The Wicked Skull Thief of Inishbofin (part One)

In this first episode of The Celtic Tales Chronicles, Kerry and Rab take a deep dive into a sacrilegious true crime that took place in Inishbofin in 1890. It's a fascinating story, but just to let you know some of the themes covered may be a little heavy for some listeners.

Please note, this episode was recorded via zoom as Rab was ill, as you will hear from his voice.

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Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 

Source material

Inishbofin: Island of the White Cow http://www.inishbofin.com/category/heritage/

'The case of the missing skulls from Inishbofin', article by Dr Ciarán Walsh https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spotlight-research/case-missing-skulls-inishbofin

'Headhunting in Ireland: Haddon and Browne' in https://www.curator.ie/irish-headhunter-page-2/

Collins, Timothy. “Praeger in the West: Naturalists and Antiquarians in Connemara and the Islands 1894-1914.” Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 45, 1993, pp. 124–54. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25535616.

Curtin, P. D. “‘SCIENTIFIC’ RACISM AND THE BRITISH THEORY OF EMPIRE.” Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, vol. 2, no. 1, 1960, pp. 40–51. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41970819

'The Victorian curator who railed against racism and imperialism' by   Dr. Ciarán Walsh https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-victorian-curator-who-railed-against-racism-and-imperialism-39297723.html

'Years of the French: why the Huguenots fled to Ireland' by Nora Baker in https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0216/1281144-huguenots-ireland-france-religion-persecution-17th-century/

'History of the Jews in Ireland' in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Ireland#18th_and_19th_century