The National Museum of Ireland's section for Archaeology is housed in Dublin's prestigious Kildare Street. The monumental building was designed in a typical Victorian Palladian style and was opened to the public in 1890.

The museum shows Ireland's history from the Mesolithic Period to the Late Middle Ages.

Some of the exhibitions cover specific periods like prehistory and the Viking Age, others focus on artifacts like Ireland's Gold or important events like the epic 1014 Battle of Clontarf where  Brian Baru died but gained eternal fame.

 

Of particular interest are the Iron Age bog bodies, thought to be human sacrifices related to kingship rituals or maybe boundary disputes.

 

The museum is certainly worth a visit for those interested in Irish history.

 

 

We visited the museum in June 2018.