500 child skeletons in workhouse mass grave tell of Great Hunger struggles

500 child skeletons in workhouse mass grave tell of Great Hunger struggles: Skeletons of over 500 children who died during the Great Hunger were found buried in a mass grave within what was once the Kilkenny Union Workhouse. With over three years of research on their bones, bio-archaeologists have been able to uncover the children's harrowing stories and medical secrets.