New Delhi, July 31 -- Exhumation of a mass grave has begun in Tuam, Ireland, at the site of a former mother and baby home - one of several that once operated across the country.
The burial site, which could hold the remains of nearly 800 infants and young children, has forced the country and the Catholic Church to contend with its decades-long legacy of shunning unmarried mothers and separating them from their children left at the mercy of a cruel system.
Extensive maltreatment that contributed to the deaths of thousands of children has been gradually revealed over time. Here is a timeline of developments related to Ireland's network of mother and baby homes.
1800s
1846 - The Tuam workhouse opens on six acres to house 800 "inmates" wh...
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