New scientific research confirms Irish provenance of manuscripts on loan from Switzerland, returning to Ireland for the first ...

A book shrine found at the bottom of a Longford lake that has undergone an epic 39 years of conservation work at the National ...

The National Museum of Ireland has launched a landmark exhibition exploring early medieval Ireland and its impact on Europe, called 'Words on the Wave: Ireland and St Gallen in Early Medieval Europe'.

Stunning early medieval texts and artefacts reveal the legacy of Irish monks and a 1,400-year link with Switzerland ...

National Museum of Ireland's St Gallen exhibition highlights historical links between Irish missionary and Switzerland ...

When the National Museum of Ireland received a parcel containing two ancient axe heads in June, its researchers were stumped. Besides an unsigned note from an anonymous sender, the artifacts came ...

An unsigned note in the package said the artifacts were discovered with a metal detector in central Ireland, according to a statement from the National Museum of Ireland (NMI), which received the ...

The National Museum of Ireland has issued an appeal after it received several Bronze Age axheads from an anonymous donor at the end of June. The axheads, which date back to around 2000 BC ...

Analysis: Here's how one of the rarest pieces of Chinese porcelain in the world ended up in the National Museum of Ireland It may come as a surprise to many readers that one of the world's rarest ...

with the intention of donating it to the National Museum of Ireland. Commenting on the sale and impending donation, Catherine Martin, Ireland's Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht ...

The National Museum of Ireland received an absolute godsend of a find last month after someone anonymously sent the institution a pair of early Bronze Age axeheads believed to be over 4,000 years ...

Two axe-heads, which are believed to be more than 4,000 years old, have been sent to the National Museum of Ireland by an anonymous letter writer. Staff at the museum described them as a ...