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Ireland Launches Excavation of 796 Children at Former Tuam Mother-and-Baby Home

The operation will span two years with DNA sampling to restore identities through dignified reburials.

Un mémorial a été créé sur le site de l'ancien foyer de Tuam, en hommage aux 796 nourrissons enterrés sans sépulture. 
Les premières exhumations des 796 enfants enterrés sans sépulture entre 1925 et 1960 dans un foyer religieux en Irlande débutent ce lundi 14 juillet.
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Overview

  • Exhumation of the remains of 796 children began on July 14, 2025 at the site of the former St Mary mother-and-baby home in Tuam.
  • An international forensic team led by Daniel MacSweeney and Niamh McCullagh will carry out the two-year excavation.
  • DNA sampling from more than 30 relatives is underway to facilitate identification of the children.
  • The operation was enabled by a 2022 law authorizing digs and the 2023 appointment of a specialised excavation team.
  • Historians uncovered evidence in 2014 of secret burials of infants who died between 1925 and 1960 under church-run institutional care.