Summary
Digging has started in Tuam, Ireland, to find and examine the remains of about 800 infants and young children buried in unmarked mass graves. These graves are at a former "mother and baby home" known as St Mary's, run by nuns from the Bon Secours Sisters. This excavation is intended to identify and respectfully rebury the remains, a process expected to take two years.
Key Facts
- Excavation began to find remains of about 800 infants and children in Tuam, Ireland.
- The site is a former "mother and baby home" run by the Bon Secours Sisters, operational from 1925 to 1961.
- A local historian, Catherine Corless, discovered the mass graves nearly a decade ago.
- In the past, single mothers and their children lived in these "homes" as they had no other support.
- Many of these children died and were buried without official records.
- The Irish government began investigating other similar homes after media coverage of Corless's findings.
- The excavation process will involve experts from multiple countries to identify and rebury the remains.
