| Show gold in ireland all authorities agree in stating that the ancient inhabitants of ireland must have been very familiar with gol and well accustomed to iff use gold occurs in geological deposits it many parts of ireland until latal the gold mines of were most productive of the british isles and besides this there are six otlien known gold producing localities antrim darry tyrone kudari dubla and lexford Vex ford it is probable however that many of the earlier deposits have been worked out or arc u known it is a fact that no counte in europe possesses 0 o much manufactured gold belonging to early ag a ireland in the museum of alie luya irish academy alone there arc nearl four hundred specimens of iribe gold antiques the gold anti in the british museum illustrative of british history are without exception irish the museum of trinity college dublin contains many fine examples aad there are several large private collections but there is no doubt that much greater quantities of gold oma ment than are now known as existing have been lost forever |
