Ten Major Pieces

The Treasury exhibition explores fifteen centuries of Irish artistic achievement.

We have selected ten objects from the exhibition that best represent the range of skills and styles of decoration used from the Iron Age to the end of the early medieval period.

Choose an object to find out more:

Gold Collar, Broighter, Co. Derry

Bronze horn, Loughnashade, Co. Armagh

Silver paten, Derrynaflan, Lurgoe, Co. Tipperary

Silver chalice,(The Ardagh Chalice) Reerasta, Ardagh, Co. Limerick

Silver-gilt annular brooch (The Tara Brooch), Bettystown, Co. Meath

Silver chalice, Derrynaflan, Co. Tipperary

Book of Psalms (Psalter), and leather cover, Faddan More, Co. Tipperary

The bell of St. Patrick and its shrine, Armagh, Co. Armagh

The Cross of Cong, Cong, Co. Mayo

Wood and copper-alloy crozier, Lismore, Co. Waterford