Tests to Determine Era of Recovered Tuam Infant Remains

Infant remains found at site of excavation at former Tuam mother and baby home

Operation seeking to identify children who died at St Mary’s home between 1925 and 1961

Infant remains found at Tuam excavation

The excavation of the site of St Mary’s mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, is attempting to identify the remains of infants who died at the home between 1925 and 1961.

Infant remains recovered from excavation at former mother and baby home in Tuam

Archaeologists and other specialists started working at the site in July.

Excavation uncovers remains of seven infants on grounds of former mother and baby home at Tuam

The remains could come from the Workhouse era (1841 to 1918), the military era (1918 to 1925) or the mother and baby institution era (1925 to 1961)

Infant remains recovered during Tuam mother and baby home excavation

Nine sets of human remains including those of infants have been recovered over an approximately one-month period of excavation at the site of the former Mother and Baby Institution in Tuam, County Galway.

Tests to determine era of recovered Tuam infant remains

Infant remains have been recovered from the site of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, as excavation work there continues.