Chrissie, 91, hopes to bring closure to baby Michael's death in Tuam Mother and Baby Home

Like many of the now-elderly former residents of the home, Chrissie hopes the promised excavation of the site will allow her to discover her son’s final resting place and give her closure

Chrissie Tully, aged 91, from Loughrea, Co Galway. She never saw her baby’s face or held him in her arms and was never told where he was laid to rest.
Picture: Hany Marzouk

Before she goes to sleep every night, Chrissie Tully says a decade of the rosary for her son Michael who died 74 years ago.

She first began the ritual in 1949 after her newborn died during an 'agonising' childbirth.