Bessborough children's burial ground on land earmarked for apartments, says expert

A mapping expert with Ordnance Survey Ireland says he believes a children’s burial ground associated with a mother and baby home in Cork is located on land now earmarked for apartments

A mapping expert says he believes a children’s burial ground associated with Bessborough in Cork is located on land now earmarked for apartments. Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

A mapping expert with Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) says he believes a children’s burial ground associated with a mother and baby home in Cork is located on land now earmarked for apartments.

John Clarkin, who has worked with OSi for more than 46 years, and who has been an expert witness on boundary matters for over 30 years, made his comment during a detailed assessment of historic maps which were at the centre of the second day of An Bórd Pleanála’s oral hearing into plans for 179 apartments on a privately-owned site on the former Bessborough estate in Cork.