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Children’s graves found in Dublin unmarried mothers' home

A researcher looking into the deaths as a result of neglect at the Bethany mother and baby home in Dublin has discovered a further 200 graves, which date between 1922 and 1949.

Many of the babies in the Bethany Home died from malnutrition and their deaths were never recorded.

Niall Meehan, a Griffith College lecturer, has previously discovered 40 unmarked graves, but he has now uncovered a further 200.

Meehan has published his discoveries in the publication "History Ireland."...
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