Trinity College considers what to do with 400-year-old skulls stolen from island
The university is formally reviewing legacy issues since its foundation in 1592, including that of skulls taken from the island of Inishbofin.
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The university is formally reviewing legacy issues since its foundation in 1592, including that of skulls taken from the island of Inishbofin.
Marie Coyne, a genealogist who set up the Inishbofin Heritage Museum, said that islanders want the skulls returned and that the process has been too drawn out.
The university is formally reviewing legacy issues since its foundation in 1592, including that of skulls taken from the island of Inishbofin.
The university is formally reviewing legacy issues since its foundation in 1592, including that of skulls taken from the island of Inishbofin.
Trinity’s main library was named in 1978 after the renowned philosopher George Berkeley, who was a slave-owner.