Dig begins at site in Ireland believed to hold remains of nearly 800 infants

<p>Archaeologists, anthropologists and forensic experts aim to identify infants buried at former mother and baby home in Tuam</p><p>A century after Irish nuns first began to bury hundreds of infants in what would become a mass, unmarked grave, archaeologists and other specialists will start excavating the site in Tuam, County Galway.</p><p>A mechanical digger is to slowly start scraping earth on Monday at the 5,000-sq-metre (53,820 sq ft) site where the Bon Secours order is believed have interred 796 infants who died at the St Mary’s mother and baby home between 1925 and 1961.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/14/ireland-excavation-tuam-mother-and-baby-home">Continue reading...</a>