Category: MABH

Ireland’s recent fascination with distorted history can be traced to the fertile ground of so-called “women’s studies,” which has spawned an entire genre portraying Irish women as perpetual victims of a cruel and conspiratorial society. These sweeping claims, however, rest less on evidence than on a mix of theatrical embellishment and fashionable contempt. Nowhere is this more striking than in the mother and baby homes scandal—hailed as proof of systemic horror—despite the Government’s own investigative commission quietly concluding that many of the most shocking allegations had little or no basis in fact. If you’ve ever wondered how a nation comes to believe its own fables, this is the place to look closer.