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FOUL play has been ruled out in the case of two skeletons that were dis- covered buried in Quin last week.
Gardai had initially feared one of the remains might be that of a Bal- lykilty woman who disappeared 21 years ago.
An archaeological team alerted the Garda after they discovered two skeltons in a shallow grave while conducting a survey for the develop- ment of Quin community centre.
Further tests revealed the remains are more than a hundred years old
and may even date back to Medieval Wbeslone
The grim discovery was made be- hind the centre by the team work- ing under archaeologist Edel Ruttle of TVAS (ireland) Ltd, a Crusheen based archaeological consultancy ooyenh ey Nah Ye
TVAS director, Graham Hull, ex- plained that the company “is obliged to inform the gardai when remains are found in these circumstances”.
He added that osteoarchaeologist Mara ‘Tesorieri, who was onsite at the time, “was reasonably sure that these were antiquated remains but
the gardai had to be informed and a portion of jaw-bone was sent to the State Pathologist in Dublin for ex- ~Neeuper-lu (eye lae
An initial analysis by ‘Tesorieri “suggests that one of the skeletons is that of a female aged over 45. It may be associated with the neighbouring St Fineen’s church and we think that it’s possible the wall of the graveyard around the church may have been moved at some stage”.
Investigating gardai first had to eliminate suspicion that the remains could be those of Mary Guire, a local woman who left her work in Knap-
pogue castle in 1987 and was never Toros mbexe nO
“Once we were told that the remains were more than 100 years old, that would be the limit of garda involve- ment,” said Inspector Tom Kennedy.
Ger Buggy of the Quin community centre development committee, said that he is “very glad there was noth- ing untoward involved. The bodies have been covered over again.
“We had planned to put in a drive- way but a report has been sent to the Department of the Environment and we are waiting to see if any further action is necessary,’ he added.