Dutch woman ruled out as Gardaí continue to investigate birth and death of Baby John

It was a case that rocked 1980s Ireland. Irish women rose up in support of a woman persecuted by a powerful, patriarchal State. But the parents of Baby John, the Cahirciveen Baby, remain elusive, as a fresh Garda investigation hits another dead end 

The 'Kerry Baby' grave in Cahirciveen, County Kerry. Picture: Don MacMonagle

'I am the Kerry Baby'.

Five words inscribed on a gravestone, remembering a little boy who didn't live long enough to speak his first words. From the date he was baptized on April 14, 1984, and named 'John', nobody has ever discovered who he is.