( A Man, A Plan and His Clan) Last year, my husband’s death was the catalyst for a set of healing trips to Ireland. I arrived home deeply inspired by the work of Irish historian Catherine Corless, whose research and tenacity shed light on a deeply painful chapter in Irish history. Corless began by taking an enrichment course in which the teacher told the students to research their local history. Her attention to detail revealed a curious discrepancy in the death records of 796 children who had died at the local St. Mary’s Mother and Baby home between 1925 and 1961. Failing to find corresponding burial records, Corless began to…