TUAM, Ireland — Anna Corrigan thought she was an only child. It wasn't until she was in her 50s, researching her family tree, that she discovered a family secret: Corrigan found documents showing her ...

The small, run-down playground with its swings and football goalposts could be in any town. But it is in Tuam, in the west of Ireland, and its concrete and grass conceal evidence of the horrors ...

One of Europe's biggest mass graves is being unearthed right now. It's in Ireland, and the victims are children who died in a home for unwed mothers. NPR's Lauren Frayer begins our story in Dublin.

Crime scene experts and forensic archaeologists in Ireland will excavate and try to identify the remains of over 800 infants who died at a Catholic church-run home for unmarried mothers. An ...

To Ireland where today, excavations began at one of the country's most notorious mother and baby homes. These were homes for unwed mothers, also known as Magdalene Laundries, often run by the Catholic ...

A mass grave containing nearly 800 infants and young children is being excavated at a former mother and baby home in Ireland. The home was run by Catholic nuns and closed in 1961 after many children ...

P.J. Haverty, one of the many "home babies" who spent his early years at Tuam's mother and baby home, poses for a portrait at the school complex he attended as a child, in Tuam, Ireland, on July 14.

Catholic nuns, missing babies, a mass grave — and a reckoning with Ireland's past By Lauren Frayer Published August 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM CDT Listen • 8:11 ...