The Words on the Wave exhibition- A time capsule of early medieval Irish culture https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Words-on-the-Wave-Ireland-and-St-Gallen-in-Early-M | National Museum of Ireland

ISL Guided Tour: Highlights of the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology Friday 10th November, 2:30pm, Suitable for: Adults | Families | All ages Join in this tour and discover what life was like from Stone Age to Medieval Ireland. Learn about perfectly preserved fish traps from the Mesolithic, gold objects from the Bronze Age, and iconic Early Medieval treasures of the ‘Tara’ Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice from Early Medieval Ireland. Please Note: An interpretor will be present on this tour t

This lecture marked the 900th anniversary of the creation of the Cross of Cong, one of Ireland's most iconic treasures. It was commissioned in 1123 by the high king of Ireland, Turlough O'Connor, to enshrine a relic of the True Cross. One of the most important reliquaries in medieval Ireland, it was made in Roscommon, probably for Tuam, and was later preserved at the abbey of Cong, Co. Mayo. This lecture will explore the origins of the cross, its art and archaeology in the context of what was ha

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