNarges JahaniLarry JonesSarah JonesMaeve KeaneFergus KellyYvonne KellyAilbhe Kelly-MillerTom KennedyShane KennyAndy KeoghPhil KingstonAnne KyleMichael KyleLuke LamontMarie LawlorAdrian LeakeJonne LindforsCiara LynchBridget Lynskey FaustJulia MacConvilleDarren MagnierHeather MaherElaine MannionKatie McCannÉadaoin McCarrick

Davy McChrystalDan McDermottKevin McFaddenRóisín McGannCiaran McGlynnTerence McGoffGraham McLarenCaitríona McLaughlinGus McNamaraVictoria MillerNadine-Mary MooreConor MullanTara MulvihillDonna MurphyEimer MurphyOrlagh MurphyNeil MurrayAgnieszka MyszkaEmily Ní BhroinSíofra Ní ChiardhaPawel NieworajHolly O’BrienAdam O’ConnellEsther O’ConnorColin O’ConnorJack O’Dea Aoife O’NeillTara O’ReillyEmma-Kate O’ReillySelina O’ReillySimon O’ReillyFeidhlim O’SheaLaura PullingSinead PurcellValentina QuirogaMartin ReidDean ReidyFiona ReynoldsDavid Roper NolanJosh RoxbyPat RussellBarbara RyanJoe SandersSarah Smith Louise Stephens

Rachel StoutFergal StylesCydney ThompsonSeán TreacyRenée Van De SchoorSean WalshJesse WeaverSarah-Jane WilliamsSally WithnellMonika WlodarczykBill WoodlandDiarmuid Woods

BOARDMairéad DelaneyLoretta DignamBosco HoganPeter LowryMáire O’HigginsBreda O’KeeffeMichael OwensDr. Frances Ruane (Chair)Michael WallMichael West

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DIRECTORS’ CIRCLETony AhearneRichard and Sherril Burrows Pat ButlerThe Cielinski FamilyDeirdre FinanThe Bernard and Muriel Lauren FoundationDonal MooreSheelagh O’NeillDr. Frances RuaneSusan and Denis TinsleyLloyd Weinreb

SILVER PATRONSFrances BrittonTommy GibbonsDr. John KeaneAndrew MackeyEugenie MackeyEugene MageeGerard and Liv McNaughtonProf. Joseph Walshe

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