In Loughrea, County Galway, 93-year-old Chrissie Tully lives alone, haunted by the loss of her son Michael, whom she was separated from at a mother and baby home in 1949. After becoming pregnant as a teenager, she faced societal shame and was placed in St. Mary’s, where she endured forced labor and emotional abuse, ultimately leading to Michael’s disappearance. Despite later giving birth to another son, Christopher, who was also taken from her, Tully’s lifelong search for her children remains unfulfilled, symbolizing the trauma experienced by many women in midcentury Ireland.
