National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin
The Coggalbeg hoard is an Early Bronze Age hoard of three pieces of Irish gold jewellery dating to 2300–2000 BC.[1] It is now in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology in Dublin, where it is normally on display.
It was found in a bog at Coggalbeg, County Roscommon in 1945,[2] and consists of a gold lunula (a crescent shaped "little moon") and two small gold discs, of a type known from other examples, decorated with a cross motif within two circles. The pieces are flat and thin, and collectively weigh under 78 grams (2.8 oz), indicating that they were probably intended as part of a necklace.[3]
In 2017 the three objects were featured on an Irish postal stamp, one of a series showing A History of Ireland in 100 Objects.[4]
^"Coggalbeg Gold Hoard". A History of Ireland in 100 Objects. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^O'Toole, Fintan. "A history of Ireland in 100 objects". Irish Times, April 2, 2011
^"Stolen treasure: The Coggalbeg Hoard". Irish Archaeology (with image)
^O'Toole, Fintan. A History of Ireland in 100 Objects. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 2013. ISBN 978-1-9089-9615-2
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