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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S6 Ep04 "I Called Her Mary", A Memoir
Description: It was the mid 1950’s in County Offaly, Ireland when seventeen year old Margaret (Peg) Holland discovered she was carrying a child and was already seven months along!  Learning of their daughter’s pregnancy, Peg’s parents brought her to an unwed mother’s home called Sean Ross Abbey in County Tipperary. It was there, after a difficult breach delivery, that Peg gave birth to a baby girl and she called her Mary.
Peg’s parents arrived three days after Mary’s birth to bring Peg and her baby home. Sadly, despite the love received from her family, Peg was the target of...