A committee has been setup and a campaign is underway to erect a memorial to commemorate the deaths of 796 infants who were buried in an unmarked grave in Tuam, Co. Galway. This committee was established when it was made known the children were buried without recognition or headstones in a small section of the Dublin Road Estate where once stood the old orphanage called St. Mary’s (known locally as the ‘Home’). Our Committee wants to ensure that these children will be remembered and that their resting place will be recognised as such. Therefore we need the people of Tuam and hinterlands to become patrons to this project to help us achieve this goal. We feel that it is time that these children are given a proper resting place on consecrated ground, documented as such on Ordnance Survey Maps and mapping of graveyards.

Our committee wishes to mark the site with a plaque inscribed with all the children’s names, date of death and age; marking the entrance accordingly; devise a brochure so that the public will know where to find the graveyard and hold a remembrance mass for all of the children who rest there.

There is a €50,000 target to complete the entire project. This will include the erection of the memorial, garden landscaping, road and pathway. Donations in memory of those buried at the site are very welcome.
Thank you for your support.