The Bronze Age in Ireland

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Title: The Bronze Age in Ireland
Author: George Coffey
Release Date: October 11, 2008 [EBook #26880]
Language: English
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The term “halberd” and “halbert” have both
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printed in the original text.THE BRONZE AGE IN IRELAND
THE BRONZE AGEIN IRELAND

BY
GEORGE COFFEY
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY
HONORARY FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND
KEEPER OF IRISH ANTIQUITIES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
AND PROFESSOR R.H.A. DUBLIN

WITH ELEVEN PLATES AND EIGHTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS

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SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.,
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Dublin University
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BY PONSONBY AND GIBBS.PREFACE
In this book on the Bronze Age in Ireland I have collected and collated all my work on the period. Much
of it I have already published in the “Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy” and elsewhere. I have
long ...