ON THE 30TH OF JANUARY 1990, AFTER SOME STORMY WEATHER, A MAN WALKING ALONG A BEACH NEAR GARRETSTOWN, NOTICED SOME HUMAN BONES STICKING OUT OF THE SAND DUNES. HE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE LOCAL GARDA STATION. AFTER SOME ENQUIRIES, THE GARDAI WERE INFORMED THAT THESE REMAINS WERE LIKELY TO BE ARCAHEOLOGICAL, RATHER THAN MODERN.THE DEPARTMENT […]
see also The Skeletons in my Cupboard by Catryn Power. Lecture 101. for TRASNA NA TIRE NOTE: I have been asked many times lately about why a ‘coffin associated skeleton’ might be found away from a burial ground and in a non-burial context. In my forty years of work involving forensic anthropology and archaeology, […]
CORK ARCHAEOLOGIST Catryn Power 
September 5, 2014
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