Mass graves are found in disused sewers at a former Catholic home for unmarried mothers in Ireland following decades of suspicion that hundreds of babies were buried in unmarked sites
- Remains found at Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in County Galway, Ireland
- There could be as many as 800 dead, ranging from 35 weeks to three years old
- The bodies may have been placed in an old sewer, which was disused in 1937
- In the 1970s, local boys found a pile of bones in an underground chamber
In a statement today, the Mother and Baby Homes Commission said 'significant quantities of human remains have been discovered in at least 17 of the 20 underground chambers which were examined earlier this year'.
The inquiry was launched after local historian Catherine Corless said there was evidence of an unmarked graveyard at the home, where records showed almost 800 children died between 1925 and 1961.
However, there was a burial record for just one child.
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