A History of Ireland in 100 Objects

A History of Ireland in 100 Objects was a joint project by The Irish Times, the National Museum of Ireland, and the Royal Irish Academy to define one hundred archaeological or cultural objects that are important in the history of Ireland. The objects are single man-made artefacts or documents, excluding buildings, ranging in date from about 5,000 BC (Mesolithic) to the early 21st century. Most of the objects are held in accessible collections in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.

Details of the hundred objects, written by Irish Times journalist Fintan O'Toole, were initially serialized in The Irish Times between February 2011 and January 2013. In February 2013 a book about the hundred objects written by O'Toole, entitled A History of Ireland in 100 Objects, was published, and it quickly became a best-seller with 35,000 free downloads.

In January 2017 An Post announced that a selection of the 100 objects would form the subjects for the 9th definitive postage stamp series for Ireland, to be issued over a period of five or six years from 2017. The first set of stamps featuring twelve of the objects were issued in January 2017, consisting of eight different SOAR (Stamps on a Roll) stamps with various values (€0.05 to €7.50), a range coil stamps, and a national (N) and an international (W) rate stamp booklet.

List of objects Objects for which there is a specific Wikipedia article are given in bold type.

Image Number Object Date Location Postage stamp Reference 1 Mesolithic fish trap c. 5000 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, Dublin Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) 2 Ceremonial axehead 3600 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) 3 Neolithic bowl c. 3500 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) 4 Flint macehead 3300–2800 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) 5 Neolithic bag 3800–2500 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 6 Basket earrings c. 2300 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 7 Pair of gold discs 2200–2000 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 ('N' rate) 8 Coggalbeg gold hoard 2300–2000 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) 9 Bronze Age funerary pots 1900–1300 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) 10 Tara torcs c. 1200 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) 11 Mooghaun hoard c. 800 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, and British Museum 12 Gleninsheen gorget c. 800–700 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 ('W' rate) 13 Castlederg bronze cauldron 700–600 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 ('N' rate) 14 Iron spearhead 800–675 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 15 Broighter boat c. 100 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 (SOAR) 16 Old Croghan Man 362–175 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Set 1, 2017 ('N' rate) 17 Loughnashade horn c. 100 BC National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 18 Keshcarrigan bowl early-1st century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 19 The Corleck Head 1st to 2nd century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 20 Petrie crown 2nd century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 21 Cunorix stone 460–75 In situ 22 St Patrick's Confessio c. 460–90 Trinity College, Dublin 23 Mullaghmast stone 500–600 National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 24 St Patrick's bell c. 7th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 25 Springmount wax tablets late-6th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 26 Ballinderry Brooch c. 600 National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 27 Donore handle 700–20 National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 28 Book of Kells c. 800 Trinity College 29 Tara brooch 8th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology O'Toole, Fintan. "A history of Ireland in 100 objects: Tara Brooch, eighth century". The Irish Times, 3 September 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2022 30 Ardagh chalice 8th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 31 Derrynflan paten late-8th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 32 Moylough Belt-Shrine 8th or 9th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 33 Rinnegan Crucifixion Plaque 8th or 9th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 34 Tall cross late-9th century Monasterboice, County Louth 35 Oseberg ship c. 815 Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, Norway 36 Ballinderry sword mid-9th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 37 Decorated lead weights c. 900 National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 38 Roscrea Brooch late-9th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 39 Slave chain late-9th or early-10th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 40 Silver cone mid-10th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 41 Carved crook early-11th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 42 Breac Maodhóg late-11th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 43 Clonmacnoise Crozier 11th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 44 Cross of Cong early-12th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 45 'Strongbow's tomb' 12th century Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 46 Laudabiliter papal bull 1155 National Library of Ireland, Dublin 47 Figure of a horseman 13th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 48 Domhnach Airgid c. 1350 National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 49 Waterford charter roll 1215–1373 Medieval Museum, Waterdord 50 Two coins 1280s and 1460 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 51 Processional cross 1479 National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 52 Magi Cope c. 1470 Medieval Museum, Waterdord 53 De Burgo-O'Malley chalice 1494 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 54 Kavanagh charter horn 12th and 15th centuries National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 55 Gallowglass gravestone 15th or 16th century Gaelic Athletic Association Museum, Dublin 56 Book of Common Prayer 1551 Royal Irish Academy, Dublin 57 Salamander pendant c. 1588 Ulster Museum, Belfast 58 Morion late-16th century National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 59 Leac na ríogh 10–15th century Near Cookstown, County Tyrone 60 Wassail bowl late-16th century Ulster Museum, Belfast 61 Deposition on atrocities 1641 Trinity College 62 O'Queely chalice 1640 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History, Dublin 63 Fleetwood cabinet c. 1652 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History (now National Gallery of Ireland) 64 Books of Survey and Distribution mid-17th century National Archives of Ireland, Dublin 65 King William's gauntlets c. 1690 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 66 Crucifixion stone 1740 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 67 Conestoga wagon 18th century Ulster American Folk Park, County Tyrone 68 Wood's halfpence 1722 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 69 Dillon regimental flag 1745 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 70 Rococo candlestick c. 1745 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 71 Engraving of linen-makers 1782 Ulster Museum, Belfast 72 Cotton panel 1783 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 73 Pike 1798 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 74 Act of Union blacklist early-19th century National Library of Ireland 75 Penrose decanter late-18th century National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 76 Robert Emmet's ring 1790s National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 77 Wicker cradle 19th–20th centuries National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 78 Daniel O'Connell's 'chariot' 1844 Caherdaniel, County Kerry 79 Stokes 'tapestry' 1833–53 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 80 'Captain Rock' threatening letter 1842 National Library of Ireland 81 Empty cooking pot 19th century National Museum of Ireland – Country Life 82 Emigrant's teapot late-19th–mid-20th century National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, County Mayo 83 William Smith O'Brien gold cup 1854 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 84 Parnell silver casket 1844 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 85 Carlow Cathedral pulpit 1899 Carlow County Museum, County Carlow 86 Youghal lace collar 1906 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 87 Gaelic Athletic Association medal 1887 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 88 Reclining Buddha late-19th century National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 89 Titanic launch ticket May 1911 Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, County Down 90 River Clyde lamp 1915 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 91 James Connolly's shirt 1916 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 92 Rejected coin design 1927 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 93 Boyne coracle 1928 National Museum of Ireland – Country Life 94 Eileen Gray chair 1926 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 95 Emigrant's suitcase 1950s National Museum of Ireland – Country Life 96 Washing machine 1950s Irish Agricultural Museum, County Wexford 97 Bloody Sunday handkerchief 1972 Museum of Free Derry, Derry 98 Intel microprocessor 1994 National Science Museum at Maynooth, County Kildare 99 Anglo Irish Bank sign 2000–2011 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History 100 Decommissioned AK-47 2005 National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History

See also A History of the World in 100 Objects

A History of Ireland in 100 Objects

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