St Josephs nursing home

[aghadowey]

It sounds as though you have the birth certificate that was issued after she was adopted? How soon after the date of birth was the certificate issued?

[annclare]

RE birth cert - not an uncommon happening I have come across a number of people whose birth certs were falsified e.g. parents listed were adoptive/foster parents not birth mother or birth parents. Adoption was not given legal status in Ireland until 1953. Before that informal arrangements were made . However the authorities should have been notified that children were being fostered or cared for.

annclare

[genadeltoro]

Thanks for that.

[genadeltoro]

@agahadowey.  date of birth was  2/7 registered on 5/7.

[annclare]

Just a couple of thoughts - You could try for a Baptismal record in Drumcondra church- might give natural mother's name but not always. also suggest you contact Tusla and inquire if they have any records from the nursing home. They mainly have adoption records but if would be worthwhile inquiring - http://www.tusla.ie/services/alternative-care/adoption-services/tracing-service/

Good Luck
annclare

[M Mary]

It is good to see the Poet Anne Fitzgerald's poem 'The Price of 1965, near Archbishop Palace,' here. Although the line breaks are not correctly represented here as written by the poet in that Salmon anthology.

Notwithstanding I gather her new collection in the Fall will deal with this issue and that of Adoption in 1960's Dublin/Ireland.

So are you stating that the adoption is illegal? And if so why?

Also I can't help but wonder how much it cost to attend Nurse Gallagher's private Nursing Home back then? Any indication would be grateful.

[M Mary]

Nurse Gallagher's son still lives at #78. He states all birth records were handed over to the HSE after her Death in 1966.

Yet the HSE apparently do not have any records from 78 Lower Drumcondra Road.

So, where our records? Who holds Nurse Gallagher's birth records? Their whereabouts must be known to someone or some organisation?

Any suggestions?

[M Mary]

 Genadeltoro,

You might like to consider making contact with the Adoption Right Alliance. They have an excellent site which may in fact help to guide you in seeking answers.

[Joannemcp]

My father was born there in1946, the address is on his birth certificate.
The odd thing is all the rest of his siblings were born 70 odd miles away in the family home, he’s the first born of the second marriage, he has two older siblings born in the first marriage ( 4 and 5 yrs older).
 our theory is that he was born out of wedlock, and that they later married and had the rest of the family.
Would this make sense, or could there be another explanation