IRELAND
Herald
CAROLINE CRAWFORD AND NIALL O’CONNOR – 06 JUNE 2014
The man who unearthed the remains of hundred of babies when he was just 12 years old said he will never forget the sight as long as he lives.
Frannie Hopkins was playing with a friend at the Tuam site back in 1975 when the pair noticed that one of the slabs covering an old septic tank had come loose.
It’s now believed that the bodies of almost 796 babies were dumped there after dying at a nearby mother and baby home run by nuns.
The babies are thought to have died from neglect and malnutrition.
“At the time we found a concrete slab over what I described at the time as a tank I now see it was a tomb,” Mr Hopkins told The
“We removed the lid and we found that it was full of skeletons, they appeared to be that of children. They were tiny skeletons, there just seemed to be an awful lot for one small little grave.
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