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Al Jazeera Staff

How were babies’ mass graves discovered in church-run home in Ireland?

Tuam campaigner Anna Corrigan who suspects that her two lost brothers may be buried at the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby home site displays pages featuring some of the children's names from the book about her mother, My Name is Bridget [Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]

Digging has begun to uncover the remains of some 800 infants and young children buried in mass graves in Tuam, western Ireland.

These children have been unidentified for at least 65 years, and it was only a decade ago that a local historian discovered the existence of the mass graves.

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