HomeIrelandA list of Gaelic objects looted from the Island of Ireland by The British Crown. They reside in the British Museum. Though the Irish People loan treasures and art works to the World (including the The British Museum) His Majesty’s Government refuses to return the pieces Gaelic Art.
A list of Gaelic objects looted from the Island of Ireland by The British Crown. They reside in the British Museum. Though the Irish People loan treasures and art works to the World (including the The British Museum) His Majesty’s Government refuses to return the pieces Gaelic Art.
January 15, 2023
A list of Gaelic objects looted from the Island of Ireland by The British Crown. They reside in the British Museum. Though the Irish People loan treasures and art works to the World (including the The British Museum) His Majesty’s Government refuses to return the pieces Gaelic Art.
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Glad other countries have the chance to appreciate our culture and history.
Sure they’re not exactly known for stealing shit and not returning it or anything… /s
Parthenon marbles anyone? (I refuse to call them the Elgin marbles, cos he was a massive c*nt, and that’s a Brit term for them, not the real name). Nevermind pretty much the entire contents of the “British” Museum. https://youtu.be/eJPLiT1kCSM
*”Its origin before it appeared for sale in London in 1850 is lost, and it has been part of the British Museum’s collection since 1859.”*
The also have the Book of Glendalough locked up in the Bodleian Library. One of the most significant books in Irish history. Not a beautiful book like the Book of Kells but a historically important one.
Just give us our shit back
Time for a meeting to ask for these heritage items to be returned to their rightful home.
That’s surprising.
YES Our sources have confirmed that the Brits are indeed at it again.
It has been 0 days since the Brits were last at it.
If the UK ever attempts to rejoin the EU, the return of these objects must be a condition (along with the six counties while we are setting out conditions). It’s good that Britain is failing so hard now that other EU countries can get things back that Britain stole like the marbles or Gibraltar.
I created this post and below is the links to the pieces.
We don’t have entirely clean hands here either. Our National Museum is full of collections that should be handed back to their origin countries, in particular Africa. And the collection in the Chester Beatty comprises of some of the most important Middle Eastern religious texts in the world.
I remember wandering into the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford back in 2019 – it’s attached to the Natural History museum, which has a lot of dinosaur stuff and therefore a lot a screaming children – and seeing some Irish artifacts in a case alongside some Indian ones. They were only coins and jewellery, but it still felt odd to me that they were there in Oxford, not in the museum on Kildare Street, and it completely changed my outlook on decolonisation of museum collections. In fairness to them, they have since 2020 become field leaders in decolonisation the collection and have stopped displaying human remains, including a heart in a leaden case found in Cork. But every time I read about Brits frothing at the mouth about being asked to return artifacts, I think about those coins, how insignificant they are, how few people who walked through that museum probably ever looked at them, and the Irish hands they must have passed through before landing in Pitt Rivers.
…**puts down pint** ……are they at it again?
Africa has entered the chat
There’s way more than this although these are probably the biggest and most valuable. Nearly everything I saw was donated by some Anglo Irish Lord. Steals our land then steaks our stuff and gives it away
Look I get the want for them to return our shit but tbf to the brits they did take them when they were in charge of us. It’s just spoils of war
That sub is cringe damn
They have a Sinn Fein banner owned by Countess Markiewicz (spelling?) in the imperial war museum
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Glad other countries have the chance to appreciate our culture and history.
Sure they’re not exactly known for stealing shit and not returning it or anything… /s
Parthenon marbles anyone? (I refuse to call them the Elgin marbles, cos he was a massive c*nt, and that’s a Brit term for them, not the real name). Nevermind pretty much the entire contents of the “British” Museum. https://youtu.be/eJPLiT1kCSM
Cunts
Powerful lie detector
[More information on the Kells Crozier](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kells_Crozier) – I had to research this after it was “found in London solicitors office”
*”Its origin before it appeared for sale in London in 1850 is lost, and it has been part of the British Museum’s collection since 1859.”*
The also have the Book of Glendalough locked up in the Bodleian Library. One of the most significant books in Irish history. Not a beautiful book like the Book of Kells but a historically important one.
Just give us our shit back
Time for a meeting to ask for these heritage items to be returned to their rightful home.
That’s surprising.
YES
Our sources have confirmed that the Brits are indeed at it again.
It has been 0 days since the Brits were last at it.
If the UK ever attempts to rejoin the EU, the return of these objects must be a condition (along with the six counties while we are setting out conditions). It’s good that Britain is failing so hard now that other EU countries can get things back that Britain stole like the marbles or Gibraltar.
I created this post and below is the links to the pieces.
St Cuilein Bell Shrine British museum
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1854-0714-6-B](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1854-0714-6-B)
Penannular Brooch
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1856-0320-1](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1856-0320-1)
The Kells Crozier
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1859-0221-1](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1859-0221-1)
Shrine Boss
[https://www.sceala.com/phpBB2/irish-forums-1504.html](https://www.sceala.com/phpBB2/irish-forums-1504.html)
The Londesborough Brooch
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1888-0719-101](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1888-0719-101)
St Conall Cael’s Bell
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1889-0902-23](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1889-0902-23)
Silver Ring Brooch
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1893-0618-29](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1893-0618-29)
Sheela-na-Gig
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_WITT-258](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_WITT-258)
Sandstone Memorial Slab Carved with Ogam Script
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1866-0511-3](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1866-0511-3)
‘Latchet’ Dress Fastener
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1854-0714-97](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1854-0714-97)
‘Handpin’
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1880-0802-132](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1880-0802-132)
Bronze Shrine Figure
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1868-0709-52](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1868-0709-52)
Three Bronze Rattle Pendants
[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1854-0714-13](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1854-0714-13)
I’d say it’s factually incorrect in that I doubt *his* majesty’s gov has refused to give them back. have they asked since Lizzo died?
I think I remember St Conall’s bell taking a trip over here (to Donegal) a few years ago 🤔 should have pulled off a heist then
They took Charles Byrne’s fucking bones. All the dude wanted was for his bones to not end up exactly where they ended up. Treacherous fucking scum.
History is filled with people stealing from others. That’s history.
James Acaster (Comedian) sums it up perfectly in 3 mins.
https://youtu.be/x73PkUvArJY
Small list.
I’m willing to bet there’s more….
Just another reason to hate the fuckers.
We don’t have entirely clean hands here either. Our National Museum is full of collections that should be handed back to their origin countries, in particular Africa. And the collection in the Chester Beatty comprises of some of the most important Middle Eastern religious texts in the world.
I remember wandering into the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford back in 2019 – it’s attached to the Natural History museum, which has a lot of dinosaur stuff and therefore a lot a screaming children – and seeing some Irish artifacts in a case alongside some Indian ones. They were only coins and jewellery, but it still felt odd to me that they were there in Oxford, not in the museum on Kildare Street, and it completely changed my outlook on decolonisation of museum collections. In fairness to them, they have since 2020 become field leaders in decolonisation the collection and have stopped displaying human remains, including a heart in a leaden case found in Cork. But every time I read about Brits frothing at the mouth about being asked to return artifacts, I think about those coins, how insignificant they are, how few people who walked through that museum probably ever looked at them, and the Irish hands they must have passed through before landing in Pitt Rivers.
…**puts down pint** ……are they at it again?
Africa has entered the chat
There’s way more than this although these are probably the biggest and most valuable. Nearly everything I saw was donated by some Anglo Irish Lord. Steals our land then steaks our stuff and gives it away
Look I get the want for them to return our shit but tbf to the brits they did take them when they were in charge of us. It’s just spoils of war
That sub is cringe damn
They have a Sinn Fein banner owned by Countess Markiewicz (spelling?) in the imperial war museum