Galway Bay fm newsroom - A powerful arts exhibition to commemorate the victims of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home has received a huge response - with many believing it should be purchased by the state.
Kilkenny artist Margaret Doyle Hobbs says the works aim to acknowledge those who were treated with cruelty in life and stripped of dignity in death.
Works include a large framed image of 796 pure white Narcissi flowers with the names and ages of all the known children who died at the home hand-written on the border.
Another piece featured is the 'family tree' - a sculpture of hazel branches hung with individual infant nighties made from tissue paper to represent the unknown children buried at the home.
The exhibition is on display at the Grennan Mill Craft School in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.
Artist Margaret Doyle Hobbs says her childhood experience with the death of a child was a strong source of inspiration.
Margaret says there has been a huge reaction to the exhibition - and some are suggesting that the State give it a permanent home.
