Reburial ceremony held as 400-year-old human skulls returned to Inishbofin

Thirteen skulls have been returned to the island Inishbofin off Ireland’s west coast (Inishbofin Heritage Museum/PA)

A reburial ceremony has been held on an Inishbofin as 13 human skulls that were stolen by academics more than 100 years ago were returned.

The skulls, thought to be around 400 years old, were taken from a monastery on the Galway island by two Trinity University-affiliated academics in 1890.