Five sets of skeletal remains found at Tuam site from before mother and baby home

The full exhumation began on July 14, after an 11-year campaign to find the remains of 796 children who died in the former home for unmarried mothers between 1925 and 1961. File photo: PA

Forensic teams excavating the grounds of the former mother and baby home site in Tuam have recovered five sets of skeletal remains from the former workhouse that pre-dated the Catholic-run institution.

The second technical monthly update by the Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam (ODAIT) shows that specialists working at the site, uncovered remains that are “consistent with the Workhouse era dated 1841 to 1918”.