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Teeny Timbre @timbre-breda.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🧵1/5 My personal views on #Bessboro I was born there in the early 70’s.#Adopted by a loving father & a cruel mother. My adoptive grandfather was a #paedophile who sexually abused me from the age of 8 until I became pregnant at 12. I miscarried.

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📣 We’re #Hiring: Deputy Chief Herald of Ireland Join the NLI’s Office of the #ChiefHerald in this unique role, leading #heraldic and #genealogical research and helping preserve Ireland’s cultural heritage. ⭐ Find out more & apply: ow.ly/rMXt50ZNcTN 📅 #Apply by: 3pm, 9 Oct 2026

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

Contrary to politicians & media reports, there's been a continuous ongoing narrative that there are 859 #Bessborough children that haven't been found. If we're going to pursue remembering these infants, we need to be factual. It is in fact, 858. 65 children have been found. 🧵

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

For any located #Bessborough burials, you can find information about them on @projectinfant.ie here: projectinfant.ie/the-homes/be...

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Bessborough Burials – Project Infant

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

To date, any correspondence that has been sent to councillors & TDs to try and mark the known burials of #Bessborough babies in poor ground at St. Joseph's has been completely ignored. It is an insult to the memory and resting place of these children that should not be allowed.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

Cork City Council was directly responsible for the running of Bessborough. The council has a duty to mark the resting place of ALL known burial grounds of those who died in Bessborough.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

The lack of burials is already something that is unfortunately something that has been prevalent in institutions like #Bessborough. But even for the ones who we do know, there's a staggering lack of marking of known burials of #Bessborough babies, whose resting places are known.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

9 burials took place in St. Finbarr's Cemetery. These children in a combination of non-perpetuity graves / institutionally owned graves and poor ground graves in 1923 (2), 1972 (1), 1975 (1), 1976 (1), 1978 (1), 1988 (1), 1989 (1) and 1990 (1). These burials are not marked.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

1 took place in All Saint's Cemetery (Carr's Hill) near Carrigaline in December 1960. This is in an unmarked area (as are the rest of the burials here) of the cemetery. This burial is not marked.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

1 took place in St. Michael's Cemetery in Blackrock. This was a child who died in 1986, he is buried in a family plot. His burial is marked by his loving family.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

The other 4 that are in St. Joseph's Cemetery, the religious order that owned Bessborough haven't marked the resting place of the four children & don't maintain the grave. These burials took place between March to June 1928, in this plot with them are 13 mothers.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

They profited from each child that was in their ‘care’. The children were neglected in both life & death by the order.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

No child who died in an institution should've been buried in poor ground, the order was paid by the State to care for these children. The order wasn't destitute, in fact, they had a large financial income.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 09/09/2026

Let's break it down by cemetery: St. Joseph's Cemetery in Ballyphehane has burials of 54 children. 50 are in a communal poor grave. This was predominantly used in the early 1920s from December 1922 to October 1927. These burials are not marked.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 05/09/2026

100%, they do! 🙂 They helped me connect the research of my DNA matches and my tree so much so I could click it all into place. Can’t thank you enough! 🤩

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 05/09/2026

Thank you so much for everything that you have found, Áine! I’m positively blown away by it all. I’m so grateful. ☺️

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Suitcase Genealogist @suitcasegen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hey-oooo, fellow genies. You know you want to get lost in this for a few hours. 😈

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 04/09/2026

Oh, perfect - I hadn’t found that yet! That helps immensely, Áine! 😀

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 04/09/2026

Ah, thank you, Áine. I think I may have finally worked out what happened to an elusive 2x great grandaunt of mine thanks to a DNA match! Just need to see if the marriage record can give any more information to see if it helps me confirm which one: www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1... - no rush!

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 04/09/2026

Could I be a pain and ask you to get one for me next time you're there? 🙂

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 24/08/2026

[reposting with ALT-Text] The story of a mother who worked in #Bessborough, and didn’t leave until the day she died. This post was a long time coming. Read it here: danielloftus.substack.com/p/mabel

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 22/08/2026

…contact me. They were a great grandson of my great grandfather, Pax’s brother, Jack. Like, say hello, I wouldn’t mind networking… 🥲😞

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 22/08/2026

Found out that someone copied part of my tree and someone else’s and they’ve created this absolute mess of a tree where dates are all over the place, names are jumbled & Benjamin / Belinda Buttons everywhere. Not to mention this person downloaded a copy of a photo I put up on a blog post & didn’t…

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Family Tree Magazine @familytreemag.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’m begging everyone currently alive to tell at least one other human being where you were born and what your mother’s maiden name is. Apparently this is a lot to ask. #Genealogy

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 22/08/2026

And maybe learn the names of your grandparents while you’re at it. From the death certificates I see where adult children are informants, it’s clear many people don’t know their grandparents’ names.

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

visited two Irish websites in the past two days that had this kind of pastejacking pop-up attempt. -do not- follow these steps under any circumstances

a "Human Verification" window on a website requiring the user to paste some code into the Windows command prompt

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The "Ancestors Lost by Suicide Commemoration project," led @genealcymru.bsky.social to insights that would help any #familyhistory writer or #genealogist learn to share stories informed by what survivors and prevention advocates. Join our free Sunday livestream: tockify.com/eventscalend...

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“How do I best write the life story of my ancestor?” It’s a question that all family historians have to ask and the answers become more complex when our ancesto

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Minnesota Genealogical Society @mngensoc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Census records can reveal names, ages, occupations, birthplaces, and clues about how a family changed over time. For Family Fun Month, test your census knowledge—then tell us: Which census year is your favorite to explore, and what makes it especially useful in your research? #genealogy

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sacramento Archive help needed! I volunteer at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Carson, CA. There are records at the state archives in Sacramento that we need to see. 1800 pages/$450. Money we do not have. I am looking for someone to go to the archives in Sacramento to take pictures. #genealogy

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 06/08/2026

Ooh, hadn’t thought of doing that. Although, I’d have to put a bit of planning into structuring them before I advertise them on my website first. 😅

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Michael Neill @mjnrootdig.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Those pre-1880 US census records don't give relationship to head of household. There could be many different realistic scenarios...not just the ones shown here. #genealogy

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 06/08/2026

Good points. Something for me to think about!

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 06/08/2026

That’s exactly it, Bryna. A lot of my more ‘niche’ proposals to places that I have applied to speak at have always been declined, sadly. 😞

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 06/08/2026

...last presentation was in December. 🤔 And I don't want to think about how long ago it was before then. 😅 I just need to get creative (my immediate weak point) about what to present on. I haven't submitted anything for RootsTech or Legacy yet, don't know if I will yet. [2/2]

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 06/08/2026

I've been out of the loop in giving presentations. Part of me wants to try and do them again, but I want to try & present about things that have not been discussed, but I do fear that most of my presentations would be about more niche topics which might not be largely desired. I think my... [1/2]

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 06/08/2026

You're gaining a reputation now! 🙂

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Dai Davies of GenealCymru @genealcymru.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Question about UK #Genealogy: Where would a Register's Office normally be located? Would they be in Town Hall in a small town? I'm trying to locate where the one in Llandovery would have been located in the 1870s.

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 06/08/2026

I am! I get good views on most of my videos, interaction will vary - but that's a given. 🙂

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Teeny Timbre @timbre-breda.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🧵1/4 I was born in #Bessboro a #MotherandBabyHome in the 70’s. I am a direct survivor of these cruel ‘homes’. I am also a survivor of #CSA as I was adopted by a woman who had a #paedophile father. My grandfather was a ‘pillar of the community’, to me he was pure evil!

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Teeny Timbre @timbre-breda.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

2/4 I endured a cruel childhood, my adoptive mother was cold & unloving. She had suffered the same childhood as I did yet she facilitated the #abuse I endured from my grandfather. #Bessboro is a place where I find solitude, the grounds hold the remains of the missing babies.

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Teeny Timbre @timbre-breda.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

3/4 I survived #Bessboro, the missing babies didn’t! I sometimes wish I didn’t survive, I struggle with my past every day but I survived. I want an #IndependentInvestigation of the remaining grounds, a CPO will delay this for years, denying the missing babies their #Justice

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Teeny Timbre @timbre-breda.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

4/4 Locating the missing babies must be paramount in any discussions with the Government. To lose sight of this is wrong, self serving & something I cannot & will not support. Do not let the voices who shout the loudest control the narrative of #Bessboro

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 30/07/2026

I’ve hit that point already on my biological great grandfather, but I’m dealing with Smith in Waterford. 🫠🥲

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 24/07/2026

99 have been located so far, but the number of people who have behaved with glee finding out they were coffined burials like this is a gotcha that proved their ‘point’ while also ignoring that there were 99 children buried underneath a literal road never fails to surprise me. #MotherandBabyHomes

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 17/07/2026

This is the story of Patricia Brennan, for those of you who are unaware of it! danielloftus.substack.com/p/slipped-th... #Pelletstown #MotherandBabyHomes #Genealogy

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Slipped through the cracks

Finding things in unexpected ways

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