Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is a number of things. I have been involved in the restoration of buildings around the city and it is easy enough to remove slabs with the help of an archaeologist. If there is a drainage problem in Kilmainham Gaol and it is fixing another wing, they will move slabs, it will move slabs and bits and pieces and put them back. We just have to do it faithfully. Moving the slabs is not a major problem once it is done with an archaeologist. In the main, this is not the part of the gaol that is visited by the tours, so we will not disturb the tours or the public. It can be done quietly and it can be closed off as has been done. Over the years, the whole gaol has been closed off for films, so we can do that. It should not take that long as was mentioned. The excavation of the remains of children can be done.

The location mentioned is logical, given that there is a gate at the other end. People would not have been buried at the gate, so the logic is to bury people along the wall. The map for the 1916 leaders, who were executed, showed that they were buried along the wall. They were laid out and marked. For all their sins, the British kept records. Years later those exact locations came out. I presume the same was true in Mountjoy, in that people kept records. They did their dirty deeds but strangely enough they kept records. If they said they buried them in that yard, then they are buried in that yard. There was no nowhere else.

I have one other question and forgive my ignorance, but are there other remains in the gaol? I cannot remember. I know people died in the prison and were buried sometimes in Golden Bridge or elsewhere.