Celtic Brooches

Pictish Brooch, Rogart HoardSutherland, Scot. later 9th century : silver, 12 cm diameter

Pictish Brooch - Birdhead Clunie Castle, Perthshire, Scot. : silver gilt, 11.5 cm diameter

Pictish Brooch - Dragonhead St. Ninian's Isle, Scot. : silver, 7.1 cm diameter

Irish Brooches

• Ardagh Hoard Brooch 1 9th cent. : silver gilt

• Ardagh Hoard Brooch 2 9th cent. : silver gilt

• Ardagh Hoard Brooch 3 9th cent. : silver gilt

• Ardagh Hoard Brooch 4 9th or 10th cent. : silver gilt

• Ballinderry Crann�g Brooch 7th cent. Ballinderry, Co. Offaly : bronze with enamel & glass beads

• Ballyspellan Brooch 9th or 10th cent. Ballyspellan, Co. Kilkenny : hammered silver

• Killamery Brooch 9th cent. Killamery, Co. Kilkenny : cast silver

• Reverse Side Killamery Brooch

• Queen's Brooch 8 or 9th cent., Co. Cavan : silver

• Silver Ring Brooch 9th cent. : silver with amber

• Bronze Ring Brooch 9th cent. Cormeen, Co. Cavan : bronze

• Roscrea Brooch9th cent. Roscrea, Co. Tipperary : cast silver with gold filigree & amber

• Openwork Brooch 9 or 10th cent. : silver

• Thistle Brooch 9th or 10th cent. : silver

• Zoomorphic Brooch 6th or 7th cent. : bronze with enamel

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• Green Dragon Brooch

• Griffin Brooch

Bibliography

"The Picts and the Scots" - Lloyd and Jenny Laing, 1993