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A mass grave containing nearly 800 infants and young children is being excavated at a former mother and baby home in Ireland.
In the 1970s, two boys in Ireland discovered a pile of bones at a former mother and baby home. The mass grave, which could ...
Exhumation of a mass grave has begun in Tuam, Ireland, at the site of a former mother and baby home. It's one of several that ...
That nightmare, buried in what was once a septic tank, would later be revealed as one of Ireland’s darkest secrets.
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Ireland is still absorbing the shock of what Prime Minister Enda Kenny called a “chamber of horrors” at the home, and John Rodgers, who lived there, is dealing with a rush of haunting memories.
Tuam Babies, Ireland’s darkest secret, will be the biggest Irish story in 2019 Excavations due to start in Tuam in September 2019 likely to reveal Ireland’s darkest secrets to the world.
Prime Minister Micheál Martin issues a state apology. 2022 — Ireland passes the Institutional Burials Act, giving legal authority to excavate, recover, and identify remains from sites such as Tuam.
Catherine Corless, who discovered that nearly 800 children died at a mother and baby home in Tuam, Ireland, is seen with a ...
Here is a timeline of developments related to Ireland’s network of mother and baby homes. 1846 — The Tuam workhouse opens on six acres to house 800 “inmates” who were destitute.