Ordnance Survey to search archive for evidence of children's burial ground at Bessborough

An Bord Pleanála said last year it would be 'premature' to permit apartments on the site of the former mother and baby home before establishing presence and extent of a burial ground

An OSi expert described to a 2021 planning hearing how the map of Bessborough was produced by a Mr Horgan and a Mr O’Rourke in 1949 and 1950. See first linked article below. 

The national mapping agency says it plans to review old maps and records to see if it can identify the precise location of a children’s burial ground on the former Bessborough mother and baby home site in Cork.

Colin Bray, the CEO of Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi), outlined the plan in response to a letter from Cork City Council CEO, Ann Doherty.