Irish gold

For the Greeley novel, see Irish Gold.
Gold mine at Cavanacaw, Northern Ireland, opened in 2008.[1]
Bar-twisted gold penannular ring, middle Bronze Age
The Gleninsheen gold gorget, c. 800-700 BC
Hunterston Brooch, c. 7th century AD

Irish gold is gold that occurs naturally in areas of Ireland. Ireland was the major area of gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles. Irish gold is especially well known from the Irish Bronze Age as jewellery, in the form of gold lunulae, torcs, gorgets and rings.[2]

  1. ^ "A brief history of the gold hidden around Ireland". TheJournal.ie. 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ "#79 - Gold - Au".