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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Clodagh Kilcoyne

Excavation begins for remains of 800 infants at Ireland home

A team of forensic archaeologists and crime scene experts from across the globe will next week begin excavating and trying to identify the remains of around 800 infants who died at an Irish church-run home for unmarried mothers.

The remains of 802 children, from newborns to three-year-olds, were buried in the County Galway town of Tuam from 1925 to 1961, a government-commissioned investigation into the network of Catholic Church-run homes found.

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