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Exploring decolonisation in Ireland through stolen skulls in Trinity College, indigenous Australian items in the Ulster Museum and Benin Bronzes in Dublin’s National Museum.

Tá iarsmalanna agus institiúidí in Éirinn agus thar lear ag 'díchoilíniú' bailiúchán s'acu, de thairbhe feachtas ar nós Rhodes Must Fall agus Black Lives Matter, agus mar gheall ar an bhéim úr ar an bhealach is fearr le bailiúcháin a léiriú in iarsmalann sa lá atá inniu ann.

Scrúdaíonn í (Remnants) an leagáid choilíneachta atá ag Éirinn trí scéal na mblaoscanna goidte atá i gColáiste na Tríonóide i mBaile Átha Cliath a iniúchadh, chomh maith le hábhar dúchasach a ghoid lonnaitheoirí Éireannacha ón Astráil, agus an bealach a tháinig cuid de na Benin Bronzes, a goideadh ón Afraic sna 1890í go hIarsmalann Náisiúnta na hÉireann i mBaile Átha Cliath.

Léiríonn an scannán pilleadh na 13 blaoscanna goidte ar ais ó Choláiste na Tríonóide go hoileán Inis Bó Finne, amach ó chósta na Gaillimhe, i ndiaidh feachtas fada fána choinne.

Museums and institutions in Ireland and abroad are 'decolonising' their collections, partly because of campaigns like Rhodes Must Fall and Black Lives Matter and also because of a changing emphasis on how collections should be presented in a modern museum setting.

This documentary examines Ireland's colonial legacy through the story of stolen skulls in Trinity College Dublin, indigenous items taken by Irish settlers in Australia, and how some of the Benin Bronzes, looted from Africa in the 1890s, ended up in the National Museum in Dublin.

The film features the reburial of 13 stolen skulls returned by Trinity College Dublin to the island community of Inishbofin, off the Galway coast, following a lengthy campaign for their return.

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1 hour, 16 minutes

On TV

Next Sunday 21:50

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  • Next Sunday 21:50