Irish team begins search for children's remains at former home for unwed mothers

View of the mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in the town of Tuam, County Galway. / Credit: AugusteBlanqui, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Jul 16, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). A team of 18 archaeologists, anthropologists, and forensic scientists have begun excavating an old septic tank this week at the former St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home run by the Bon Secours Sisters in Tuam, County Galway, western Ireland, now the site…