Is it a simple error?
 Molly Ryan listed third from bottom of right headstone over Plot A |  Molly Ryan listed second from top of left headstone of Plot B |
In St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Ballyphehane (The Botanics), there are six headstones over four separate graves to The Ladies of St Mary’s Good Shepherd Convent in Sundays Well, from 1875 to 1981. 211 names are listed on these headstones.
Molly Ryan died on 14th November 1939 but she is listed on two separate headstones over two different grave plots.
It could be a simple administrative error and there ought to be 210 names. However, the benefit of any doubt has drifted away from Mother and Baby Homes such as the Good Shepherd.
If there are 211 bodies, one lady is now forgotten in death – even more so than she was in life.
Molly Ryan died on 14th November 1939 but she is listed on two separate headstones over two different grave plots.
It could be a simple administrative error and there ought to be 210 names. However, the benefit of any doubt has drifted away from Mother and Baby Homes such as the Good Shepherd.
If there are 211 bodies, one lady is now forgotten in death – even more so than she was in life.
