Excavations have begun of an unmarked mass burial site at a former mother and baby home in western Ireland suspected of ...

- This June 4, 2014 file photo shows the site of a mass grave for children who died in the Tuam mother and baby home, in Tuam ...

Ireland began excavating remains of up to 800 infants buried for decades in a septic tank behind a home for unwed mothers – one of the so-called "Magdalene Laundries." ...

Experts are searching for the remains of hundreds of children who died at the institution run by Catholic nuns until 1961, ...

Babies discarded in a septic tank by Catholic priests and nuns 80 years ago will finally receive a dignified burial. Hundreds ...

Ireland is opening a new chapter of its dark past as experts begin to dig for the remains of babies and children of unwed ...

An excavation began today in Tuam, Ireland, for the remains of nearly 800 infants buried in an unmarked mass grave on the grounds of a home for unwed mothers. Irish historian Catherine Corless ...

Excavations have begun at the site of a former church-run mother-and-baby home in Ireland, where the remains of around 800 ...

Catholic nuns ran an institution there between 1925 and 1961, housing women who had become pregnant outside of marriage and ...

Excavations began Monday of an unmarked mass burial site at a former mother and baby home in western Ireland suspected of containing the ...

In a small town in the west of Ireland, a dark chapter of history is being unearthed as forensic archaeologists begin the ...