A case of truth being stranger than fiction, and reality being more terrifying than frightful fireside tales.
Waterford’s Mary Ann Walshe spent 4 years trying to find her daughter Emily.
She had been sent to the Caragh Orphanage in Co. Kildare.
This sad and chaotic case has been further compounded by the revelations of notorious mismanagement and murder which took place at Caragh.
Another fascinating story from Waterford's history thanks to historian Cian Manning.
Click on the play option to listen back in full to Cian on The Big Breakfast Blaa.
