Liam Neeson turns producer for Catherine Corless Tuam drama
Liam Neeson has taken his first credit as a film producer to bring Catherine Corless's investigation into the Tuam mother and baby institution to cinemas.
The film is called The Lost Children of Tuam. It was released in Ireland in the week of 25 September 2026 and is scheduled for release in the United Kingdom in October, according to The Guardian.
Corless is an amateur local historian from County Galway. Her research established that 796 children died without burial records before the Tuam institution closed in 1961 and was later demolished.
Those deaths relate to St Mary's mother and baby home in Tuam, which operated between 1925 and 1961. The 796 infants who died there are believed to be interred at a 5,000 sq metre site linked to the Bon Secours order, the Catholic congregation that ran the home.
An international team of forensic archaeologists has since begun excavation work at the site. It has so far recovered skeletal remains of 99 babies and children, The Guardian reported.
Neeson said a 2017 article in The New York Times about Tuam prompted a visceral reaction and a sense of obligation around truth and accountability. He optioned the article, meaning he secured its screen rights, and then visited Corless at her home to develop the project.
The finished drama is based on that article by Dan Barry. Monica Dolan plays Corless. The script is by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and the director is Frank Berry.
The project has been in development for several years. Neeson first revealed in October 2021 that he was working with Corless on a film about the Tuam scandal, according to RTÉ.
The Lost Children of Tuam won Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh, RTÉ reported. Neeson and Dolan later discussed the production on RTÉ Radio 1's Arena programme.
For audiences unfamiliar with the history, the film dramatises Corless's campaign to expose abuse and neglect through records research. It does not claim to resolve the excavation. That work continues separately at Tuam.
