Trinity College Dublin is set to return a set of skulls stolen from Inishbofin in the late 19th century.
Some of the skulls of locals from the Connemara island date back more than 500 years.
It follows a decade-long campaign from islanders to return the artefacts to the graveyard at St Colman's Church.
It's thought they were stolen in 1890, with campaigners fighting long and hard to have them return home.
Trinity College is to return human remains to the island of Inishbofin, from which they were taken more than a century ago. In November The Irish Times published the saga of the Inisbofin skulls: ‘We just want to bury our dead in the traditional way’ https://t.co/oIjLgPU5gQ
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The theft has been described as a 'colonial' act due to Trinity being under British rule at the time.
That's been an issue of contention for the University and one of the main reasons the return of the skulls has been delayed.
It's believed some of the skulls date back as far as the 16th century.
