Troubled Ground - Episode 2: Families hope that mass excavation can unveil the secrets of Tuam mother and baby home
Troubled Ground is a two part Irish Examiner podcast that explores the historic exhumation of a mass grave at the site of the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway.
is a two-part podcast that explores the historic exhumation of a mass grave at the site of the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway, involving the remains of 796 infants and children.
In episode 2, the spotlight is on Tuam, a small town in the west of Ireland where the excavation of a mass grave believed to contain the remains of up to 796 babies and children is getting underway. Many people didn’t believe the children were buried here, some even called it a hoax and had to retract these claims.
