The Lost Children of Tuam review
Monica Dolan is superb as the amateur historian who uncovered the horror of mass graves at a mother and baby home in this Liam Neeson produced drama
TL;DR
- Up to 796 babies' bodies were found discarded, some in an old sewage tank, at the St. Mary's mother and baby home in Tuam.
- Amateur historian Catherine Corless uncovered the mass graves after investigating the high mortality rate at the home.
- Babies died from illnesses like whooping cough, measles, and malnutrition at a rate of nearly one every two weeks.
- The film focuses on the pain and lack of closure for survivors, who were neglected and abused by nuns.
- Monica Dolan plays Catherine Corless, and the film is produced by Liam Neeson.