A statutory Irish government commission, chaired by Judge Yvonne Murphy, that examined 18 mother and baby homes and county homes operating between 1922 and 1998. Its final report, published 12 January 2021, found that around 9,000 children, about one in seven of those born in the institutions under its terms of reference, died there, and that infant mortality in the homes ran roughly twice the national rate for children born outside marriage.
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Kind of Record JurisdictionIreland (18 mother and baby homes and county homes across the state, established under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004) 1 Commissioned ByGovernment of Ireland, chaired by Judge Yvonne Murphy 1 Publication Year Period Covered, From Documented Findings
Victim Estimate Key FindingApproximately 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions under investigation between 1922 and 1998, about 15 percent of the roughly 57,000 children the Commission found were born in them to some 56,000 mothers, an infant mortality rate the Commission found around double the national rate for children born outside marriage. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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