The home, which was run by an order of Catholic nuns and closed in 1961, was one of many such institutions that housed tens of thousands of orphans and unmarried pregnant women who were forced to give up their children throughout much of the 20th century.

In 2014, historian Catherine Corless tracked down death certificates for nearly 800 children who died at the home in Tuam between the 1920s and 1961 — but could only find a burial record for one child.

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    Looks like all the kids died of disease? Definitely evidence that the world has gotten better not worse.

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      The disease / pre-existing condions being “born out of wedlock” and “being in a catholic children camp”.

      Since the excavations just happen now as survivors and the general public wont shut up about the atrocities, and ITT there are still plenty of apologist I’m not sure how thick the veneer of better is.

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      Well, some things. Science and medicine are two of the things that I count as consistently bettering our lives.