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May they rest in peace forever more : How the Inishbofin skulls finally made it home

The remains of 13 people, which were stolen in 1890, were returned to the island last Sunday, but it has been a 10-year journey to make that happen, writes Ciarán Walsh

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Skulls Return to Inishbofin

The skulls of Inishbofin are back where they belong - on the island where they first came from. According to anthropologist Pegi Vail, who revealed.

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Stolen skulls finally come home to Inishbofin after 133 years for poignant burial ceremony

Simple coffin carried the 13 skulls to the ruins of St Colman’s Abbey, where they had been spirited away by anthropologist Alfred Cort Haddon in 1890

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The Skulls of Inishbofin

This year, on February 22, Trinity College Dublin made an historic announcement that it would return 13 skulls stored for over 130 years in the Old.

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Ireland and coming to terms with the past

Just as Trinity College Dublin needs to confront its shameful association with George Berkeley, the Trevelyan family needs to acknowledge Charles's role in the Famine.

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