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'The Maid's Tale' Existed in Ireland: 9,000 Dead Babies and 56,000 Single Mothers Abused in the 20th Century

Summary by El Periódico
Caelainn Hogan (Dublin, 1988) was an intern of The Washington Post’ when news from her country shocked the world. An excavation corroborated that within a septic pit in disuse of a home for single mothers in Tuam, a village in rural Ireland, 800 babies lay, the remains dated back to the time when the Congregation of the Sisters of Good Help and the Galway County Council were in charge of the center. The age at the time of the deaths ranged from …

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Caelainn Hogan (Dublin, 1988) was an intern of The Washington Post’ when news from her country shocked the world. An excavation corroborated that within a septic pit in disuse of a home for single mothers in Tuam, a village in rural Ireland, 800 babies lay, the remains dated back to the time when the Congregation of the Sisters of Good Help and the Galway County Council were in charge of the center. The age at the time of the deaths ranged from …

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El Periódico broke the news in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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