Mystery around ‘death’ of boy in Tuam Mother and Baby Home

Gardaí have been unable to confirm the death, or the burial location, of a boy who a religious order state died in Tuam Mother and Baby Home.

The matter was reported to gardaí by a relative of John and William Dolan who were listed, in yearly returns to the Department of Health, as having died at the home in 1947 and 1951, respectively.

In the case of William, no death certificate can be located and his sister reported him as a missing person in 2013.