Broighter Gold
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The Broighter Gold or more correctly, the Broighter Hoard, is a hoard of gold artefacts from the Iron Age of the 1st century BC that were found in 1896 by Tom Nicholl and James Morrow on farmland near
The location of the find – the horizontally hashed areas show an area of reclaimed land which was previously part of Lough Foyle.
The boat
The Torc
Manannán mac Lir
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Manannán or Manann, also known as Manannán mac Lir, is a sea god, warrior and king of the otherworld in Gaelic mythology who is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Broighter Gold
…and are shown in the illustration. The boat has led some archaeologists to suggest that the hoard was a votive deposit, perhaps to the Celtic sea god Manannán mac Lir. Other scholars dispute this identification, however; noting that all extant stories in which Manannán appears are later medieval compositions and there…
Manannán mac Lir, sculpture by John Sutton at Gortmore, Magilligan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
The boat from the 1st century BC Broighter Hoard, which was found near Magilligan and may be a votive offering to Manannán
Stephen Reid's illustration of the Sons of Tuireann in Manannán's boat
South Barrule, reputed home of Manannán on the Isle of Man