Campaigners want burial plot at Tipperary mother and baby home to be excavated

Families and survivors lit 1,090 candles for the children who died and 23 more for mothers who also died while incarcerated at Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea

Survivors and families placed candles at the Angel's Plot at Sean Ross Abbey to mark World Children's Day. 1,090 to mark each child who died at the site, and 23 more for each of the mothers who died there. Picture: Facebook

Campaigners are urging the Government to sanction further examinations at a burial plot at a former mother and baby home in Tipperary.

Official records show 1,024 children died in appalling circumstances at Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea — an institution made famous by Martin Sexsmith's book, The Lost Child of Philomnea Lee, and the Oscar-nominated film Philomenawhich told the story of Philomena Lee whose son was forcibly taken and adopted in the US without her consent.