The Bronze age - IRELAND
![](http://fionaswebsiteonireland.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/2/8/24280454/6952177.jpg?496)
Around 2000bc, new people came to Ireland and brought with them a very important invention: the first use of metal. At first cooper was used,but when tin was added to it, a harder metal called BRONZE
![](https://www.museum.ie/getmedia/381ff2b2-a6fa-49af-981d-bc05331bde73/20140609_W271_W267_Front_01_v3_1024px.jpg?w=1024&h=768&ext=.jpg&width=1920)
Classroom Activity: The Bronze Age, Archaeology
![](https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/gallery/website/national/regions/wiltshire/places/avebury/library/bronze-age-barrow-windmill-hill-avebury-wiltshire-1503301-1.jpg)
Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0643/5930/1336/files/Gold-Lunulae-Ireland-2-555x585-1.jpg)
Bronze Age Ireland: Before the Celts – Claddagh Design
![](https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/JlPD_B0JcMM5IwIdQLA4CXxeyxE=/1600x1200/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/R2BUHNPEJE4AFZSUKGNPOXE6BE.jpg)
Bronze Age Ireland: the country's golden era – The Irish Times
![](http://www.mooregroup.ie/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/bar.jpg?w=300)
Bronze Age Roundhouse in Clare – Pt 1
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0643/5930/1336/files/Gold-Lunulae-Ireland-3-585x585-1.jpg)
Bronze Age Ireland: Before the Celts – Claddagh Design
![](http://irisharchaeology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/DSC_0129.jpg)
Bronze Age Gold: Treasures from the National Museum of Ireland
![](https://kerrygems.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/late-bronze-age.jpg)
Kerry Gems Late Bronze Age - Kerry Gems
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Ptolemy%27s_Ireland.png/280px-Ptolemy%27s_Ireland.png)
Prehistoric Ireland - Wikipedia
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0bUMWybMbao/sddefault.jpg)
Bronze Age Ireland - HPD 20 Episode 4
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0643/5930/1336/files/Tolls-Ireland-1-585x442-1_2014-08.jpg)
Bronze Age Ireland: Before the Celts – Claddagh Design
![](https://www.museum.ie/getmedia/9c726f02-bd07-4f6c-b18f-08346f3da5bb/broighter_hoard_16-9.jpg?w=499&h=281&ext=.jpg&width=1920)
Iron Age National Museum of Ireland
![](https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9780198768012_p0_v2_s600x595.jpg)
Barnes and Noble Personifying Prehistory: Relational Ontologies in