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The Derrynaflan Hoard

Derrynaflan, County Tipperary

A silver chalice found by detectorists, and a long legal battle.

In 1980 a father and son using a metal detector on the island of Derrynaflan, in a bog, found a hoard including a magnificent silver chalice, a paten and a strainer. The finders and the landowners fought the state in the courts over who owned it, and the case changed Irish treasure law.

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When
Found 1980
Where
52.5600, -7.7000
Group
Lost treasure

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Displayed at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.

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