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Pop-Up Handling Table: Manuscript Makers
Museum Educators at our pop-up handling table to find out about the creation of manuscripts in Early Medieval Ireland.
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Open from 30th May 2025 until 24th October 2025
Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe
View exhibitionDetail showing St Matthew applying a scribal knife or scraper to a page and dipping his pen in an inkwell (Cod. Sang. 1395, p. 418). © Stiftsbibliothek, St. Gallen
Detail view of the Ardagh Chalice
Disc-headed copper-alloy pin with silver inlay
A range of silver brooches made by Irish and Viking craftsmen. Ninth and tenth centuries.
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We have a range of engaging learning resources for exploring, enjoying and learning through the Collections at the Museum.
Find out moreThe archaeological collection is the primary repository of ancient Irish artefacts.
The collection is an indispensable source for researchers into the development of Irish civilization from prehistoric times until the end of the Middle Ages and beyond.
Core collections assembled in the late 18th and 19th centuries by the Royal Dublin Society and the Royal Irish Academy have expanded over the last 100 years to number in excess of two million objects.
Did you know?
This brooch was found not in Tara but near the seashore at Bettystown, Co. Meath, in 1850. Its provenance was attributed to Tara by a dealer in order to increase its value.
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Archaeology,
Kildare St,
Dublin 2,
D02 FH48
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