The Ardagh Chalice (Masterpiece) (8th-century pinnacle of Irish metalwork craftsmanship)

The Tara Brooch (Jewelry) (Iconic 8th-century Celtic pseudopenannular brooch)

The Broighter Hoard (Iron Age Gold) (1st-century BCE hoard featuring a famous miniature gold boat)

The Cross of Cong (Reliquary) (Early 12th-century processional cross made for Turlough O’Connor)

The Derrynaflan Hoard (Metalwork) (9th-century chalice and paten found in Tipperary)

Shrine of St. Patrick’s Bell (Artifact) (11th-century ornate shrine housing the saint’s iron bell)

Old Croghan Man (Bog Body) (Remarkably preserved Iron Age bog body from County Offaly)

Clonycavan Man (Bog Body) (Iron Age bog body famous for early Celtic “hair gel”)

The Faddan More Psalter (Manuscript) (8th-century illuminated psalter discovered in a peat bog)

Lismore Crozier (Reliquary) (Ornate 12th-century bishop’s staff found hidden in a castle wall)

The Corleck Head (Sculpture) (1st or 2nd-century AD three-faced pagan stone idol)

Gleninsheen Gorget (Jewelry) (Massive Late Bronze Age gold collar from County Clare)

Wood Quay Excavations (Viking Artifacts) (The most significant collection of Viking settlement finds in Ireland)

Ballinderry Brooch (Jewelry) (Complex 7th-century early medieval Celtic brooch)

Moylough Belt-Shrine (Reliquary) (8th-century bronze and enamel shrine)

The Coggalbeg Hoard (Gold Collar) (Early Bronze Age gold lunula)

St. Columba’s Cathach Shrine (Artifact) (11th-century book shrine for Ireland’s oldest surviving manuscript)

Loughnashade Bronze Horn (Instrument) (1st-century Iron Age trumpet with repoussé decoration)

Jadeite Axeheads (Neolithic Tools) (Rare ceremonial axes imported from the Italian Alps 6,000 years ago)

Thomas Newenham Deane (Architect) (Designer of the imposing Victorian Palladian rotunda and galleries)