An Early Iron Age Sword from Lough Gur, Co. Limerick. It is a well-known fact that remains of the Early Iron Age in Ireland, though outstanding in quality, are poor in quantity.

Lough Gur Ireland's bones are made of stories, you can hardly step over a rock or walk past an old mound but if it could speak, it would tell you tales you could hardly imagine. But of all the legended glens and fields misty with memory in this ancient nation, there are few with as many secrets hidden in their depths as Lough Gur in county ...

Lough Gur (Irish: Loch Goir) [2] is a lake in County Limerick, Ireland between the towns of Herbertstown and Bruff. The lake forms a horseshoe shape at the base of Knockadoon Hill and some rugged elevated countryside. It is one of Ireland's most important archaeological sites.

around Lough Gur, one of the most prominent is the 3m-high stone known as the ‘Pillar Stone’ (Fig. 12) on the west-facing slope of Ardaghlooda Hill to the north-east of the stone circles

As a punishment for his involvement in magic, he did not die but lives beneath the waters of the lake. Every seven years he rides around the lake margin on his white horse, shod with silver shoes. When the shoes are finally worn, he will regain his mortal form and restore the …

Iron Age 10th Century Viking Sword found in the lake many years ago. Now on display in the British Museum.

"An Early Iron Age Sword from Lough Gur, Co. Limerick." The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Seventh 9.3 (1939): 170-72. The author states that the sword belongs to the class of Irish Iron Age swords with straight sides, and suggests a …

Nov 29, 2024 · A very fine 11th-century sword was found in Lough Derg in 1988, made of iron with silver and copper decoration. It could well have been used by Brian Boru himself or one of his commanders.

Early iron sword found in Ireland. by: Coffey, George Published: (1906) La Tène sword-hilt. Published: (1925) Long stone cists of the Early Iron Age. With 1 plate. by: Raftery, Joseph Published: (1941)

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