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Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers’ home
Officials in Ireland are starting work to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies ...
Unpacking claims 796 children were buried in a 'mother-and-baby home' septic tank in Ireland
An amateur historian posited children had been buried in "a sewage tank." A government commission investigated her claims.
Ireland: Remains of 800 infants expected to be found in former home for unmarried mothers
The remains of nearly 800 infants and young children are expected to be found in a former church-run home for unmarried women ...
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796 babies buried in a septic tank: Inside the darkest secrets of Ireland’s former Catholic 'fallen women' home
“Many of the infant remains are feared to have been dumped in the cesspool known as ‘the pit’ at the former institution,” Corless told Sky News. She added, “I’m feeling very relieved. It’s been a long ...
Other burial sites must be identified, says survivors’ advocate after exhumation preparation begins in Tuam
Patricia Carey says she has been approached by institutional survivors hoping to find where their babies were buried ...
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Historian who found Ireland's mass grave of babies was scorned in hometown
Catherine Corless, the historian who found the gravesite of nearly 800 babies and children beneath an Irish home for unwed ...
About 796 dead babies expected to be found hidden in septic tank at unwed mothers’ home run by nuns in Tuam, Ireland
Excavation has begun on a septic tank at a site in Ireland that authorities believe contains the remains of nearly 800 dead ...
How Tuam, synonymous with a dark side of Irish history, can finally ‘do the right thing’
In recent years, the name of Tuam has become synonymous with an Ireland of the past - a place which treated children born ...
796 Dead Babies At The Center Of Shocking Excavation At Religious Institution In Ireland
Authorities in Ireland have begun excavating a former Catholic-run mother and baby home in Tuam, where up to 796 children are ...