Battle to reclaim skeleton of Napoleon's horse for North Cork appears to be lost

The National Army Museum in Britain has refused to budge on calls to repatriate Marengo to North Cork, where it is believed the horse hailed from 

Conservator Derek Bell at work on the skeleton of Napoleon's horse Marengo. Credit: Phil Yeomans/BNPS

Make no bones about it: the battle for custody of the skeleton of one of the most famous ‘Irish-born’ horses in history appears all but lost.

Management at Britain's National Army Museum (NAM) have refused to budge on calls for Marengo, Napoleon's famous white charger, to be repatriated to Cork.