Launch of Bethany Survivors Group
Added on May 25, 201012 Noon Wednesday 26th May
Assemble at entrance to Yew Walk (see ATTACHED photo)
Directions after entry to Mount Jerome Cemetery, Harold's Cross Dublin:
Walk up main avenue to church, go right around church and proceed straight on East Walk to roundabout. Yew Walk is tree lined avenue to right. Stop there if arrive before 12 noon. If you arrive after, proceed down Yew Walk, stop when you meet a crowd.
Assemble at entrance to Yew Walk (see ATTACHED photo)
Directions after entry to Mount Jerome Cemetery, Harold's Cross Dublin:
Walk up main avenue to church, go right around church and proceed straight on East Walk to roundabout. Yew Walk is tree lined avenue to right. Stop there if arrive before 12 noon. If you arrive after, proceed down Yew Walk, stop when you meet a crowd.
Agenda:
1. Niall Meehan will welcome the assembled group.
2. Patrick Anderson McQuoid will read a poem he has written for the occasion (ATTACHED) and will then proceed to read the names of 40 children buried in the cemetery, 33 of them at that place, seven in other parts of the cemetery. He will call on the Irish government to aid in the task of discovery of burial sites of other children. He will ask the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches release resources to enable PACT, who hold the records of the Bethany Home, to aid in this work.
3. Derek Leinster will announce the formation of the Bethany Home Survivors Group. He will indicate the main aims, that will include placing the Bethany Home within the Irish Government's redress scheme and the creation of a fitting and appropriate memorial to children who did not survive, who are buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery.
4. Patrick and Derek will place memorial cards and small children's toys on the ground where the children are buried.
Conclusion
1. Niall Meehan will welcome the assembled group.
2. Patrick Anderson McQuoid will read a poem he has written for the occasion (ATTACHED) and will then proceed to read the names of 40 children buried in the cemetery, 33 of them at that place, seven in other parts of the cemetery. He will call on the Irish government to aid in the task of discovery of burial sites of other children. He will ask the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches release resources to enable PACT, who hold the records of the Bethany Home, to aid in this work.
3. Derek Leinster will announce the formation of the Bethany Home Survivors Group. He will indicate the main aims, that will include placing the Bethany Home within the Irish Government's redress scheme and the creation of a fitting and appropriate memorial to children who did not survive, who are buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery.
4. Patrick and Derek will place memorial cards and small children's toys on the ground where the children are buried.
Conclusion
PATRICK ANDERSON-McQUOID - landline - 071 9640980, Mobile 086 3486261
Niall Meehan 087 6428671