What is recorded here

Mud, bone, and forgotten time. Seven skulls and scattered remains waited beneath the soil at Esker when men dug a house foundation in April 1937. They had no name in the story given, no date on their skin, and no witness to say when they died. The ground kept them until building broke its silence.

In April 1937 seven human skulls and other bones were discovered while digging foundations for a house at Esker, near Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. The remains were discovered at a depth of c. 0.4m below the ground surface. The site was reported to the Garda Síochána at Banagher, and the report was relayed to the NMI by the Superintendant at Birr station. The site was not visited by NMI personnel (pers. comm. M. Cahill and M. Sikora).

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