• Jesus Christ, How Horrifying: As many as 800 babies found in mass grave in Galway
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[quote]EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY to raise enough funds to build a memorial at an unmarked grave of as many as 800 babies in Tuam. The site is located at what was a home for unmarried mothers, run by the Bon Secours order, from the 1920s until the 1960s. Catherine Corless, a local historian and genealogist, was researching the home when she discovered death records for 796 children, ranging from infants to children up to the age of nine. There was a high infant mortality rate over the forty year period, with many of the children believed to have died from malnutrition and infectious diseases. She could also find no record of their burial in other graveyards in the county, or in areas where the mothers had been from. “We can safely assume that they’re all in that plot,” Corless told TheJournal.ie. She added that she is now trying to have the grave marked.... ...“Sadly, he passed away a week ago”, Corless said, “Padraic’s wish was that this little graveyard would be remembered with a plaque.” Corless spoke to a number of people who were residents at the home, and said they were treated very harshly. “Some of the children from the home would attend the local school,” she said. “They were treated differently, went home earlier, and were all shipped off to an industrial school when they were around 7-years-old.” The Irish Mail on Sunday reports that a garda investigation is underway into missing death certificates at the home. As a result of this investigation, the site may be excavated. Corless has said that if anyone is looking for information about relatives who may have been at the home, or wishes to donate, they can contact her on [email]catherinecorless@hotmail.com[/email].[/quote] [url]http://www.thejournal.ie/tuam-mass-grave-babies-1488267-May2014/[/url]
Holy jesus fucking christ, that's pretty close to where I live.
Oh shit, I thought nobody would ever find it [editline]3rd June 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Jeep-Eep;44986949][B]The site is located at what was a home for unmarried mothers, run by the Bon Secours order, from the 1920s until the 1960s.[/B][/QUOTE] Nvm its all good.
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