That was a common, but ill-documented practice at such Catholic-run facilities amid high child mortality rates in early 20th century Ireland. The report found that the dead children may have been placed in underground chambers originally used to hold sewage. Corless said she found records stating that the sewage systems were used until 1937, when the home was connected to a modern water supply. But excavators found children's remains inside a neighboring connected structure that may have been used to contain sewage or waste water. The commission's finding that most of the remains date to the 1950s corroborates Corless' collection of death certificates.

Source: Fox News March 04, 2017 08:48 UTC