It was unconsecrated ground, otherwise the site would not have been abandoned as it was. The accusation is that children of unwed mothers were denied baptism and were therefore not properly buried. There was a large cemetery directly across the road from the former home, so it’s not from a lack of burial sites that this occurred. The denial is very deep-seated. I’ve been called all sorts of names merely for posting information coming from Irish Catholic sources on this topic. The Irish want to get to the bottom of it, find the truth and set things right as best they can be at this point. Others only see potential scandal and embarrassment, and try to deflect. Bad impulse, imho. The Irish have it right. Get at the truth.
Any Catholic that gets angry over being called out for their church not giving one baby, much less 20, 100 or close to 800 being given consecrated ground and a proper burial out to be ashamed to no end.
And that's the thing. Roman Catholics are often so busy making others feel ashamed, they forget that the one they are looking at in the mirror is a detestable creature if they can care less if a baby/infant gets a proper, official consecrated burial.