Mayo Historical and Archaeological Society
Lecture on Gold Hoard found in Co. Roscommon.
1, Nov 2011 - 23:56

Lecture on the Coggalbeg Gold Hoard. 

Ms, Mary Cahill, Assistant Keeper, N,M,I,

Ms. Mary Cahill, Assistant Keeper Irish Antiquities,  National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, will present a lecture on the Coggalbeg Gold Hoard, at the Museum of Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, where the hoard is now on temporary display 
The lecture "Safe Secrets - An Early Bronze Age Detective Story from Strokestown" - takes place at Turlough Park, on Tuesday, November 8th at 3 pm. Booking advisable.

The hoard made news headlines two years ago when a safe containing the objects was stolen from a premises in Strokestown Co. Roscommon, and following intensive Garda investigations was ultimately found in a rubbish skip in Dublin. The hoard which consists of a gold lunula (a crescent-shaped collar), and two small gold discs dating to the Early Bronze Age c. 2300-1800 BC., is now in the safe keeping of the National Museum and it is an important addition to its large collection.

The Coggalbeg Bronze Age Hoard on temporary display at the Museum of Country Life.