LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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| [1.] | Copper Halbert, Birr find, | 7 |
| [2.] | Copper celts, Birr find, | 8 |
| [3.] | Copper knife and awls found at Knocknague, | 9 |
| [4.] | Copper celts, | 10 |
| [5.] | Copper celts from Cappeen, Co. Cork, | 11 |
| [6.] | Stone mould for casting celts, | 12 |
| [7.] | Halbert blades, | 13 |
| [8.] | Halbert blades, | 14 |
| [9.] | Halbert blades, | 15 |
| [10.] | Halbert blades, | 16 |
| [11.] | Halberts from North Germany and Sweden, | 18 |
| [12.] | Halberts from South and East Spain, | 19 |
| [13.] | Rock markings, Maritime Alps, | 20 |
| [14.] | Stone pick from the Bann, | 21 |
| [15.] | Deer-horn pick, | 21 |
| [16.] | Ornamented bronze celts, | 24 |
| [Plate I,] Irish bronze celts in the order of their development, | 24 | |
| [17.] | Ornamented bronze celts, | 25 |
| [18.] | Ornamented bronze celts, | 26 |
| [19.] | Winged celt, | 27 |
| [20.] | Winged celt, | 27 |
| [21.] | Palstave with double loops, | 27 |
| [22.] | Bronze anvil, | 28 |
| [23.] | Bronze hammers, | 28 |
| [24.] | Dagger and spear-heads, | 29 |
| [25.] | Spear-heads, | 30 |
| [26.] | Spear-heads, | 31 |
| [27.] | Rapier and spear-head, | 31 |
| [28.] | Leaf-shaped spear-heads, | 32 |
| [29.] | Ornamented socket of spear-head, | 32 |
| [30.] | Leaf-shaped spear-heads found at the Ford, Belturbet, | 33 |
| [31.] | Spear-heads with loops joining the blade, | 34 |
| [32.] | Spear-heads, | 34 |
| [33.] | Ornamental spear-heads, with openings in the blade, | 35 |
| [34.] | Portion of spear-head, with studs at the base of the wings, | 35 |
| [35.] | Spear-heads with openings in the blades, | 36 |
| [36.] | Spear-heads with ornamental loops in the blades, | 37 |
| [37.] | Spear-head found at Tempo, Co. Fermanagh, | 37 |
| [38.] | Half of mould for casting a socketed spear-head, Killymeddy, Co. Antrim, | 38 |
| [39.] | Half of mould for casting a spear-head and dagger, Killymeddy, Co. Antrim, | 39 |
| [40.] | Mould for casting a spear-head and knife, Killymeddy, Co. Antrim, | 40 |
| [41.] | Moulds for casting primitive spear-heads found in Co. Tyrone, | 41 |
| [42.] | Moulds for casting primitive spear-heads found in Co. Tyrone, | 42 |
| [43.] | Half of mould for casting spear-head and dagger, Killymeddy, Co. Antrim, | 43 |
| [44.] | Bronze spear-ferules, | 44 |
| [45.] | Bronze spear-ferule with La Tène ornament, | 44 |
| [46.] | Gold lunula found at Trenta, Carrigans, Co. Donegal, | 47 |
| [47.] | Gold lunula found in Co. Galway, | 48 |
| [48.] | Gold lunula, | 49 |
| [49.] | Gold lunula found at Killarney, | 50 |
| [50.] | Oak case for lunula found at Newtown, Co. Cavan, | 51 |
| [51.] | Gold lunula found at Valognes, Manche, | 51 |
| [52.] | Gold lunula found in Co. Londonderry, | 52 |
| [53.] | Gold lunula found at Athlone, | 54 |
| [54.] | Map showing the distribution of gold lunulæ in Ireland and Europe, | 55 |
| [55.] | Stone celt, bronze dagger with gold band, and urn, found in Topped Mountain Cairn, Co. Fermanagh, | 56 |
| [56.] | Dagger and rapier blades, | 57 |
| [57.] | Dagger with horn handle found at Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, | 59 |
| [58.] | Rapier found in Upper Lough Erne, | 59 |
| [59.] | Rapier found at Lissane, Co. Derry, | 59 |
| [60.] | Rapiers and daggers found in Ireland, | 61 |
| [61.] | Gold gorget found in Ireland, formerly in the possession of the Earl of Charleville, | 62 |
| [Plate II,] Irish gold gorgets, | 62 | |
| [Plate III,] gold sun-disks, | 64 | |
| [Plate IV,] portion of the great Clare find, | 66 | |
| [62.] | Gold fibulæ and other objects found together at Coachford, Co. Cork, | 67 |
| [Plate V,] gold fibulæ, | 68 | |
| [63.] | Sixteenth-century bronze casting from Benin, showing Europeans holding manillas, | 68 |
| [64.] | Sixteenth-century bronze casting from Benin, showing natives holding manillas, | 69 |
| [Plate VI,] gold ring-money, | 70 | |
| [65.] | Leaf-shaped bronze swords found with a spear-head at Tempo, Co. Fermanagh, | 72 |
| [66.] | Bronze chapes, | 73 |
| [67.] | Winged chapes, | 73 |
| [68.] | Bronze shield found at Lough Gur, Co. Limerick, | 74 |
| [69.] | Alder-wood shield found in Co. Leitrim, | 75 |
| [70.] | Front and back of leather shield, found at Clonbrin, Co. Longford, | 76 |
| [Plate VII,] gold torcs from Tara and elsewhere, | 78 | |
| [Plate VIII,] gold torcs, | 78 | |
| [Plate IX,] gold torcs from Clonmacnois and Broighter, | 80 | |
| [71.] | Two late Bronze-Age finds, | 83 |
| [72.] | Late Bronze-Age horse-hair fabrics from Armoy, Co. Antrim, | 84 |
| [73.] | Bronze implements, Co. Tipperary, | 85 |
| [74.] | Bronze implements found at Kilfeakle, Co. Tipperary, | 86 |
| [Plate X,] bronze trumpets, | 88 | |
| [75.] | Mould for casting a sickle, found at Killymeddy, Co. Antrim, | 89 |
| [76.] | Bronze sickles, | 90 |
| [77.] | Bronze sickles, | 91 |
| [78.] | Bronze disk, | 92 |
| [79.] | Bronze button, | 92 |
| [80.] | Incense cup, | 94 |
| [81.] | Cinerary urn, | 94 |
| [82.] | Food-vessel with cover, Danesfort, Co. Kilkenny, | 95 |
| [83.] | Cinerary urn, Carballybeg, Co. Waterford, | 96 |
| [Plate XI,] food-vessels in the order of their development, | 96 | |
| [84.] | Model of cinerary urn from Greenhills, Co. Dublin, | 97 |
| [85.] | Cinerary urn, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, | 98 |