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Thu 09 Sep 2010Mother described as an 'almost saintly woman'
IRISH ROOTS:TONY BLAIR has described his Irish mother as an “almost saintly woman” whose death when he was 22 changed his life forever and hardened him for the experiences ahead.
Hazel Blair (née Corscadden) who was brought up in Co Donegal, was from a Protestant family. Her father had been a Grand Master of one of the Orange Lodges and the family were “fiercely Protestant”, Mr Blair says in his memoir My Journey.
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