Raghnall Ó Floinn, FSA (August 1953 – 10 December 2024) was an Irish archaeologist who was the director of the National Museum of Ireland."Raghnall Ó Floinn BA, MA (NUI 1974, 1976), FSA". Royal Irish Academy. Retrieved 6 August 2021. He joined its staff in 1976 and served as its director from 2013 to 2018."The National Museum of Ireland and the making of a National Collection". Mayo Historical & Archaeological Society. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2021
Biography Born in August 1953, Ó Floinn studied at University College Dublin, attaining a Master of Arts in Celtic Archaeology in 1976, and joined the NMI that year as Assistant Keeper in the Irish Antiquities Division."Tuesday, Feb. 2: Dr. Raghnall O'floinn On The National Museum Of Ireland". Charitable Irish Society. 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021 He published a wide variety of books and papers on bog bodies, the archeology of the early Irish church, and insular art (particularly metalwork). He co-authored an overview of the museum's collection with his predecessor as NMI director, Pat Wallace.Ó'Floinn, Raghnall; Wallace, Pat (2002). p. 4.
He also acted as chairman of the Council of National Cultural Institutions,"Raghnall Ó Floinn. National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 5 February 2024. and a vice-chairman of the Society for Medieval Archaeology, London.
Ó Floinn died on 10 December 2024, at the age of 71.Obituary of Raghnall Ó Floinn
Selected publications Books "Viking Graves and Grave-Goods in Ireland (Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81, Series B)" (2015). "Irish Shrines and Reliquaries of the Middle Ages (Irish treasures)" (2014). "Franciscan Faith: Sacred Art in Ireland, AD 1600-1750" (2011). "Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities" (2002). Co-author with Patrick Wallace.
Monographs "The 'Shannon' shrine: a suggested provenance" (2015) "An Anglo-Saxon Disc-Brooch From Sjerring, Jutland" (2013) "Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age" (1998) "A Fragmentary House-Shaped Shrine from Clonard, Co. Meath". The Journal of Irish Archaeology, volume 5. 1989/1990 "In Ireland and Insular Art A.D. 500–1200". Proceedings of a Conference at University College Cork, 31 October–3 November 1985. Royal Irish Academy
References
Bibliography Ó Floinn, Raghnall; Wallace, Patrick (eds). Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities. National Museum of Ireland, 2002.
External links The National Museum of Ireland - cultural tourism for all - video interview with Ó Floinn