Grey hair, gold tooth: Why we need more information on Ireland's unidentified bodies

There are calls to improve the Irish database of unidentified remains, to do more to ensure every unidentified full or partial body is located and its details recorded, and make an audit of cemeteries to establish how many unmarked graves exist

The full or partial remains of 44 people are on a new Irish database of unidentified remains. Picture: Pexels

In Drumcliff graveyard in East Clare rest the remains of a woman whose identity is unknown and whose family is unaware of her burial place.

Most people in Ireland have never heard about her but she is one of 44 people whose full or partial remains are on a new database of unidentified human remains in Ireland which was launched in May.