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Washington Post
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- Washington Post
Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers' home
LONDON — Officials in Ireland began work Monday to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies to identify the remains of some 800 infants and young children who died there. The long-awaited excavation at the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway in western Ireland, is part of a reckoning in an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country with a history of abuses in church-run institutions.
Irish Independent
20-05-2025
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- Irish Independent
Mayo woman close to completing 796 climbs of Galway hill in memory of babies in Tuam Mother and Baby Home
Anne Fahey Ronayne from Hollymount is climbing Knockma Hill in County Galway 796 times in memory of babies who died in Tuam Mother and Baby Home Today at 09:07 A Mayo woman seeking to climb Knockma Hill 796 times in memory of the babies who died in Tuam Mother and Baby Home is nearing the end of her journey. Hollymount native Anne Fahey Ronayne began climbing Knockma on January 1, 2023. Her goal is to climb the hill 796 times by August 22 – once for each baby that died in the home. This date falls exactly 100 years after the first baby, Patrick Derrane (five months old), was place in the sewage system in Tuam in 1925. Related topics Oisin McGovern
