In 2014 Catherine Corless discovered that 798 babies and young children had died in the home for unmarried pregnant women but could find no records of their burial. Many of the babies had died of malnutrition and neglect. The babies and young children had been buried in an unmarked grave. Read full article with video here.
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Tuam Mother & Baby Home, Part 2
“In the second edition of Morning Ireland Extra’s podcast on Tuam Mother and Baby Home, we meet two survivors with vastly different perspectives on their time in Tuam.” Read the story and listen to the podcast here.