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Excavation of child mass grave at church-run home begins in Ireland
TUAM, COUNTY GALWAY, IRELAND, JUL 14 – The two-year forensic excavation aims to identify and properly reinter remains of nearly 800 infants from the former St Mary's mother and baby home, addressing decades of unmarked burials.
- The excavation of a mass grave of babies and young children at Tuam in County Galway began on Monday.
- Investigators found 'significant quantities of human remains' at the site in 2017, indicating the graves' existence.
- About 80 people have given DNA samples to potentially recover their relatives' bodies from the grave.
- A six-year inquiry revealed that 56,000 unmarried women and 57,000 children were in 18 similar homes over a 76-year period.
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The not-so-little home of horrors in Ireland
As the excavation begins on Monday with the participation of archaeologists, anthropologists and forensic experts who aim to identify the remains of 800 infants buried at a former mother and baby “home” in Tuam, Ireland, the story of a survivor describes a place that for kids was nothing but a house of horror. PJ Haverty was there for the first six years of his existence. He lived in that… Source
Excavation in Ireland May Reveal a Dark Secret
Excavators began digging Monday at a nondescript site in western Ireland, and they're expected to unearth an unmarked mass grave that speaks to a dark chapter in the nation's history. The site in Tuam, County Galway, is believed to hold the remains of hundreds of infants and children who died...
Recovery efforts begin to recover nearly 800 babies believed to be buried in septic tank
Babies discarded in a septic tank by Catholic priests and nuns 80 years ago will finally receive a dignified burial. Hundreds of children are believed to be buried in a mass grave.
In the town of Tuam on the Green Isle, they have begun excavating a mass grave in which children were buried by nuns.
The first exhumations of the 796 children buried without burial between 1925 and 1960 in a religious home in Ireland began on Monday 14 July, more than ten years after the discovery of the site. The aim is to find, identify if possible, and properly bury the remains of these children, including many newborns.
The exhumations of 796 children who died in a religious home for single mothers in Ireland begin on Monday 14 July. The purpose of these excavations is to reveal the truth of this buried tragedy and to bury them with dignity...
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