HSE has no burial records for 80 mother and baby home children who died at Galway hospital

The site of the mass grave on the grounds of the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam. Picture: Boyd Challenger

The Health Service Executive has said it has no burial records for the 80 children who died at Galway hospital having been admitted from the Tuam mother and baby home during its operation.

Research uncovered by local history Catherine Corless in 2014, showed there are death certificates for 796 children who died in the Bons Secours Catholic-run home between 1925 and 1961.