AS A CHILD, Anne Silke ate moss off the walls of the Tuam mother and baby institution. But there was a silence Silke never managed to break before she died, about the influential political family who fostered her. Silke said she was beaten if she did not complete her work or if she defended herself. A child leaving flowers at Tuam Mother and Baby site. The document from Tusla states that after being fostered, Silke also worked for a time in 1968 for another member of the Killilea family.

Source: Irish Examiner July 26, 2021 05:37 UTC