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Emilia Randall

Remains of 100 people buried in medieval mass grave found under planned hotel site

Burial sites dating back over a thousand years have been discovered during excavations for a new hotel in Dublin’s city centre.

Around 100 skeletal remains from the Middle Ages were found in an area around Capel Street where an abbey, St Mary’s, once stood.

After carbon dating the graves, it was discovered that one predates St Mary’s opening in the 12th century by one hundred years.

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