The home, which was run by an order of Catholic nuns and closed in 1961, was one of many such institutions that housed tens of thousands of orphans and unmarried pregnant women who were forced to give up their children throughout much of the 20th century.

In 2014, historian Catherine Corless tracked down death certificates for nearly 800 children who died at the home in Tuam between the 1920s and 1961 — but could only find a burial record for one child.

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    16 hours ago

    I was referring to the mental breakdown that institutionalized her. Which is even listed in that health section you’re so obsessed with. But there’s far more to it and her conversion to Islam if you had read anything besides the Wikipedia page. She was pretty vocal about her reasons for converting and she was fairly adamant about how much becoming Muslim helped her mentally.

    But feel free to continue with your prejudices based on little to no information.