What is recorded here

No hall of fame exists for the starved children of Tuam because they never became adults worthy of commemoration. They are buried in an unmarked field outside the town, reduced to statistics in a medical journal rather than names in a history book. The system did not fail them; it consumed them.

On a S-facing slope in grassland near the NE limits of Tuam town (GA029-199----). Trapezoidal-shaped graveyard (N-S 47m, E-W 36.5m) enclosed by a modern stone wall. Blocked-up entrance in N wall. Within E half of the interior are a number of small uninscribed limestone uprights. In W half, there are three large N-S running ridges with hollows between them; possibly the site of a mass grave from famine times. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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