Maybe it would be productive for someone to investigate if there are any records of burial for anyone during the time period in question.
Honest question: are there records of burial for most people in the area? What kind of form would these records take (where would they be found?). At the mortuaries in business at the time? Are these mortuaries still in business? Does the (Irish) government keep records of burial?
It honestly doesn’t seem to me to be a public record. I get the impression records of burial are kept by the mortuaries that did the burying (for purposes of billing). So if they aren’t in business anymore such records may be lost, not just for the children in question but everyone for the time period.
I really don’t know. So please don’t castigate me if what I’m saying is stupid.
I’m not going to castigate anyone who asks an honest question. It’s reasonable to step back to see if a lack of burial records actually does mean what it’s been taken to mean.
I’ll defer back to Catherine Corliss, the local Tuam historian who researched the matter. If I’m recalling correctly, there were two infant deaths from that home with grave sites that she located in nearby cemeteries due to burial records.
I’m sure I’ll be corrected if mistaken.
“So please don’t castigate me if what I’m saying is stupid.”
What you’re saying is not stupid. However, your suspicion that the lynch mob has any interest in discovering the truth might be a little naïve.