Overview
- ODAIT said Friday it recovered 36 additional infant remains at the former Tuam Mother and Baby Home, bringing the total to 69 since work began.
- Investigators report all recovered remains were infants buried in coffins that have decayed, with a few coffins holding two or three children.
- The remains came from an area labeled as a burial ground in historical records, and tool marks show some graves were disturbed by a mechanical digger after 1977.
- The identification program has collected 33 family DNA samples, and an on-site mortuary and lab is nearing completion to enable large-scale analysis.
- Excavation began on July 14, 2025 and follows Catherine Corless’s 2014 research that prompted a state-led investigation into undocumented child burials at the site.