Item 100 - Knives and Daggers

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UGA P133/5/3/100

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Knives and Daggers

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  • [196-]-[197-]

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1 file, c. 40 pp

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University of Galway Archives

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File includes material relating to knives and daggers excavated in various locations in Ireland. File includes black and white photographic print of leather sheath for single-edged weapon, Kilcumber, Co. Offaly (from National Museum of Ireland); TS report by Etienne Rynne on "A 16th or 17th Century Skean from the River Shannon at Corbally, Co. Limerick"; Manuscript research notes by Rynne, with drawings, of blades, knives, and their handles; Also TS correspondence between Etienne Rynne and others such as Stuart Maxwell, National Museum of Antiquities. Edinburgh (re. medieval Irish iron-knife/daggers); Joseph Raftery, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, discussing the provenance of a decorated wooden dagger hilt from Tonybaun, Co. Mayo (1968); Raghnall O'Floinn, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, re. iron dirk with carved wooden handle from Limerick (1979); Larry [ ], Limerick Museum (Feb 1986) Copy letter from C. Blair, Dept. of Metalwork, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, to Oliver Snoddy, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, re. matching a dagger image (1977).

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      13/12/2018
      16/07/2025

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