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Liam Neeson involved in new movie revealing story behind Tuam babies
Catherine Corless is played by English actor Monica Dolan in the film
The story of the amateur historian whose research helped uncover the Tuam babies scandal is being brought to the big screen, with the help of actor Liam Neeson.
The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home institution for unmarried mothers and their children was in operation from 1925 until 1961.
It came to international attention in 2014, after local historian Catherine Corless discovered there were 796 death certificates for children and babies who died there, but no burial records.
A 2017 article in the New York Times, external about Corless' journey left Neeson in a "quiet rage", he told RTÉ's Late Late Show, external, prompting him to use his standing in the film industry to bring the story to life, and be a co-producer.
"I thought if my standing in the film business is anything at all I'd love this to become a film so more people could see it and we could share this atrocity," Neeson said.
Irish filmmaker Frank Berry, Monica Dolan and Liam Neeson at the Toronto Film Festival
From there, Corless said she received a call from the New York Times writer Dan Barry, who said: "Listen, Liam Neeson may be giving you a call and he'd like to speak to you and get permission to do the film."
Nine years later, the film - The Lost Children of Tuam - is now in cinemas.
The film tells of the story of how Corless began researching a former institution for unmarried mothers and their children in Tuam, County Galway, and uncovers the hidden history of neglect and loss.