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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

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

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

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...

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.

Return of human remains robbed by academics in 1890 sets possible precedent for other artefacts

/PRNewswire/ -- Today the Ford Foundation announced its overall funding for independent documentary film in 2022. One of the largest documentary funds in the...

In this episode, we take a look back at the beginning of The Moth, and hear a story from our founder - George Dawes Green. This episode is hosted by Melvin Estrella and Pegi Vail. George Dawes Green describes his encounters with the many characters of Surrency, Georgia while working on a crisis hotline.

Skulls’ removal from island in 1890s was colonial-era violation, say campaigners

TCD said relevant state bodies would have to be consulted, and there will be a public consultation.