The National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street is a branch of the National Museum of Ireland located on Kildare Street in Dublin, Ireland, that specialises in Irish and other antiquities dating from t
Entrance to the museum
Columns and domed rotunda at the entrance
Stairway between the museum's two floors
View from the centre court overlooking the goldwork exhibition hall
Clonycavan Man
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Clonycavan Man is an Iron Age bog body discovered in 2003 in Clonycavan, near Ballivor, County Meath, Ireland. Radiocarbon dating indicates that he died between 392 and 201 BCE. Although his lower bod
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
…Discovery of such objects continues to the present day; recent major discoveries include the 8th century Tully Lough Cross, found in 1986, and the Clonycavan bog bodies, found in 2003. In 1908, the museum was renamed the National Museum of Science and Art, and in 1921, following Irish independence, it was…
Clonycavan Man
Speculative facial reconstruction of Clonycavan Man