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The Amateur Historian Who Uncovered Ireland’s Mass Grave of Babies

HORRIFYING

The dogged effort of a determined historian in a small Irish town uncovered one of the greatest tragedies in modern Irish history.

Tom Sykes

European Editor at Large

Published Mar. 4 2017 7:14PM EST

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Tom Sykes

Tom Sykes

European Editor at Large

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