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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.

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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			Danesfort House, Malone Road, Belfast County Antrim 54°34′16″N 5°56′42″W / 54.571°N 5.945°W / 54.571; -5.945 (Malone Hoard)	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.

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		1st century BC	near Limavady County Londonderry 55°04′23″N 6°59′02″W / 55.073°N 6.984°W / 55.073; -6.984 (Broighter Hoard)	1896	National Museum of Ireland, Dublin	1 gold model ship 1 gold model cauldron 2 gold neck chains 2 twisted gold torc necklets 1 hollow gold torc or collar
Dooyork Hoard		3rd century BC to 2nd century AD	Dooyork County Mayo 54°06′22″N 9°55′59″W / 54.106°N 9.933°W / 54.106; -9.933 (Dooyork Hoard)	2001	National Museum of Ireland, Dublin	4 gold torcs 3 bronze bracelets 7 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		late 4th century	Balline County Limerick 52°23′56″N 8°27′18″W / 52.399°N 8.455°W / 52.399; -8.455 (Balline Hoard)	1940	National Museum of Ireland, Dublin	4 silver ingots and 3 pieces of silver plate
Coleraine Hoard		early 5th century	Ballinrees County Londonderry 55°06′29″N 6°45′43″W / 55.108°N 6.762°W / 55.108; -6.762 (Coleraine Hoard)	1854	British Museum, London Ulster 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		early 10th century	Ardagh Fort County Limerick 52°29′42″N 9°03′43″W / 52.495°N 9.062°W / 52.495; -9.062 (Ardagh Hoard)	1868	National Museum of Ireland, Dublin	1 silver chalice 1 bronze chalice 4 silver-gilt brooches.
Derrynaflan Hoard		early 10th century	near Killenaule County Tipperary 52°34′01″N 7°40′08″W / 52.567°N 7.669°W / 52.567; -7.669 (Derrynaflan Hoard)	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.

Medieval hoards

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

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.

See also

• List of hoards in Great Britain
• List of hoards in the Channel Islands
• List of hoards in the Isle of Man
• List of metal detecting finds

Footnotes

1. "A History of the World : The Malone Hoard". BBC. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
2. "Dress-fastener". National Museum of Ireland. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
3. Raftery, Joseph (1971). "A Bronze Age Hoard from Ballytegan, County Laois". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 101 (1): 85–100. ISSN 0035-9106.
4. "Early Bronze Age gold". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
5. "Necklet". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
6. "The Dowris Hoard". National Museum of Ireland. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
7. "The Broighter Hoard". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
8. Wallace, Patrick F., O'Floinn, Raghnall eds. Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities, pp. 89-90, 2002, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, ISBN 0717128296
9. "The Broighter Hoard". National Museum of Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
10. "Torc". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
11. ^ Edwards 2006, p. 4
12. Mattingly, Harold; Pearce, J.W.E.; Kendrick, T.D. (1937). "The Coleraine hoard". Antiquity. 11 (41): 39–45. ISSN 0003-598X.
13. "The Ardagh Hoard". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
14. "The Derrynaflan Hoard". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
15. Edwards 2006, p. 177
16. "Treasure Annual Report 1998–1999" (PDF). Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2000. pp. 136–137. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
17. Bateson, J.D. (1978). "Two Elizabethan Coin Hoards from Armagh". Ulster Journal of Archaeology. 3rd. 41: 88–93. ISSN 0035-9106.
18. Kenny, Ciara (29 January 2013). "Gold coins discovered beneath pub". Irish Times.

References

• Edwards, Nancy (2006). The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-22000-2.

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