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Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea was one of the largest and most notorious mother and baby institutions in the State, with a total of 1,090 children dying there across almost four decades.
A Tipperary based campaign group that has lobbied for scans to be carried out at Roscrea’s Sean Ross Abbey in search of human remains, has welcomed the news that the work got under way on Monday.
Parcels of land surrounding the Angels' Plot at the former Catholic home, Sean Ross Abbey, will be searched for undetected graves.
Sean Ross Abbey was among the most notorious homes in the State during its operation.
An examination of land at one of the State’s most notorious mother and baby homes has identified underground “anomalies” which could be the mass graves of infants buried between the 1930s and 1960s.