Would we consider the Tara Brooch less grand if it was called the Bettystown Brooch – jeweller George Waterhouse certainly thought so. In 1850, so the story goes, two children found what was ...
THE COMPLEXITY of the Tara brooch goes deeper than the creatures that line its metal edges. Dr Michael Brennan dissected its symmetry and geometry at the National Museum of Ireland yesterday afternoon ...
A priceless Celtic treasure described as a “staggering find” and compared to the legendary Tara brooch has been discovered by accident in the storerooms of Britain’s national museum. The brooch looted ...