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Where is this burial plot then, Brian? Show me. I’m sure there is record of it, yes? Such a simple means of refuting and ending the whole controversy, you’d think it would be common knowledge by now.

And, the septic tank is now no longer a septic tank but a “common crypt” for stillborns? It was known as a septic tank, yesterday it was being dismissed by your fellows because nuns couldn’t possibly have lifted the concrete lid and the only other means of access were pipes from the home.

But, I thought there weren’t any dead children in this septic tank, crypt or whatever you’ve decided to call it now, because they were buried in that small plot?

Slow down, you’re not keeping the story straight.

This entire story is an anti-Catholic smear campaign based on false assumptions and blatant distortions and lies. The bodies are far more likely to have been from the potato famine of the previous century, a famine reinforced and deepened by anti-Catholic England, whose effects are now being used by anti-Catholics to accuse the Church of evil. Typical that anti-Catholic bigots here would do likewise with it.

From the Wiki entry:

Burial ground[edit]
The common burial ground, described in many media reports as a "mass grave", was not marked or registered with the authorities, and no records were kept of burials there.^[16] Local residents had been aware of its existence since 1975, when two boys smashed a concrete slab and discovered bones underneath.^[6]^[17] Locals thought that the grave contained the remains of victims of the Great Famine or unbaptised babies.^[9] It was resealed shortly afterwards, following prayers at the site by a priest. The number of bodies was then unknown, but was assumed to be small.^[9]^[17] After this first discovery, a local couple looked after the burial site for 35 years.
On 7 June 2014, The Irish Times quoted Catherine Corless as saying that the story "has been widely misrepresented" in the the few days since it broke nationally and internationally. Corless was described as thinking that it seems impossible "that more than 200 bodies could have been put in a working sewage tank". The newspaper report echoed the RTÉ broadcast by casting serious doubt on whether the childrens' remains were actually interred within a septic tank, and also quoted a man who, as a boy, discovered skeletons there in 1975, who said that he saw only about 20 skeletons.^[2] Another Irish Times report on the same day indicated that Garda Síochána sources had pointed out that details of the case, as earlier reported, such as that almost 800 children were buried at the site, and that they were in a septic tank, had not yet been "properly tested".^[22]