Thousands of infants could be buried in mass graves on National Children's Hospital grounds

Thousands of infants could be buried in mass graves on National Children's Hospital grounds

John Gilroy, archaeologist. Picture: Denis Minihane

Tens of thousands of infants could be buried in mass graves in, or close to, the grounds of the new National Children's Hospital, according to an archaeologist who extensively researched records of a predecessor of mother and baby homes which stood on that site.

The new hospital is being built on the site of a former foundling hospital which was founded to prevent infanticide.

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