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PACT is an Irish adoption organisation founded in 1952, formerly called the Protestant Adoption Society. Its main office, ''Arabella House'' in
Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham () is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Counci ...
, is named after the philanthropist
Lady Arabella Denny
Lady Arabella Fitzmaurice Denny (1707–1792) was an Irish philanthropist, and founder of the Magdalen Asylum for Protestant Girls in Leeson Street, Dublin in 1765.
Early life and family
Arabella Fitzmaurice was born in County Kerry, the secon ...
. PACT is a registered charity, providing a range of adoption services to Irish families and is accredited by the Adoption Authority of Ireland. PACT run the ''Here2Help'' Crisis Pregnancy Service.
Following legislation in 1952 which set up a legal framework for adoption in Ireland, the Protestant Adoption Society was set up in the offices of the ''Church of Ireland Moral Welfare Society''.
PACT holds the records of closed Protestant-run homes in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
, including Denny House ( Magdalene Mother and Baby Home) in
Leeson Street
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Leeson Street (; ) is a thoroughfare near central Dublin, Ireland.
Location
The street is divided into two parts by the Grand Canal: Lower Leeson Street, in Dublin 2 is to the north of the canal, linking to St Stephen's Green, with ...
, the
Bethany Home
Bethany Home (sometimes called Bethany House or Bethany Mother and Child Home) was a residential home in Dublin, Ireland, mainly for women of the Protestant faith, who were convicted of petty theft, prostitution, infanticide, as well as women who ...
in
Rathgar
Rathgar (), is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It was originally a village which from 1862 was part of the township of Rathmines and Rathgar; it was absorbed by the growing city and became a suburb in 1930. It lies about three kilometres south of ...
, the Nursery Rescue Society in
Templeogue
Templeogue () is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between the River Poddle and River Dodder, and is about halfway from Dublin's centre to the mountains to the south.
Geography Location
The centre of Templeogue is from b ...