Age at death: 7 weeks
Cause of death: Heart failure
This child is one of over 200 babies and children who died at the Bethany Home in Dublin Ireland, between 1922 and 1949.
In 2010, a professor from Griffith College in Ireland traced children registered with the home to unmarked graves at Mount Jerome Cemetery.
On April 2, 2014, a monument listing all 222 children who died at the home was dedicated.
These words are inscribed on the monument:
In memory of 222 children from the Bethany Home whose lives were cut short aged a few days to three and a half years.
On the base of the monument these words are inscribed:
May They Rest In Peace And Rise In Glory
Source - Irish Independent
NOTE
The information for plot numbers, age and cause of death is from a document published in The Journal, dated April 2, 2014
Age at death: 7 weeks
Cause of death: Heart failure
This child is one of over 200 babies and children who died at the Bethany Home in Dublin Ireland, between 1922 and 1949.
In 2010, a professor from Griffith College in Ireland traced children registered with the home to unmarked graves at Mount Jerome Cemetery.
On April 2, 2014, a monument listing all 222 children who died at the home was dedicated.
These words are inscribed on the monument:
In memory of 222 children from the Bethany Home whose lives were cut short aged a few days to three and a half years.
On the base of the monument these words are inscribed:
May They Rest In Peace And Rise In Glory
Source - Irish Independent
NOTE
The information for plot numbers, age and cause of death is from a document published in The Journal, dated April 2, 2014
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