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
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.
After a campaign by islanders, TCD earlier this year apologised for the theft and agreed to return the remains. In 1890, the skulls were snatched from the graveyard attached to the medieval St Colman's by Trinity academic Professor Alfred C Haddon - a British anthropologist - and his researcher colleague Andrew F Dixon.It was a time of craniometry, involving the measurement of islanders' skulls, and Haddon later admitted the theft in his diary.
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