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Cork City Council asks for all the Bessbourough burial records to be released
17 September 2026

Cork City Council asks for all the Bessbourough burial records to be released

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An Coimisiún Pleanála has cleared the way for 106 apartments on the site of the former mother and baby home in Bessborough in Cork. More then 900 children and 31 women died while resident there and the burial places of the vast majority remain unknown. Our southern reporter, Barry Gallagher visited the site. 

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