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Carmel Larkin - Transcript of Interview
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(15/04/2021), Carmel Larkin - Transcript of Interview, Publisher = "University of Galway", Asset Id 12800, Archival Record Id TOHP
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Carmel Larkin
Title
Carmel Larkin - Transcript of Interview
Description
Transcript of interview with Carmel Larkin, conducted by Mary Cunningham as part of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home Oral History Project. The interview includes testimony from Larkin, who was born in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, regarding her treatment and experiences as a young child within the Tuam Home; accounts of her later fostering and childhood within her foster home. Larkin describes the relationship with her foster parents and foster siblings and provides accounts of visits to the foster house by social worker and the ongoing contact with the social worker throughout her time with the family. The interview covers Larkin's move to London for a number of years and her later experiences of accessing records from her own personal files as well as burial information on her birth mother.
Date
15/04/2021
Date Issued
15/04/2021
Resource Type
Text
Archival Record Id
TOHP
Publisher
University of Galway
Extent
1 item
Topic
Carmel Larkin,Oral History,Mother and Baby Home,Tuam Mother and Baby Home,Galway,Foster,Adoption,Boarded Out,Birth Mother,Childhood,Child,Children,Testimony
Genre
Oral History