Were you born in St Patricks Templehill Blackrock?

viewpoint

My sister, RIP, trained in St Patricks Templehill Blackrock, from 1980-1982 She loved the babies she cared for. She was godmother to a number of babies and kept some wrist bands and feeding records for some of the babies, she also took some photos - I have kept her treasured records and know that there may be someone out there who would like to get a little bit more information about their past. How do I get a link to these people.

tyview

viewpoint wrote: »

My sister, RIP, trained in St Patricks Templehill Blackrock, from 1980-1982 She loved the babies she cared for. She was godmother to a number of babies and kept some wrist bands and feeding records for some of the babies, she also took some photos - I have kept her treasured records and know that there may be someone out there who would like to get a little bit more information about their past. How do I get a link to these people.

Hi Viewpoint,
I was born march 1982. I was in temple hill from March 26th until May. Any chance you might have one for me? I have my birth details... I know its a long shot...

The_Conductor

Posts split from main thread.
I'd be grateful if you could keep posts related to St. Pats here please.

SMcCarrick

rinsjwind

Hi Viewpoint

Many adopted people will probably at least start their search for information with the adoption agency they were adopted through or through the Adoption Authority, so maybe try to contact them and arrange for copies of the stuff you have to be added to the relevant fles?. If its Temple Hill, the agency was probably St Patricks Guild (who are still in existence) or the AAI will also have file on every legal Irish adoption (just g**gle either for contact details). If you an attach birthnames, dob's etc for the kids to the records and pictures, they should be able to find the right file.

My sympathies on the loss of your sister.

All the best.

Rins

viewpoint

Hi Rinsjwind, thanks for guidance on this. I noticed that some of the wristbands had St. Patrick's Guild on them so good to know that it is still there to link with on this. Thanks for your kindness about my sister also.

Moonbeam

Sorry to hear about your sister.
I hope you manage to find the people concerned.
I will send you on my details too in the off chance. I was St Patrick's Guild but dunno where I spent the 1st few months.

viewpoint

For the sake of accuracy - babies were not born in St. Patrick's but were cared for in the hospital.

bazza81

Hi there ,I was just seeing if this place was still open , I would like to see it ,Iwas there from october 81 till end of december 81, I would love to see if there was any pictures of me as a baby , tell me what i need to do , sorry to hear bout your sister, I do have details of my birth weight and what i was eating and stuff like that , any help would be great cheers.

egav

Hi,my sister was in St Patricks,Temple hill.she was born on the 12th july 1980 and remained there until november that year,just wondering if any of the information you have might relate to her.Thanks

amandajaq

Hi,

My husband was in temple hill from may 1981 until around October 1981. His given name was Anthony Gerard, which was changed to john. He had bright ginger hair as a baby. If you have anything that would relate, that would be a wonderful thing for him to see. Thank you so much. This is a wonderful thing to do. Condolences to you and your family. Xxx

Liverdub 80

viewpoint wrote: »

My sister, RIP, trained in St Patricks Templehill Blackrock, from 1980-1982 She loved the babies she cared for. She was godmother to a number of babies and kept some wrist bands and feeding records for some of the babies, she also took some photos - I have kept her treasured records and know that there may be someone out there who would like to get a little bit more information about their past. How do I get a link to these people.

hi there, do realise that this post is a few yrs old but I also was in st patricks guild from March 1980 to October/November 1980,my mum often talks of d nurses who were there,one in particular who was very good to me,I just wonder if by some small chance cud this of been your sister!i do realise its a long shot but any information or photos would be greatly appreciated x so sorry to hear of your sisters passing,rip.

viewpoint

amandajaq wrote: »

Hi,

My husband was in temple hill from may 1981 until around October 1981. His given name was Anthony Gerard, which was changed to john. He had bright ginger hair as a baby. If you have anything that would relate, that would be a wonderful thing for him to see. Thank you so much. This is a wonderful thing to do. Condolences to you and your family.

Hi - apologies for delay in replying, my sister was working there in May, 1981. I have looked over records but have not noticed that name, however there are photos and names are not very clear, he might be interested in seeing what the St Patrick's looked like at that time.
Regards Claire

Hermy

viewpoint wrote: »

...however there are photos and names are not very clear, he might be interested in seeing what the St Patrick's looked like at that time.
Regards Claire

Hi Claire,
I was in St. Patrick's a few years before those photos were taken (b. '76) but I'd still be delighted to know what it looked like inside if it would be possible to share the pictures with me too.

tyview

Hermy wrote: »

Hi Claire,
I was in St. Patrick's a few years before those photos were taken (b. '76) but I'd still be delighted to know what it looked like inside if it would be possible to share the pictures with me too.

Any chance I could have a look at some too

Liverdub 80

Hi Claire I was also in st patricks from March 1980 to October/November 1980,wud be really interested to know what it looks like & where I spent my first 7 to 8 months.would be really grateful if u could share d photos with me also!many thanks x

viewpoint

tyview wrote: »

Any chance I could have a look at some too

Hi Tyview,
Thanks for your reply, there is no problem viewing the keepsakes belonging to my sister. If you want to sent me a private message with contacts I will get in contact and we can arrange something,
Take care
Claire

AnyoneTOO

I was born in pats on the navan road in 1965, a month later I was transferred to Temple Hill until 14 months later in 1966 I was adopted and left.
Aparrently my BM stayed for 6 months paying for my care there while she worked. She was very young at the time :-(
Sadly she left and has not made contact since.
I notice this building now appears to be in the private business world.
There is no access to it from the surrounding roads other than a security barrier/locked gate.
Can be seen on google earth, unfortunatly I cannot find anything on google earth to provide a geographical location.
Type into google its name, click on images. You will find it :-)
Aparrently its now called Rosemont School
The alzheimers society of Ireland also have an interest in it with a sign at the gate.

marttom

Hi I trained as a nursery nurse at Temple hill from sept 1982_mar 1984 , sorry to hear about your sister .I have 8 tags and some photos of my time there its 30 years ago and I would love to give them to the right people ,just looking at them now and imagining how special it would be for those people to have them returned.All I can say isit was a training hospital but we could not love or care for those babies more the staff would give the same children to a nurse so they would become familiar to them .if anyone wants to contact me please do

viewpoint

Many thanks for your kind message, like you I would love to give the little items back to those searching for any bit of their past no matter how small, I am at a complete loss how to do this. Don't think it would be useful to give them to agencies who were involved at the time. It must be awful to know so little about who you are, when at the same time there are probably more nurses who also have name bands and tags etc which they want to give back. Claire

marttom

Hi I think I remember your sister I trained in Temple hill ,82_84 I have already posted a message here I have some tags too so sorry for your loss if I am correct about your sister who died tragically she was a real lady who loved children I would love to give back those tags too even though I have moved many times I never lost them best wishes

viewpoint

If you would like to send private message I would like to give you a contact for me if you wish to make contact.

viewpoint

Hermy wrote: »

Hi Claire,
I was in St. Patrick's a few years before those photos were taken (b. '76) but I'd still be delighted to know what it looked like inside if it would be possible to share the pictures with me too.

Hi, Are you still interested in viewing photos etc from Templehill - if so please send on PM and hope can organise this, C.

barbaraann42

i was born there in 72 and id love to see so pictures of the place

keilys

Hi, my husband was here from October 1980 until May/June 1981. He is very interested in finding out more about his time in temple hill along with finding details of his BM. Does anyone know how to go about this as temple hill seems to be closed now.

barbaraann42

keilys. chances are your husband was adopted through st patricks guild .which is located in dublin. i hope this helps

keilys

Thanks barbaraann42. Its seems St Patricks Guild has closed with no direction of how to contact them?? Is the next step the HSE boards in Dublin? Thanks again,

barbaraann42

oh thats a shame!! you could ring hse . i wish you both lots of luck

keilys

Many thanks again for your help, fingers crossed.

barbaraann42

contact the adoption right alliance.. they might help

Taobh leis an Muir

Hi, how great to stumble across this post Viewpoint and Marttom. Firstly I am sorry for your loss Viewpoint, your sister sounds like a really lovely person.
I was in Temple Hill in October and November 1982. It is really wonderful to know that such caring people were looking after us there as I have always wondered what the first few months of my life were like, having no information it feels really good to know we were so well cared for.
I was born on the 1rst October 1982 and was told the nuns christened me Marie Therese, blonde (barely there ) hair and blue eyes. I would love to hear about any information you have.
I mightn't have been there long enough to be remembered or have provided enough information but would like to thank you both for the thought you showed in holding onto these keepsakes for so long and the care we were obviously shown for you to have done so.

Cunning Stunt

Taobh leis an Muir wrote: »

I mightn't have been there long enough to be remembered or have provided enough information but would like to thank you both for the thought you showed in holding onto these keepsakes for so long and the care we were obviously shown for you to have done so.

+1. Just stumbled onto this forum & thread but it's so heartwarming to see that these ladies kept the tags from the babies. It shows real love. I hope that you manage to find the owners.

braddun

http://registry.adoption.com/records/546974.html

NeatFreak_

I was born in St. Patrick's M&B Home, Navan Road. I was brought to Temple Hill, Blackrock when I was 6 days old, and I was adopted at 6 weeks old.

NeatFreak_

I was born there in '65 too

annmarie1981

Hi viewpoint

I was born in 1981, spent time in Temple Hill till my adoption through St Patricks Guild in 1982. I wonder if you have any information on me?

Many thanks

Ann Marie

viewpoint

Hope you will find out some new information on Boards, I am happy to try and help in any way if you wish please send private message.

Hermy

I don't think new members can send a PM till they have 50 posts.

quietman25

marttom wrote: »

Hi I trained as a nursery nurse at Temple hill from sept 1982_mar 1984 , sorry to hear about your sister .I have 8 tags and some photos of my time there its 30 years ago and I would love to give them to the right people ,just looking at them now and imagining how special it would be for those people to have them returned.All I can say isit was a training hospital but we could not love or care for those babies more the staff would give the same children to a nurse so they would become familiar to them .if anyone wants to contact me please do

Hi, my husband is looking for information regarding his time there. He was in temple hill in June 1983 until he was adopted in September 1983, do you the photos etc might be relevant to him?

luci2315

hi marttom, I was in templehill from may 83 to October 83 is there any chance you could send me some pics it would be so good to see where I came from there is nothing on the internet to settle your curiosity

marttom

Hi I have a few photos mostly of myself holding children which I don't think would be appropriate to post as the children's faces can be seen. Do you know your birth name as I have some name tags I would love to give back or maybe I might remember your name. It's a long time ago but it's amazing the things you remember, all of the children in our care were loved so much.

Moonbeam

Did you work there as well?

marttom

I trained as a Nusety Nurse from sept 1982 to April 1984 in Temple hill.

jleavy046

"As of Wednesday, 25 May 2016 the adoption records of St. Patrick’s Guild Adoption Society have been transferred to Tusla – Child and Family Agency. The records transferred include details of adoption and fostering arrangements of children from 1910 onwards.

Tusla received in excess of 13,000 records from St. Patrick’s Guild. Currently, a dedicated team are reviewing and cataloguing the files so that Tusla will be able to provide an information and tracing service for anyone whose information was held by St. Patrick’s Guild.

Tusla will be contacting everyone who has submitted an information and tracing request in respect of the adoption records of St. Patrick’s Guild with a response to their request in the coming months and Tusla are conscious that people are anxious to have access to this information and tracing service. "

http://www.tusla.ie/services/alternative-care/adoption-services/tracing-service/where-are-records-held

So Shoot Me

I am in the process of documenting the house itself as it is about to become high end luxury apartments for the most wealthy of society , I believe it is important that the history of this hospital be preserved , every day the bulldozers are removing the wards kitchens etc , I want to show and demonstrate the former use of this place which has seen more children adopted from it than any other care home in Ireland - if anybody could help with my research I would be most grateful .

thefixitman

Hi So Shoot Me

I have been doing some investigating into Temple Hill also over the last few months, and I was lucky enough to make contact with the architect and gain access to the building. I managed to get photos of the hospital extension/old house and nurses station before they were demolished. I managed to get a A4 sized brochure which i found in the house relating to the period in the 1990's when it was used for American Students as a training college.

I am adopted and was in Temple Hill for 2 years and 8 months and I am also in contact with Marttom and Viewpoint who are mentioned in this thread and have memorabilia connected with the building. Perhaps with their permission they would be willing to share their content. Please PM me your details and we can chat more about the building and its history etc.

So Shoot Me

PM Sent and thank you for your reply.

Bridg

I also worked in Temple Hill about 37 odd years ago have few baby photos in an old album I worked a lot with the toddlers and loved every one of them as if they were my own I can remember some of the children's names and some of the girls I worked with remember the nuns and the staff nurses too would love to know how the children are now all grown up with families of their own I would love to hear from all of you again love and thought to all

Bridg

I would love to hear from worked there too probably worked with your beautiful sister rip so sorry to hear that please get in contact one of the babies have got in contact with some of the staff nurses .

Bridg

barbaraann42 wrote: »

keilys. chances are your husband was adopted through st patricks guild .which is located in dublin. i hope this helps

Barbara are you from dundalk

Moonbeam

were you there in 1982?

burmur

amandajaq wrote: »

Hi,

My husband was in temple hill from may 1981 until around October 1981. His given name was Anthony Gerard, which was changed to john. He had bright ginger hair as a baby. If you have anything that would relate, that would be a wonderful thing for him to see. Thank you so much. This is a wonderful thing to do. Condolences to you and your family. Xxx

Yes I would really like to know more. I'm very interested ~Geraldine