VIDEO: Why hundreds of babies were buried in a West Clare ring fort

The Irish Examiner’s Colm O’Connor discovers why hundreds of children were buried in an ancient ring fort in West Clare.

VIDEO: Why hundreds of babies were buried in a West Clare ring fort

TINY little flagstones peek out from under the rain soaked knee high grass on a peaceful hillside in West Clare. Each stony outcrop represents a tiny grave. Each tells a story: of a child lost, of mourning, of heartbreak, of harsh times.

They lie forever, side by side in a ring-fort in Tullycrine, a corner townland of the parish of Kilmurry McMahon, less than a mile from the busy main road which links Kilrush and Ennis.

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