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Rugadh Jacqueline Chéitinn i gCorcaigh sna seascaidÃ, nuair a bhà sà sé mhà d'aois thug a máthair uaithi à agus tógadh i mBaile Ã�tha Cliath Ã. Nuair a bhà sà féin sna fichidà chuaigh sà ag cur tuairisce ar a máthair. LabhraÃonn sà le Máire Bhreathnach faoina taithà phearsanta ag iarraidh teacht ar a máthair breithe agus an tábhacht a bhainean le scrÃbhneoireacht chruthaÃoch di. Seo Jacqueline ar dtús ag léamh sliocht ón leabhar ‘All born under the one blue sky’, a d’fhoilisigh an tUdarás Uchtála ‘Cúnamh’ agus iad ag ceiliúradh 100 bliain ar an fhód. Jacqueline Keating was born in Cork in the sixties, when she was six months old her mother gave her up and she was reared in Dublin. When she was in her twenties she went in search of her mother. Jacqueline speaks to Máire Bhreathnach about her personal experience looking for her birth mother and the importance of creative writing for her. Jacqueline begins with an extract from the book “ All born under the one blue sky’, published by the adoption agency ‘Cúnamh’ as part of their 100 year anniversary.
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