22 more baby remains recovered at former Mother and Baby Home site in Tuam during excavation
Excavation works have been taking place at the site since July of last year
22 more infant remains have been recovered from the former Mother and Baby Home site in Tuam, Co. Galway.
Excavation works have been taking place at the site since July of last year, after a local historian named Catherine Corless realised there were no burial records for almost 800 babies and children who died in the home.
The Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention in Tuam (ODAIT) says a forensis analysis will take place on each of the remains.
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They had all been laid to rest in coffins, in an area marked as "burial ground" on historicalmpas, according to an article by RTÉ.
The babies were all buried at the site between 1925 and 1961, when the home was in operation.
The area is close to a memorial garden, where a large number of bones were discovered almost ten years ago, during the beginning of a probe by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes.
So far, 28 DNA samples have been taken from relatives of people who died in the home.
Another 175 people are willing to provide samples to the Commission, which will then determine if they meet the criteria that would allow the overall exhumation and identification efforts.
The latest infant recoveries brings the total number of remains found at this location to 33.
Another update on the excavation is due in April.