Inishbofin islanders' relief as stolen bones return
People from Inishbofin say they're relieved as remains taken 133 years ago come back to the island.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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Irish skulls snatched from graveyard finally returned to Inishbofin island
The 400-year old skulls were smuggled from the graveyard on this day in 1890. After a campaign by islanders, Trinity College Dublin earlier this year apologised for the theft and agreed to return the remains.
Source: sky.com
Irish skulls snatched from graveyard finally returned to Inishbofin island
Thirteen human skulls stolen from an Irish island more than 130 years ago have been returned and were today reinterred at the site from which they wer...
Source: seasideradio.co.uk
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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
Source: irishtimes.com
Irish skulls snatched from graveyard finally returned to Inishbofin island
Thirteen human skulls stolen from an Irish island more than 130 years ago have been returned and were today reinterred at the site from which they were taken.
Source: heart.co.uk