The home, which was run by an order of Catholic nuns and closed in 1961, was one of many such institutions that housed tens of thousands of orphans and unmarried pregnant women who were forced to give up their children throughout much of the 20th century.

In 2014, historian Catherine Corless tracked down death certificates for nearly 800 children who died at the home in Tuam between the 1920s and 1961 — but could only find a burial record for one child.

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[–] 238 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm old enough to remember everyone getting all bent out of shape by Sinead O'Connor ripping up a picture of the Pope.

She was a couple of years early, but right.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's worth mentioning that Joe Pesci did SNL the following week and said "I would have gave [sic] her such a smack. I would've grabbed her by her ... eyebrows." AFAIK he has never apologized for this.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not only Joe Pesci, also Madonna and others. But fuck Joe Pesci for not even apologizing after her death.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    NBC did not rebroadcast the live performance unedited until 2025, when it was featured in the documentary film Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music. In it, Lorne Michaels stated that he had "admired the bravery of what she'd done, and also the absolute sincerity of it", though no mention was made of prior negative comments from him or the show.

    Oh FUCK Lorne Michaels. What a lying sack of dog feces.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    She didn't really explain much at the time though, and when she did it never got a lot of publicity. People thought she was just attacking Catholics as a whole.

    All most people saw was her ripping up a picture, going "fight the real enemy" and then a bunch of smear articles about her going mental.

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