Christine Buckley recounts her traumatic childhood at Dublin's Goldenbridge orphanage in this drama-documentary, the first televised exposure of abuse in Ireland's industrial schools. Born to an Irish mother and a Nigerian medical student, she was given up for fostering at three weeks old.
- Directors
- Louis Lentin
- Cast
- Christine Buckley, Emmanuel Eke, Mary Moynihan, Jasmin Quinlan
- Country
- Ireland
- Release date
- 1996-01-01
- Studios
- RTÉ
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Dear Daughter broke ground as the first televised account of the horrific abuse suffered by hundreds of children in Ireland's industrial schools. In this drama-documentary, Christine Buckley bravely details the atrocities she endured as a child at Dublin's Goldenbridge orphanage. Born in Dublin to a married Irish woman and a Nigerian medical student, she was given up to be fostered at just three weeks old. The film explores her traumatic childhood and her persistent determination to find her parents.
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