One hundred and thirty two years later, the skulls are still locked away in Trinity's Old Anatomy Museum. Now, the islanders of Inishbofin are determined to get them back
One hundred and thirty two years later, the skulls are still locked away in Trinity's Old Anatomy Museum. Now, the islanders of Inishbofin are determined to get them back."We just want them home," says Marie Coyne, an Inishbofin historian and a vocal member of the island's campaign to have the remains repatriated."That's a crime. We want our people's remains brought back to 'Bofin and we want to bury them here. And we want them to rest in peace.
"I think Trinity as an institution should be embarrassed," says Gabi Fullam, president of the TCD Students' Union."As a student, and somebody who goes to that library, I don't just find it embarrassing, I find it degrading."Professor Eoin O'Sullivan is a senior dean at TCD and is leading the working group tackling the historical issues.
TCD, created in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth's royal charter and an important tourist attraction in Dublin, is by no means the only university or museum grappling with legacy issues. In the UK, the University of Cambridge is making plans to return more than 100 Benin bronzes stolen from Nigeria, while the British Museum is under continued pressure from Greece to hand back the famous Parthenon marbles.
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