Dig begins at Tuam Mother and Baby Home

Dig begins at Tuam Mother and Baby Home View of the massgrave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, Tuam, Co. Galway. The dig at the site has been criticised by some

Work has begun at the former Tuam Mother and Baby Home to try and dig up and identify the remains of the almost 800 infants who died there during its years of operation between 1925 and 1961. However, the dig has attracted criticism by some as unnecessary. In 2017, local historian, Catherine Corless, collated the…

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