Bessborough Mother and Baby Home: Register of deaths reveals trends and anomalies

When news broke that 796 children were listed as having died at Tuam Mother and Baby Home last year — it made global headlines.

Despite knowledge of ‘angel plots’ on a range of Mother and Baby Home’s around the country — it was the media storm it sparked that forced the Government’s hand in launching a State inquiry.

There was the usual expressions of outrage and horror from a whole host of Government politicians.