Raghnall Ó Floinn Explained

Raghnall Ó Floinn FSA is an Irish art historian and former director of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI),^[1] who joined its staff in 1976 and becoming its director in 2013.^[2]

Ó Floinn studied at University College Dublin, attaining a MA in Celtic Archaeology in 1976, and joined the NMI that year as Assistant Keeper in the Irish Antiquities Division.^[3] He has published a wide variety of books and papers on bog bodies, the archeology of the early Irish church, and Insular art (particularly metalwork). He co-authored an overview of the museum's collection with his predecessor as NMI director, Pat Wallace.^[4]

He has also acted as chairman of the Council of National Cultural Institutions,^[5] and a vice-chairman of the Society for Medieval Archaeology, London.^[3]

Selected publications

Books

• "Viking Graves and Grave-Goods in Ireland (Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81, Series B)" (2015).
• "Irish Shrines and Reliquaries of the Middle Ages (Irish treasures)" (2014).
• "Franciscan Faith: Sacred Art in Ireland, AD 1600-1750" (2011).
• "Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities" (2002). Co-author with Patrick Wallace.

Monographs

• "The 'Shannon' shrine: a suggested provenance" (2015)
• " An Anglo-Saxon Disc-Brooch From Sjerring, Jutland" (2013)
• "Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age" (1998)
• "A Fragmentary House-Shaped Shrine from Clonard, Co. Meath". The Journal of Irish Archaeology, volume. 5, 1989/1990
• "In Ireland and Insular Art A.D. 500–1200". Proceedings of a Conference at University College Cork, 31 October–3 November 1985. Royal Irish Academy

Sources

• Ó Floinn, Raghnal; Wallace, Patrick (eds). Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities. National Museum of Ireland, 2002.

External links

• The National Museum of Ireland - cultural tourism for all - video interview with Dr. Ó Floinn

Notes and References

1. "Raghnall Ó Floinn BA, MA (NUI 1974, 1976), FSA". Royal Irish Academy. Retrieved 6 August 2021
2. "The National Museum of Ireland and the making of a National Collection". Mayo Historical & Archaeological Society, 31 January 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2021
3. "Tuesday, Feb. 2: Dr. Raghnall O'floinn On The National Museum Of Ireland". Charitable Irish Society, 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2021
4. Ó'Floinn; Wallace (2002), p. iv
5. "Raghnall Ó Floinn. National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 5 February 2024