Migky - Thank you so much for all your endless effort and trouble collating and posting the piccies re Hollymount. Wow!! I found them mindblowing!! My image and memory of time there was like walking back into a time warp. I am sure many past "residents" will feel the same ,as will anyone who has dearly loved ones as part of Hollymount history.
I am not very computer literate, but I wonder how you acquired these pictures? Are they from a book, press cuttings or what? Not to worry. I will get an 'expert' friend to help me follow your useful instructions to print them off.
I know some of your photos will fill a gap for lots of people!!
I only wish I could be more positively supportive for people who have Hollymount connections. Public image will, necessarily for many, present a constructive perspective yet we should acknowledge that there were many experientially destructive aspects.
I know this is an image shared by others but somewhat confused as to why it seems not permissable to offer equal validation to an alternative yet honest dialogue. This, to me, is an essential balance to the 'virtures' of 'good intentions' and the recipients of life-long trauma.
What you have provided is many avenues of support via tracing, records, and historical narratives for those who need to learn and understand more. Thank you so much for that and your hard work.
I, myself, carry the ground-in guilt of screaming at my laptop screen that there are always two sides to everything. Perhaps I am just bitter and twisted. Even so, I could never deny the truth and will always look to understand why so much pain was delivered in the name of God.
Take care Migky.
Jomar