A chilling excavation has begun in the town of Tuam, Ireland, where the remains of approximately 800 babies are believed to be buried in a septic tank at a former Catholic-run institution for unmarried mothers.
SHOCKING DISCOVERY IN IRELAND: Mass Grave of 800 Babies Found at Former Catholic Home
The facility, known as the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, operated from 1925 to 1961 and was run by nuns of the Bon Secours order. It housed young, unwed pregnant women who were forced to live and work there, often without pay. Their children were frequently adopted out without consent—or died in mysterious and undocumented circumstances.
Out of the 798 documented infant deaths, only two were given proper burials.
The disturbing investigation was made possible after a decade of public pressure and the relentless work of local historian Catherine Corless, who first uncovered the scandal in 2014 after finding death certificates with no burial records.
Excavation and DNA identification of the remains are expected to take up to two years, in a national effort to bring truth and justice to Ireland’s forgotten children.