Tuam excavation uncovers additional infant graves and confirms long-hidden burial ground

The subsurface well shaft in the former yard area of the site. Credit: ODAIT

Forensics excavating the former grounds of the Tuam mother and baby home have recovered four more sets of human remains of infants at the site in Galway, “from the time of the operation of the Mother and Baby Institution”.

The team has now recovered 11 infants who were coffined since the works began in July. The children’s remains have been sent for forensic analysis.