Survivors want proper memorial to people buried in Cork 'mass grave' 

Dozens who died in psychiatric hospitals, industrial schools, and mother and baby homes are buried in unmarked graves in fenced-off plot in Curraghkippane cemetery

The 53 crosses inside the railing of the plot in Curraghkippaneof bear names and dates of death — but they do not list the person’s area of origin, or the institution in which they died. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Efforts are underway to acknowledge dozens of people buried in a large plot in a cemetery in Cork City who died in several institutions such as psychiatric hospitals, industrial schools, and mother and baby homes.

It is unknown how many people are buried in the plot in Curraghkippane cemetery near Kerry Pike. However, there are 53 crosses in place inside the railing which blocks the plot off from the rest of the cemetery. They surround a large plot of an unmarked green area, under which lie people who died in institutions.