University to return 400-year-old human skulls stolen by academics from island

The Donegal coastal island of Inishbofin (Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA)

A Dublin university has decided to return 400-year-old human skulls that were stolen from an island off the west coast of Ireland more than 100 years ago.

Thirteen skulls were taken from a monastery on the island of Inishbofin off the west coast of Ireland by two Trinity College-affiliated academics in 1890.