The infants died in the home — run on behalf of the Irish government by the Sisters of Bon Secours — during a period from 1925 to 1961. They are not my words,” Corless told The Irish Times in 2014. The Associated Press, following reports of local media, also falsely reported in 2014 that the children were unbaptized and that Catholic teaching dictated that children born out of wedlock should not be baptized. For much of the period covered, mortality rates among so-called “illegitimate children” were five times that of the rest of the population. It is thought the excavation will go on until 2027, with follow-up work continuing for another three years.