# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/catherine-corless
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:44:31.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/catherine-corless"
name: "Catherine Corless"
slug: "catherine-corless"
description: "Catherine Corless is an Irish historian, known for her work in compiling the information concerning the deaths of children at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Galway. After gaining an interest in local history from attending an evening course, Corless decided to write an article about the mother and baby home inspired by her own childhood memories of the institution. She spent her spare time searching records in libraries, churches and council offices, and uncovered that 796 children died in the home. She found death certificates but identified that there were no burial records. The bodies were eventually found to have been disposed of in a disused septic tank on the property. She has received a number of awards in recognition of her work, including a People of the Year Award in 2018. Following the 2020 government report on deaths and abuses at Mother and Baby homes, the Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin called Corless a \"tireless crusader of dignity and truth\"."
tagline: "Historian and activist"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.922155688622755
  historical:           7.700794666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "کیتھرین کورلیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كاثرين كورليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Corless"
    title: "Catherine Corless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Corless"
    title: "Catherine Corless"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Corless"
    title: "Catherine Corless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Corless"
    title: "Catherine Corless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Corless"
    title: "Catherine Corless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Corless"
    title: "Catherine Corless"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Corless"
    title: "Catherine Corless"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52004019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump