List of hoards in Ireland

The list of hoards in Ireland comprises the significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, metal objects, scrap metal and other valuable items that have been discovered on the island of Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). It includes both hoards that were buried with the intention of retrieval at a later date (personal hoards, founder's hoards, merchant's hoards, and hoards of loot), and also hoards of votive offerings which were not intended to be recovered at a later date, but excludes grave goods and single items found in isolation. The list is subdivided into sections according to archaeological and historical periods.

Neolithic hoards The table below lists hoards that are dated to the Neolithic period, approximately 4500 to 2500 BC.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Malone Hoard County Antrim 1869–1918 Ulster Museum, Belfast 19 polished porcellanite axes

Bronze Age hoards The table below list hoards that are associated with the Irish Copper and Bronze Ages, approximately 2500 BC to 700 BC.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Ballinesker Hoard County Wexford 1990 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 2 gold dress fasteners1 gold bracelet2 gold disks3 gold boxes Ballytegan Hoard County Laois 1967 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 2 bronze axeheads, 1 bronze bracelet, and a number of bronze rings and pins Coggalbeg Hoard County Roscommon 1945 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 1 gold lunula2 gold discs Derrinboy Hoard County Offaly 1957 or 1958 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 1 gold necklet2 gold armlets2 gold rings Dowris Hoard County Offaly 1825 or 1833 National Museum of Ireland, DublinBritish Museum, London 5 swords44 spearheads43 axes26 horns44 crotals3 bronze buckets1 cauldron Kilmoyly Hoard County Kerry 1940 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 3 gold bracelets1 gold dress-fastener Mooghaun North Hoard Late Bronze Age near Mooghaun Fort, County Clare 1854 Mostly lost; 29 pieces in National Museum of Ireland and British MuseumProbably over 200 gold objects, mostly plain bar bracelets, with torcs, collars and ingotsWallace, Patrick F., O'Floinn, Raghnall eds. Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities, pp. 89-90, 2002, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin,

Iron Age hoards The table below list hoards that are associated with the Irish Iron Age, approximately 700 BC to 400 AD.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Broighter Hoard County Londonderry 1896 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 1 gold model ship1 gold model cauldron2 gold neck chains2 twisted gold torc necklets1 hollow gold torc or collar Dooyork Hoard County Mayo 2001 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 4 gold torcs3 bronze bracelets7 amber beads

Roman hoards The table below list hoards of Roman coins and silverware found in Ireland. There are very few Roman hoards in Ireland as it was never part of the Roman Empire, and those hoards that have been found are thought to have been looted from Britain by Irish raiders.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Balline Hoard County Limerick 1940 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 4 silver ingots and 3 pieces of silver plate Coleraine Hoard County Londonderry 1854 British Museum, LondonUlster Museum, Belfast 1,701 silver Roman coins, a silver bowl, and 6 kg of silver ingots and hacksilver

Early Medieval hoards The table below lists hoards that are associated with the early medieval period, from the introduction of Christianity until the start of Anglo-Norman settlement, approximately 400 AD to 1100 AD.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Ardagh Hoard County Limerick 1868 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin 1 silver chalice1 bronze chalice4 silver-gilt brooches. Derrynaflan Hoard County Tipperary 1980 National Museum of Ireland, Dublin A set of liturgical vessels, comprising a silver chalice, a silver paten, a stand for the paten, a liturgical strainer, and a bronze basin.

Viking hoards The table below lists hoards that are associated with the Viking culture in Ireland.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Mullaghboden Hoard County Kildare 1871 11 Carolingian coins

Medieval hoards The table below lists hoards that date to the late medieval period, from 1066 to about 1500.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Armagh City Hoard County Armagh 1998 Ulster Museum 35 silver coins worth £1,800

Post-Medieval hoards The table below lists hoards that date to 1536 or later, following the reconquest of Ireland by Henry VIII of England. Most of these hoards date to the Elizabethan era (1558–1603), during which time the Nine Years' War (1594–1603) caused considerable instability throughout Ireland, but especially in Ulster.

Hoard Image Date Place of discovery Year of discovery Current Location Contents Armagh Castle Street Hoard County Armagh 1976 Ulster Museum, Belfast 135 Irish groats Carrick-on-Suir Hoard County Tipperary 2013 81 gold guineas and half guineas dating from the reigns of Charles II, James II, William and Mary, and William III

List of hoards in Ireland

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