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.

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.