As you read Ann's Story and even 20years later... People don't want to
talk about it because then they can pretend it never happened... what
does this tell you... OH MY GOD... if you don't know you must be
blind... as well as deaf... The raped of innocent children of
yesterday... right up to today... yes children as still being raped
today... and abused... and still this is said... people do not want to
know about it... because they do not want to believed that it
happened... and it still is... Ann
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From the archive: Thirty three years ago, a 15-year-old girl in Granard, Co Longford, died giving birth in secret. 'It happened then, so it could happen again any time.
I am sure it could.' one schoolgirl tells Rosita Boland in Granard, Co Longford. But mostly, the town wants just to forget
It's the first building you see as you
approach Granard: St Mary's Catholic church, built high on a rise at the
edge of the town, the steeple distinctive for miles around. Directly
behind the church, on a grassy hill, is Granard's 12th-century motte.
This is the highest point in Granard. From here, there is a panoramic
view of the mainly flat surrounding countryside of Co Longford, accessed
via the grassy lane that runs beneath the motte.