Sir, – On April 2nd, at Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin, a service will take place in honour of 222 babies and young children who died in the Bethany Home Orwell Road Dublin, during 1922-1949.
The service will begin at 4pm, and we are delighted that representatives from four of the main Christian denominations will be participating. In addition, we are pleased to be able to announce that following the service, a memorial headstone will be unveiled at the cemetery. We wish to acknowledge that the considerable cost of the headstone has been met by the Department for Justice and sanctioned by Alan Shatter.
For too long, the short lives of these children have been unacknowledged, unnamed and their remains unmarked. It is highly appropriate that at last we can now rectify this situation, and that all of us have the opportunity to pay our respects, and to jointly remember a very sad time in our history.
I extend an invitation to all to join us on a very special day. – Yours, etc,
DEREK LINSTER,
Chairman,
Bethany
Survivors Group,
Southey Road,
Rugby, England.