Historian who has traced death records of children who died at home in
Tuam, County Galway, believes bodies were interred at unmarked site. mothers and their children. The Catholic church in Ireland
is facing fresh accusations of child neglect after a researcher found
records for hundreds of children she believes are buried in unmarked
graves at the site of a former home for unwed mothers.
The researcher, Catherine Corless, has said her discovery of child death records from the home run by Catholic nuns in Tuam, County Galway, along with a lack of burial records for them, suggested that many of the children's remains lie in the site of an old septic tank.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/04/claim-of-800-childrens-bodies-buried-at-irish-home-for-unwed-mothers
The researcher, Catherine Corless, has said her discovery of child death records from the home run by Catholic nuns in Tuam, County Galway, along with a lack of burial records for them, suggested that many of the children's remains lie in the site of an old septic tank.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/04/claim-of-800-childrens-bodies-buried-at-irish-home-for-unwed-mothers