IRELAND
The Irish Catholic
by David Quinn
March 9, 2017
It is very hard, three years after the story first broke, to write again about the Tuam mother and baby home and all the deaths that took place there in the years of its operation from 1925 to 1961. What else is left to say?
I read again what I wrote at the time for this and other newspapers and it still holds up even in light of last week’s announcement that a ‘significant’ number of infant bodies have been found on the grounds of the old home.
The announcement was made by the Children’s Minister. It spoke of two underground structures at the site of the old home, the first being the septic tank that dominated news reports three years ago.
The second structure, the one in which a ‘significant’ number of bodies has been found, is of an undetermined nature. It is thought it might have been part of a sewage system and if it was that, it is not yet known if it was ever used as such.
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