Evidence from experts regarding bones found in a so-called mass grave in a Bon Secours mother and baby home indicate that bones do not shed any light on cause of death. A small number of babies and children buried in a structure said to be in the grounds of the former mother and baby home in the town of Tuam, Galway were exumed, probably for examination; age range said to be from 35 foetal weeks to 2/3 years. They are now reburied with a plaque commemorating them. Unmarried mother and baby homes were said to have operated in Ireland between 1925 and 1961. Mothers and babies in Tuam who died of unknown causes were believed to have been buried in the grounds of the facility.
There have been other instances of unbaptised babies and some adults not being buried in the church graveyard. The concept of original sin is less prevalent today and some of the children have been reburied and especially commemorated.
Talking to survivors from various mother and baby homes has uncovered a lot of sadness and anger regarding enforced seperation. Over 6000 thought to be mainly enforced adoptions were recorded in six mother and baby homes between 1950 and 1973, and many more children are believed to have been left to fend alone, living in so called industrial schools.