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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      800 in a septic tank? then they infected them on purpose…
      also autopsies of 800 dead babies in a septic tank from 1961 aren’t going to be super conclusive.
      and i don’t really have a lot of trust regarding official stories, especially when related to 800 dead fucking babies in a septic tank