'Will we find them all?' Families prepare for excavation at Tuam mother and baby home

The long-promised excavation of the Tuam 'pit', where it is thought the remains of nearly 800 infants were dumped, is to take place this month.  Alison O'Reilly talks to families about what they hope will be uncovered

The site of the mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, in Tuam, Co Galway..The home operated between 1925 and 1961 and it is  estimated that nearly 800 children died there. Picture: Padraig O'Reilly

They have waited 11 years and one month for someone to finally break open the ground at the Tuam burial site and uncover the answers to what really happened to their loved ones.

When the news emerged in 2014 that 796 children had died in the Tuam mother and baby home between 1925 and 1961, families, survivors, and the public were angry and upset.