ABBEY THEATRE AMHARCLANN NA MAINISTREACH An Abbey Theatre production
ABBEY THEATREAM
HARCLANN NA MAINISTREACH
An Abbey Theatre production
In January 2021 the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes published its report investigating the discrimination experienced by vulnerable women and children in Mother and Baby Institutions in Ireland.
It asserted that, over 76 years from 1922 to 1998, tens of thousands of mothers and children were kept in the 14 Mother and Baby Institutions and 4 Country Homes it examined.
This is the Abbey Theatre’s response to that report, made in collaboration with survivors of these institutions.
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SUPPORT SERVICES If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this production please contact Barnardos Post Adoption Services (www.barnardos.ie) and speak to someone in confidence:
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DONATIONSHome: Part One was in aid of Barnardos Post Adoption Service. Please support the service by making a donation at www.barnardos.ie/donate
IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Catherine Walsh
Marie Mullen
Siobhan Callaghan
Liz Fitzgibbon
Mary McDonagh
Sarah Morris
Olivia O’Leary
Marion O’Dwyer
Joan Sheehy
Geraldine Plunkett
Noelle Brown
Karen Ardiff
Hilda Fay
Ali White
Carmel Stephens
Brenda Fricker
Siobhan Callaghan
Lauren Larkin
Noelle Brown
Gillian McCarthy
Ivana Bacik
Reading testimony from Mary Coll
Reading testimony from Joan McDermott
Reading testimony from Witness 12 from CLANN Project Witness Statements
Reading testimony from Philomena Lee
Reading testimony from Catherine Coffey O’Brien
Reading testimony from Marie Barry
Reading testimony from Margaret Wouters
Reading testimony from Margaret
Reading testimony from Bridget Walsh
Reading testimony from Cathy Reynolds
Reading an extract from an adoption form, Bessborough Mother and Baby Home, 1960 from CLANN Project Witness Statements
Reading testimonies from Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland, 1922-1990
Reading testimony from PJ Haverty
Reading testimony from Peter Mulryan
Reading testimony from Laura Angela Collins
Reading testimony from Patricia Breaden
Reading testimony from Witness 12 from CLANN Project Witness Statements
Reading testimonies from Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland, 1922-1990
Reading an extract from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
Reading testimonies from Midwife One from Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland, 1922-1990
Reading testimonies from Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland, 1922-1990
Anne Enright Reading testimony from Jackie Foley
Máire Ní Ghráinne Reading testimony from Theresa Tinggal
Esosa Ighodaro
Eleanor Methven
Síle Maguire
Denise McCormack
Bríd Ní Neachtain
Catherine Connolly
Aisling O’Sullivan
Noni Stapleton
Susan Lohan
Caitríona Ní Mhurchú
Laura Murphy
Eleanor Walsh
Gráinne Hallahan
Derbhle Crotty
Helen Norton
Donna Anita Nikolaisen
Ruth McCabe
Geraldine Plunkett
Brenda Fricker
Jane Brennan
Mary Murray
Marion O’Dwyer
Mary Healy
Reading an extract from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
Reading an extract from a teleprinter message in Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, Volume IX, Eds Catriona Crowe et al
Reading testimony from Carol O’Keeffe
Reading testimony from Tressa Reeves
Reading testimony from Anonymous Father
Reading testimony from Christopher Kirwan
Reading testimony from Witness 17 from CLANN Project Witness Statements
Reading an extract from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
Reading testimony from Susan Lohan
Reading testimony from Witness 45 from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
Reading testimonies from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
Reading testimony from Maggie Lyng
Reading an extract from an open letter to An Taoiseach from Laura Murphy
Reading testimony from Anne Fitzgerald
Reading testimony from Christine Carroll
Reading testimony from Witness 26 from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
Jess Kavanagh
Cathy Belton
Reading an extract from the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
Reading testimony from Carmel Ryan
Reading testimony from Michael A. Hawkes
Reading an extract from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
Reading testimony from Cathy Reynolds
Reading testimony from Vourneen O’Mahony
Reading testimony from Margaret
Reading testimony from Rosemary Adaser
Reading testimony from Patricia Breaden
Melissa Nolan Reading testimony from Melissa Nolan
Orla Casey Reading an extract from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
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Amelia Crowley Reading an extract from CLANN: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data: Principal Submission to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
MAGDALEN LAUNDRY (written by John Augustine Mulhern)SAFE AND SOUNDFAMILY LIFE (written by Paul Gerard Buchanan)
Live music by Mary Coughlan accompanied by Johnny Taylor with kind permission of Mary Coughlan
F I L M E D P O R T R A I T S , I N O R D E R O F A P P E A R A N C E : PORTRAIT 1: JOAN MCDERMOTTPORTRAIT 2: MARY COLLPORTRAIT 3: PJ HAVERTYPORTRAIT 4: CATHERINE COFFEY O’BRIENPORTRAIT 5: ANNE FITZGERALD
COMPANY
Concept by Graham McLaren Neil Murray (Directors of the Abbey Theatre)
Curator and Lead Artist Noelle Brown
Editorial panel Catriona Crowe Michèle Forbes Colin Murphy Conall Ó Fátharta Jody O’Neill Caroline Williams
Head of Producing Jen CoppingerSenior Producer Craig FlahertyDramaturg Louise StephensCasting Director Sarah JonesProducing Assistant David DoyleNew Work Assistant Selina O’ReillyPerformance Director Andrea AinsworthVoice Director Helena WalshProduction Manager Cliff BarragryCompany Manager Danny ErskineCompany Stage Manager Bronagh DohertyStage Managers Roxzan Bowes Orla Burke Tara Furlong Anne Kyle
Lighting Designer Kevin McFaddenComposer Ray HarmanSound Mixing Morgan Dunne Derek ConaghyOnline Moderator Conall Ó FáthartaPress Manager Róisín McGannMarketing Manager Fergus HanniganCommunications & Digital Engagement Officer Jack O’DeaMarketing & Press Officer Heather Maher Administrative Support Luke Casserly Éadaoin McCarrick David Roper Nolan
Video Production AreamanProducer for Areaman Shane Hogan Camera Operators Eleanor Bowman Simon Crowe Tommy Fitzgerald Esme Pum McNamee Luke Sweetman Camera Assistant/ Data Wrangler Aoife Quinn Location Sound Rob Moore Steven PowerClapper Loader Kev MooreVision Mixing Shane HoganPost-Production David Keeling
Creative Design ZOO.Photography Ste Murray Mark StedmanPortrait Production Dave O’Carroll Irish Sign Language Interpreter Amanda Coogan
Thank you to:
Dr. Sarah-Anne Buckley, Catherine Corless, CLANN project, Eunan Duffy, Paul Fahy - Galway International Arts Festival, Lorna Farren, James Gibbs - Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Christine Hennessey, Rebekah Henson, Orla Higgins, The Irish Examiner, Susan Lohan, Jane Libberton, Rosemarie Maughan, Dr. Leanne McCormick, Claire McGettrick, Kathleen Mulryan, Breeda Murphy, NUI Galway, Professor Sean O’Connell, Katherine O’Donnell, Dr. Maeve O’Rourke, Pavee Point, The Two Norries Podcast, Bernie Redmond - Department of Health Northern Ireland, Mari Steed, Marjolein Wouters.
HOME: PART ONE INCLUDES:
• Testimoniesfromsurvivors• CLANN:Ireland’sUnmarriedMothersandtheirChildren:GatheringtheData:Principal SubmissiontotheCommissionofInvestigationintoMotherandBabyHomes• CLANNProjectWitnessStatements• DocumentsonIrishForeignPolicy,VolumeIX,EdsCatrionaCroweetal• FinalReportoftheCommissionofInvestigationintoMotherandBabyHomes• MotherandBabyHomesandMagdaleneLaundriesinNorthernIreland,1922-1990• Other:StoriesfromtheTuamMother&BabyHomepodcastseries,partoftheTuam OralHistoryProjectatNUIGalway
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