Skull discovered on Cape Clear beach added to human remains database

The skull fragment found on Trá Ciaran on Cape Clear’s North Harbour in December 2021 was analysed and was confirmed last October to be human, according to the database. File picture: Denis Minihane

The discovery of a partial skull on a beach on Cape Clear island off Cork is included in an updated version of Ireland’s human remains database.

The database, launched by the Department of Justice a year ago, contains 46 remains which have been found in locations across the country since 1968.