Majority of Ireland’s unmarked childrens’ graves in Galway, Mayo and Kerry

Connacht Tribune
March 13, 2017

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Galway Bay fm newsroom – The majority of unmarked childrens’ graves in Ireland are in counties Galway, Mayo and Kerry.

The government has confirmed that hundreds of unbaptised children are buried across Galway – along with those buried at the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam.

There are almost 500 unmarked childrens’ graves across the county.

This includes two large so-called ‘paupers graves’ at Mountpleasant in Loughrea, and another site in Tuam, close to the mother and baby home site.

Archaeologists have identified over 1,400 unmarked graves across the country – the majority of which are in Galway, Mayo and Kerry.

It’s understood the figure does not include the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam where up to 800 babies and children may be buried.

The new figures released to the Irish Daily Mail relate to unmarked burial sites used for unbaptised or stillborn babies.