Tara Brooch - Celtic jewellery - Ireland Calling.
The Tara Brooch (c.700 CE). Masterpiece of Celtic Jewellery art. Made from cast silver, the Tara Brooch is ornamented in La Tene style Celtic decoration. Tara Brooch (8th Century) One of the great surviving masterpieces of Celtic metalwork art of the early eighth century, the Tara Brooch is named after the Hill of Tara, seat of the legendary High Kings of Ireland.
Tara Brooch Drogheda Celtic Anglo Saxon Ancient art jewelry pin Irish pseudo-penannular silver gilt The Tara Brooch is a Celtic brooch of about 700 AD; considered to be the most impressive of over 50 elaborate Irish brooches to have been discovered.
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The Tara Brooch is an elaborate piece of ancient Irish jewelry dating back to around 700 AD. It is on display in the National Museum of Ireland. Composed mostly of silver and embellished with delicate, interlacing, gold, filigree patterns, it is widely recognized as a symbol of Ireland.
The Tara brooch is a perfect example of 18 th century metal craftsmanship in that every skill available to metalwork of the time is to be found on its small surface. The Tara Brooch. The Ardagh Chalice. One of the richest discoveries of early Christian Irish art was made by a boy digging potatoes near Ardagh, Co.Limerick in 1868. This has become known as the Ardagh Chalice. With it he found.
The Tara Brooch is on display at the National Museum in Dublin. Admission to the museum is free. Photo: Anthony Murphy. A different story about the discovery of the Tara Brooch later emerged. Sir William Wilde (father of Oscar Wilde) had compiled a Catalogue of the Silver and Ecclesiastical Antiquities in the Collection of the Royal Irish.
The Tara Brooch is a Celtic brooch of about 700 AD generally considered to be the most impressive of over 50 elaborate Irish brooches to have been discovered. It was found in 1850 and rapidly recognised as one of the most important works of early Christian Irish Insular art; it is now displayed in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.