A scandal has been sweeping Ireland since I arrived here regarding the recent discovery of 800 dead babies in a home for unmarried mothers run by nuns. This story is particularly fascinating, as it relates directly to Dubliners, a compilation of stories by James Joyce that I read before beginning Ulysses. In "Clay," one of the short stories, elderly Maria lives at one of these homes -- Protestant charities that house "troubled women." Truly horrifying.
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