IRELAND
Herald
Gavin White – 09 March 2017
More than 300 human burials may be associated with the Donnybrook Magdalene laundry, Dublin City Council’s senior archaeologist believes.
Dr Ruth Johnson has reviewed two reports in estimating how many remains might be at the site, which is now the subject of a planning application for an apartment block.
The revelation comes as the Religious Sisters of Charity said that all those who died at the laundry were accounted for and there were no unmarked graves.
One report reviewed by Dr Johnson was from the Inter-Departmental Committee (IDC), chaired by Martin McAleese.
Its findings, published in 2013, reported 167 burials associated with the laundry between 1922 and 1992.
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