All the updated news related to skulls

All the news related to skulls updated in real time

Found 6

forskulls

Order by:

National News

Bones thought to be of human origin discovered in Belfast Orange Hall storeroom

A fragment of a suspected human skull has been discovered at an Orange Hall in Belfast. It is understood that part of a skull cap, which is believed to be historic, was found in an old store room at Clifton Street Orange Hall in the north of the ...

25 Feb 2022 at 12:59

National News

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

A reburial ceremony has been held on an Irish island 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 island of Inishbofin ...

16 Jul 2023 at 16:03

National News

Skulls stolen by academics to spend ‘first Christmas at home in 133 years’

Thirteen skulls stolen by academics that were returned to an Irish island this year are to spend “their first Christmas at home in 133 years”, a local historian has said. A reburial ceremony for the human skulls was held on Inishbofin this ...

22 Dec 2023 at 11:00

National News

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

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 ...

22 Feb 2023 at 20:31

Northern Ireland

Trinity College considers what to do with 400-year-old skulls stolen from island

An internal group within an Irish university is examining its legacy issues – including what to do with 13 ancient skulls taken from an island over 100 years ago. The Legacies Review Working Group, which met for the first time last ...

02 Dec 2022 at 15:51

Home

Skull left on Naas doorstep

Bizarre and sinister crimes are nothing new, as this story from the Leinster Leader archive shows. 100 years ago this week the paper printed a thundering editorial denouncing the eerie act of a skull being left on a Naas doorstep.....

07 Dec 2016 at 11:20

Years
2025

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.